Three Minute-Three Ingredient Breakfast

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It always amazes me when I hear people claim they have no time to eat breakfasts in the morning.  For me, breakfast is not an option, it's a staple no matter how much or little time I may have.  As much as I would love to spend every single morning casually taking my time preparing elaborate plates of Belgian waffles or eggs benedict, it's just not a realistic way of thinking.  

I have found that in order to ensure that you are able to have a suitable, delicious and nutritionally sound breakfast every morning, you really only need three ingredients. Greek yogurt, fruit, and granola.  

These three ingredients paired together create a simple but satisfying meal that can be put together in less than three minutes.  Three minutes is something I know just about everyone can spare to be able to start your day on a delicious and wholesome note. 

Three Minute -Three Ingredient Breakfast 

  • 1 cup plain or vanilla low fat Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup assorted berries (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries) 
  • 1/4 cup Off Road Edition Nuts About Granola

Enjoy! 

April Featured Flavor of the Month: Janetha

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A new month and a new Featured Flavor with one of our many favorite bloggers, Janetha.  What we love most about this girl is her real life approach to sharing her insight, her flashbacks, and of course all of the inspiring meals and moves.  Whether she's in the kitchen whipping up protein muffins or pounding some iron at the gym, it's safe to assume that she's doing what she loves for her and no one else.  We were thrilled to see how she would put our April Featured Flavor to use and just as we imagined, she outdid herself with two fantastic recipes.  Head over to Janetha's blog for a full recap on the recipes but for now, please enjoy her review on College Staple.

 

Flavor of the Month- College Staple

Featured Blogger- Janetha, Meals and Moves

 

How often do you eat granola? 

At least a handful a day! It is way too accessible. I tried to put it up high so my short little self could not reach it, but now I just resort to hopping on a chair to grab my daily handful…or five.

 

In your own words, describe your featured flavor granola.

The College Staple PB&J Granola it EXACTLY what I expected! Every bite tastes just like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but with the chewy granola texture I love so much. It is a perfect marriage!

 

In your opinion, what is the best way to enjoy granola?

I will often eat granola over Greek yogurt or with a protein shake because I have this mentality that I need some protein in every meal.. but if we are being honest here (and we are!) my favorite way to eat granola is in a bowl, with milk, and a spoon, of course.

Thanks Janetha!

And because we want you all to experience Peanut Butter and Jelly granola, we're featuring this flavor on special this month! Exclusively for the month of April, College Staple is being sold online at a discounted rate.

 

Celebrating PB&J Day with College Staple

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Did you know that yesterday was National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day?  We love this classic combo so much that we've developed an entire flavor in its honor.  College Staple is everything you love about a good ol' PB&J minus the bread.  It's good enough to eat on its own; however, we're swooning over the possibilities of recipes that comes to mind by taking a few spins on the original.  

Check out Janetha's latest creation using our ever so popular College Staple.  I'm not sure about you, but I can definitely appreciate peanut butter and jelly anytime of day, especially when its for dessert. 

For the recipe, please visit Janetha's post and come back Thursday for a full recap on this special flavor from this very special blogger. 

 

Custom Blend for BLEND

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Nuts About Granola is a proud sponsor of the 2012 BLEND Blogger Retreat held in Boulder, CO from May 4th-6th. We could not think of a better way to show our support than to create a custom BLEND for the event. The best part… you get to pick the ingredients!

 

Votes will be collected between March, 15 2012 beginning at 12:00am and April 15, 2012 ending at 12:00pm. The winner of each category will be used to create the custom blend.

The new flavor will debut at the 2012 BLEND Retreat. All retreat attendees will receive a free sample of the flavor as well as a discount code they can use themselves and/or pass along to their readers to purchase the flavor online at www.NutsAboutGranola.com.

The new flavor will be available for sale to the general public beginning Monday, May 7, 2012.

Go here and vote for the Custom Blend now!

Voting Rules and Regulations:

  • You must be 13 or older to vote.
  • No purchase necessary.
  • One vote per person.
  • No compensation will be given for voting.
  • There will be no individual winner.
  • Nuts About Granola has the right to use any and all information collected in conjunction with with this survey for its own promotional use, royalty free.

Maple Peanut Butter Banana Rice Cakes

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When you think of rice cakes, you may not think of dessert.  For many, rice cakes sound dull, tasteless, and just not that appealing when your craving something sweet and satisfying.  So how do you dress up a rice cake into a tempting and delicious snack? Allow me to show you! 

Maple Peanut Butter Banana Rice Cakes

 
Ingredients:
  • 1 organic rice cake
  • 1 tablespoon maple peanut butter (if you don't have maple peanut butter, mix 1 teaspoon of maple syrup with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter) 
  • 1/2 of a banana, sliced into disks
  • 1 tablespoon Muddy Waffles granola

 

Assemble and enjoy! 

St. Patrick’s Day at Central York Market

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The luck o’ the Irish was in full swing this past weekend in York, PA as the city celebrated its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  The Nuts About Granola team lived up to the saying, “everyone is just a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day” by working the stand in complete green attire.  Instead of the usual fruit and yogurt parfaits, a green spin was put on the standard with Sarah’s own creation of the Shamrock Parfait using green yogurt and Chocolate Mint Cookie granola.

 

The parade began promptly at 1:00pm, as locals marched the streets with a record turnout of over 10,000 people.   The best part about the day was seeing all of the new faces that came out to the market and got to experience what the City of York is all about.

