Homemade Coconut Blueberry Pecan Granola is low on sugar and super easy to make. This tasty dish is a great healthy breakfast option!
Coconut Blueberry Pecan Granola
Ok, so today’s theme is “Choose Joy”!
There are seriously so many things that I could focus on that would just bring me down. The fact that for whatever reason, all the people around me seem to be getting pregnant and having babies and we still cannot. That we haven’t found deep community or friends to share our lives. That sometimes I spend hours during the week taking photos, editing photos, writing posts, and trying to “get my stuff out there” to the virtual world but my pageviews don’t show it. That I will be turning 30 in a couple of months and my body seems to be changing in a not so good way at the thought of getting there.
So many things to worry or agonize over. But I am CHOOSING JOY! I choose joy not because its easy but because it is better for me than the alternative. I choose joy because I have a reason to be joyful. I choose joy because my circumstances do not dictate my life, God dictates my life and he is joy, peace, and love. So I choose Joy!
I am thankful that I have a wonderful husband who is selfless, loves me unconditionally, helps around the house and loves to spend time with our son. {even if its putting him on his shoulders while mowing the lawn!}
I have an adorable son who is filled with so much joy it just spills over. His smile lights up a room. He is a constant learner and explorer. He loves well, wants to include everyone in whatever he is doing, and has such a compassionate heart for people.
I am thankful for sunrises, warm weather, a not so perfect but loving family, worship music, vacations, a good bottle of wine, yummy food, and you. Why? Because YOU give me a reason to share all my recipes every week. I mean I would probably still write anyways just because its fun and I enjoy it. But you actually look at and make my recipes, which brings me .. yup… JOY! 🙂
Today I am sharing an absolutely delicious Coconut Blueberry Pecan Granola recipe. After you eat this, you will never buy store bought granola again. I actually just happened upon this recipe. I was making my Almond Vanilla Granola and then decided to change up the recipe a bit, which turned into this beauty. I am officially addicted to the stuff and need to go out and buy more dried blueberries so I can make more.
Not only is it a great breakfast option with milk or yogurt but it is perfect just munch on during the day for a quick pick-me-up snack.
How to Make Coconut Blueberry Pecan Granola
To get started, preheat over to 325º. In a large bowl, toss 2 cups old fashioned oats, 1/2 cup of chopped pecans, 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg, 1/4 cup of unsweetened coconut flakes, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Set aside.
In a small bowl, mix the wet ingredients, 4 tablespoons of melted coconut oil, 1/2 cup of pure maple syrup, and 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Whisk until combined.
Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and toss to coat everything.
On a baking sheet, place either a silicon baking mat or wax paper and then spread granola mixture out across entire pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until granola is slightly browned. You will want to turn the granola every 10 minutes so it doesn’t burn.
Remove from oven and let cool, toss in 1/2 cup of dried blueberries.
Coconut Blueberry Pecan Granola
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Prep Time: 5 mins
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Cook Time: 30 mins
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Total Time: 35 mins
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Yield: 3 cups 1x
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Category: Breakfast
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Method: Oven
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Cuisine: American
Description
Homemade Coconut Blueberry Pecan Granola is low on sugar and super easy to make. This tasty dish is a great healthy breakfast option!
Ingredients
- 2 cups of old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cups of chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/4 cup of unsweetened coconut flakes
- 4 tablespoons of coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup of pure maple syrup
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of dried blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat over to 325º.
- In a large bowl, toss old fashioned oats, chopped pecans, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, unsweetened coconut flakes, and salt. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix the wet ingredients, melted coconut oil, pure maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Whisk until combined.
- Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and toss to coat everything.
- On a baking sheet, place either a silicon baking mat or wax paper and then spread granola mixture out across entire pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until granola is slightly browned. You will want to turn the granola every 10 minutes so it doesn’t burn. 🙂
- Remove from oven and let cool, toss in 1/2 cup of dried blueberries.
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This looks really good and simple. I love granola and have been thinking of trying my hand at making it myself. Thanks for sharing your recipe. The family pics are great. Have a wonderful Spring Day!
Oh… you so need to make it yourself. Once you have homemade and realize how easy and tasty it is. You won’t go back! 🙂 Thanks so much for the sweet comment on the family. 🙂
YUM!! I will definitely be making this!!
Can I just share with you this… I love that you are choosing joy. Lots of people think that happiness must come from something outside of them. Someone else, a prescription, alcohol, drugs or some other outside stimuli. True joy must come from within and above (God). Nowhere else. And even in the midst of sorrow, pain, devastation, we CAN have joy.
My husband and I just celebrated 20 years of marriage this last October. By the worlds standards, we shouldn’t even be together anymore. We have been through EVERYTHING a married couple can go through and we are still together. We lost our 10 year old son in a car accident in 2004, there has been infidelity, our daughter has gone through some really tough things, my husband had an addiction problem that started long before he knew me that almost ripped our family apart…but through God’s grace and love and faithfulness, here we are, 20 years later still together. Still fighting for what God put together and what God will keep together if we allow Him to work in us.
When I was at my lowest, thinking my marriage was over, I was broken and not even God could put the pieces back together again, I started reading Psalms and Proverbs every day. There is a program where you read so much of each book each day… but I read that every day faithfully for months and I CHOSE to allow God to bring back my joy. And it took a while (months), but He did it. I actually did leave my home for 3 weeks. I just needed some time to think, to heal and to decide what I was going to do and in that time God showed me that He was still in control and that He had a plan. That he wasn’t finished yet and that I could be whole again but that I needed to stay in my marriage if that was going to happen.
So here I am in my marriage, stronger and better for having gone through everything I have. I’ve learned a lot and I’ve grown a lot. So has my husband. He has broken his addiction and made things right with God and me and all those he has hurt through his addiction. I am a blessed woman.
All that to say this… Yes, you can choose Joy! I know this because I did! And I am so glad I did!! Following your blog, looking forward to getting to know you and to more yummy recipes!! 🙂 Blessings…
Wow Joanna, seriously just sitting here humbled by your story. God definitely left his fingerprint not only in your life but on your marriage. I cannot even imagine going through one of those things more less all of them! Satan is definitely after our families and if we let him he will take them, but if we stand firm on the word of God there is nothing he can do because he is already defeated. 🙂 Our God is a God of hope, redemption, love, forgiveness, and compassion.
I love how you CHOSE joy and to believe in Gods faithfulness. That is my favorite part about God, that he is faithful till the end and will never leave or forsake us. Thanks so much for the encouraging note and for sharing your redeemed story. LOVE IT!!! So excited to have you as a follower Joanna!
My friend. I want to hug you right now! You are amazing and I am happy to know you! I love seeing pictures of your sweet little boy! You are right, his smile is the sweetest! I’m so happy to be meeting you in person soon. I can’t wait to hear all about you and your life. God doesn’t give us anything that we can’t handle! Thank you for always posting such amazing recipes. You are truly amazing!!!!! XO!!
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Oh… thanks so much girl! I seriously can’t wait till May either. It will be amazing to finally meet you in person and do more than just blog or facebook talk, but REAL LIFE stuff. 🙂 You are so right, God definitely doesn’t give us anything we can’t handle in during those hard times he is molding us into the people he wants us to be. Thanks for stopping by and the sweet comments Jen, XOXO!