Making your own granola is so much healthier than eating the store-bought versions. Bonus, it makes your home smell amazing while it’s baking! This recipe for Heart Healthy Granola is customizable and easy to whip up with whatever you have in your pantry! We always have rolled oats and a variety of heart-healthy nuts in the pantry. For this recipe, we used roasted almonds and pecans but the combinations are really endless so feel free to substitute with any nut blend. But one thing to be mindful of when shopping for nuts is to be sure that they are unsalted.

Why we love Chia Seeds!

Chia seeds are one of our favorite ingredients to sneak into recipes. They are a great source of antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and protein. Have you ever read the label of store-bought granolas? They are loaded with sugar! Our recipe is slightly sweetened with honey and flavored with a little vanilla extract and cinnamon so it’s not too sweet. Not a fan of coconut? Don’t worry, although we used coconut oil in this recipe, it doesn’t make the granola have a coconut flavor.

This Heart Healthy Granola is great on its own as a snack. It can also be used as a cereal paired with your favorite plant-based milk or, our preferred way, as a crunchy topping for Greek Yogurt. We used dried cranberries in our granola but you can add a variety of dried fruit or top with fresh fruit.

Like most of our recipes we make this granola in big batches, what can we say we’re Greek and always feel the need to make a lot of food! It should last a few weeks in an airtight container at room temperature but you can also freeze a portion of it too.

Get Creative!

We love how customizable the flavors of this recipe are. You can make your Heart Healthy Granola with any flavor combination you can dream of! So tell us what ingredients you use in yours by commenting below! If you make this recipe and post it be sure to tag #Hearthealthygreek!

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Heart Healthy Granola

This naturally sweetened healthy granola recipe is full of heart-healthy ingredients. It’s easily customizable and great for meal prepping.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 8 cups

Calories 485 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 4 cups old fashioned rolled oats
• ⅔ cup roasted chopped almonds
• ⅔ cup chopped pecans
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• ½ cup chia seeds
• ½ tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• ⅓ cup melted coconut oil
• ⅓ cup honey (or maple syrup for vegan)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients including spices.
• In a small bowl combine all wet ingredients and mix until incorporated.
• Next pour the wet mixture onto the dry ingredients.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the granola mixture evenly onto the pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes and then stir the granola. Cook for an additional 5-10 minutes until golden brown.
• Allow the granola to cool completely. Store in an airtight container

Notes

If you have a gluten sensitivity you can sub the oats for a gluten-free version or completely omit the oats all together and add in more nuts

Nutrition

Calories: 485kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 11gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 151mgPotassium: 318mgFiber: 11gSugar: 18gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 136mgIron: 3mg

Keyword Almonds, Breakfast, chia seeds, Cinnamon, cranberries, Dairy Free, Granola, Honey, Nuts, oats, Pecans, Snack, Vegetarian

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