Coconut Trail-Mix Bars

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Out of all of the fabulous Nuts About Granola Flavors, the one I kept putting off opening was Off Road Edition.  There really isn't a good reason as to why, it just wasn't my first choice when it was paired up with its intriguing contenders like carrot cake, mint chocolate cookie, or peanut butter and jelly.  After working my way through those, I finally decided to break open the trail mix inspired bag over the weekend and I am so glad I did. 

If you're anything like me and sort through the bag for the large clusters filled with nuts and dried fruit, this flavor is for you.  To be honest, I've been working my way through the bag by just mindless snacking on a few handfuls at a time, but I have big plans to put together these trail mix granola bars in the near future.  Let's just hope I can save enough to get through the entire recipe. 

 

Coconut Trail-Mix Granola Bars 
Adapted from My Recipes 

 

 

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup whole-wheat flour 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt 
  • 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil 
  • 2 tablespoons fat-free milk 
  • 2 large eggs 
  • 1 1/2 cups Nuts About Granola Off Road Edition 

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      Directions:

    1. Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray; dust with 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour. Lightly spoon 2/3 cup all-purpose flour and whole-wheat flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine sugar, oil, milk, and eggs in a large bowl; beat at high speed of a mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in granola. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with coconut. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
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      March Featured Flavor of the Month: Julie

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      Our first Featured Flavor of the Month comes to us from the bright and bubbly Julie from Peanut Butter Fingers.  We love Julie's every day postings of all things life, fashion, food, and of course her love for peanut butter.  It only seemed fitting to have her start things off with our original flavor, Plain Jane.  Without futher ado…our peanut butter granola from a peanut butter enthusiast.

       

      Flavor of the Month – Plain Jane
      Featured Blogger- Julie
       
       

       

      How often do you eat granola?

      I eat granola a couple of times a week, typically on top of Greek yogurt for a mid-morning or afternoon snack. I love the extra crunch it gives an otherwise creamy cup of yogurt!

       

      In your own words, describe your featured flavor granola?

      I sampled the Plain Jane peanut butter granola and absolutely loved the simple ingredient list, slightly sweet flavor and pieces of peanuts in the mix. I actually used the granola to create a batch of granola overnight oats and fell in love! The granola got slightly chewy from soaking in the fridge overnight and ended up being such a filling and delicious breakfast the next morning.

       

       

       

       

      In your opinion, what is the best way to enjoy granola?  

      My favorite way to enjoy granola is stirred into a cup of yogurt or layered with Greek yogurt and fresh berries to make a granola, yogurt and fruit parfait!

       

      Thanks Julie!  

      And now here's the best part!  You all can try Plain Jane for yourself at a special discounted rate.  We are offering our Plain Jane on SALE just for the month of March.  Head over to the NAG website now to grab yours today! 

       

       

      Blogger Featured Flavor of the Month

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      We're thrilled to kick off a new series that features a few of our favorite bloggers showcasing all of the unique flavors Nuts About Granola has to offer.

      Starting this month, we'll be putting together a monthly series of posts that stars a fabulous blogger using one of our delicious flavors.  See how they incorporate NAG into their daily eats, find out what their favorite use for granola is, and much more.  You can also take advantage of special discounted offer of the flavor we feature that month.  

      Check out who will be joining us for the fun….

       

      Julie – Peanut Butter Fingers

      Janetha – Meals and Moves

       Monica – Run Eat Repeat

      Anne – fANNEtastic Food

      Courtney- Sweet Tooth Sweet Life

      Allie- Live Laugh Eat

      Kristin – Iowa Girl Eats

      Clare- Fitting It All In 

      Kathleen- The Daily Crumb

      Chelsey- Clean Eating Chelsey

       

      Check back Thursday for our first featured post! 

      What is your favorite Nuts About Granola flavor or which one would you most like to try?

      The Story of a Warrior {NAG Raises $500 for Cancer Relief}

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      Last summer, the blog community came together in a monumental way to help one influential blogger who had recently been diagnosed with Lymphoma.  To say that Susan is one strong woman would be an understatement.  Her story is deep, her journey was unthinkable, and yet same came out on top as she continued to inspire others through her pain.  In our eyes, that makes Susan a warrior.

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      When we heard about Susan's story, we knew we wanted to help.  It was also at this time last year that Nuts About Granola teamed up with Cancer Warrior, to create a line of granola that would do more than simply satisfy taste buds.

       

      Warrior Crunch was developed with cancer patients in mind. This energy rich granola is full of whole grains, almonds, anti-oxidant rich cherries and dark chocolate.

       

      We first unveiled this unique flavor blend as a continuation to The Great Fundraising Act, organized by Janetha. All proceeds on sales from Warrior Crunch from August 1st to October 31st would be donated directly to Susan and her relief efforts.

      Word caught on and we decided to make another debut of this worthy campaign at the 2011 Healthy Living Summit in Philadelphia, providing all attendees with a sampling of Warrior Crunch in their swag bags.

      After all was said and done, we are proud to say that with the tremendous help from the blogging community, we raised $500 for Susan.

      Susan is an inspiration to us all and now lives cancer-free.  Making people happy with granola is what we're all about but changing lives with granola is our dream.  All it takes is one cause, one purpose and one delicious bag of baked oats.