Hi there..

So, I have this delicious homemade granola recipe that is wonderful for adding with breakfast or just on the go (prior to zone).. I am trying to figure out if this will still work or not.. here is the recipe can anyone help me figure out blocks and portions to be zone friendly..

This makes a huge pan that last for at least a week or so..

6C Rolled Oats
2C Unsweetened Coconut
1C Sliced Almonds
3/4C Honey
3/4C oil

Mix dry ingredients.. place out on pan. Mix honey and oil until well blended.. pour/drizzle over the dry ingredients that are on pan. Place in oven. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Then take out and mix granola. Bake an additional 20 minutes longer. Store in tight container.

Yum!!

Help me please!!

Hi!

I'll look it over and get back to you.

Hi D!

Here's what I came up with.

6C Rolled Oats… (1/2 dry ounce of dry oats to a C block…weigh it for best results, I’d guess it’s probably well over 60 C blocks)
2C Unsweetened…approx 32 blocks F, and maybe a couple or more C blocks too
1C Sliced Almonds…48 F blocks
3/4C Honey…23 C blocks
3/4C oil…112 F blocks

Total, (and this is probably a bit low on C , due to the slight guessing coming into play with C in the oats and coconut, we’ll call them a total or 65 C blocks) the whole thing contains 88 C blocks and 192 F blocks. Considering that the oil soaks into the ingredients and the honey coats them, my best estimate is that the total recipe bakes yields about 9 cups, or 18 ½ cup servings. Each ½ cup serving cup serving would contain about 5 C blocks and 11 F blocks.

It’s not a Zone friendly recipe, especially considering that rolled oats are unfavorable carb and coconut is not a Zone friendly fat. There's not really a way to make it Zone friendly because rolled oats and sweeteners in appreciable amounts are simply not Zone friendly foods.

I have a suggestion on making it more zone friendly...

Bob's Red Mill sells "extra thick" rolled oats. They cook longer than traditional rolled oats, less surface area. I would guess that the glycemic load of these oats is lower, so if you wanted to get a bit closer to zone friendly, I would suggest trying that.

also, I don't know if this would work or not, but have you considered using agave nectar in place of honey? I believe the glycemic load of agave nectar is lower than that of honey, so just another option for making this a little more zone friendly.

I add egg whites to balance 30/30/40, no oil, if using almonds, u can always keep almonds out and add later to top off too. I havn't looked at this too carefully as far as zone friendly but I'm going to see if I can get it to be right now, to be continued

My own personal preference, based on what I've read about Agave is to avoid Agave, to each their own.
And based on Nutritional value, I would use pure maple syrup instead Agave,
and/or a mix of maple syrup and honey, favoring more maple syrup.

I do not know if this would work, but could you try uncooked steel cut oats?
I eat them raw often, like a nutty taste.
Would be a Favorable carb.