Cereal Killer

I eat breakfast every day - some Saturdays Bob does a great fry-up, High Days and Holidays I enjoy croissants, coffee and o.j. - but most days when I have to get up and get on with life I have a bowl of cereal. Preferably oat-based - porridge, granola or muesli. 
Then last year I cracked a tooth** on a nut in my granola. So I have been eating Jamie Oliver's Awesome Granola Dust instead. It is quite quick to make

Ingredients:
1kg regular porridge oats oats
250g mixed nuts
100g seeds
250g dried fruit
1 Tablespoon fresh ground coffee
3 Tablespoons cocoa powder

zest of 1 orange 
 
Method:

Heat the oven to 180°C 
Mix the oats, seed and nuts in a large roasting dish. Toast in the oven at for 10 – 15 minutes, turning halfway through.
Remove from oven, stir in the other ingredients
Blend together in batches in a food processor until it turns to magic granola dust
Store in a glass jar. 

I make half a batch at a time, which fills one large and one small jar.

I used some of my chopped nuts, and almonds and walnuts from my cooking supplies. Seeds are from a mixed pack of seeds [Crownfield cereal toppers from Lidl - including exotic goji berrries] Dried fruit - I used dried cranberries and chopped apricots leftover from a baking session, plus sultanas and a few dried prunes.

The recommended portion is 50g - which is just less than this little silicon pudding bowl. The bowl squashes up into the jar. 

OK it doesn't look that appetising, it is just dust - but I love the taste. 

Following Jamie's suggestions I have tried it 

• with any sort of milk 
• sprinkled on yogurt
• stirred 25g into a cup of hot milk for a drink
• porridge with 50g to 200ml milk
• a smoothie - 25g dust, banana,etc blitzed with cold milk
• pancakes - batter made with 2 tbsp dust, 1 tbsp flour, 1 banana, 1 egg

I find it quite filling [50g supplies approx 400 cals, 15 g fat, 15 g protein, carbs 52 g, sugar 32g, fibre 8g] and sometimes have a small bowl for supper too. I like it with chocolate nondairy oat milk - but it does look a bit like setting concrete!

Jamie explains more in this video clip

**Last week I cracked another tooth- this time on a soft bread roll. However I am not planning on changing to eating breadcrumbs instead just yet.