Puffed Rice Granola Recipes

It's getting to that time of year where leaves change, apples are an abundance,crisp air and best of all the smell of fall. To me the smell of fall is baked pumpkin, apple pie and warm comfort food. Well we can have that in a more healthy way! Get that oven heated and try some yummy Pumpkin Granola! Take your fall apple, put on some Peanut Butter and top with some pumpkin granola! This granola is awesome with oatmeal, yogurt or by the handful! Great source of fiber and protein!! By the way, Holy Mother of Pumpkin! This is so good and clumpy!!! Enjoy!!

I fell in love with the Kashi Coco Beach granola last year, but no one is carrying it where I live anymore. It was also pretty expensive for a small package, and had 9 grams of fat per 1/2 cup serving. So this recipe is my attempt to recreate a yummy chocolate coconut granola and knock down some of the fat at the same time. The calories in this version are just below the original (224 vs. 230), but the fat was reduced from 9g to 3g without losing any of the protein (both have 6g of protein)!

Melted Ham & Cheese inside a flaky puff pastry

Better than store-bought, these granola bars include healthy almonds, whole grain, natural sweeteners and a touch of fruit.

This granola makes a great bowl of cereal or yogurt topping. Gourmet granolas can be quite expensive, which is why I prefer to make my own. For the best results, choose old-fashioned (not quick) oats. Quick oats don’t crisp as nicely and tend to have a more powdery texture.

Great for breakfast, lunch or just a snack to tide you over in between. Please your sweet tooth in a healthy, crunchy way!

Call it a parfait, call it a sundae, call it anything you want. Just call on it at snack time.

Tasty snack for those peanut butter cravings. Reese's pieces? These are better.

Easy to make and take to a picnic! Or just keep them in the fridge to encourage the family to eat more fruit.

A store near my daughter's house in California has peanut butter granola in the bulk food section. But I couldn't find it anywhere near my house in Illinois, so I found this recipe online and made my own. Now I'm glad I couldn't find it at the store. It's cheaper and I can control the ingredients that are used.

I reworked a recipe on SparkPeople for the Almond Joy Protein Bars a bit.

Adapted from Mark Bittman's Food Matters. Versatile and so simple to make that there's no excuse for having the expensive, sweet and fattening commercial varieties ever again!

Granola is incredibly affordable when you make it yourself. This recipe combines some of my favorite ingredients: maple syrup, almond butter and seeds!

Adapted from SparkPeople user DIVAMAC's Vanilla Scented Granola

Everytime I make these, they are everyone's favourite new treat! No one will be disappointed! I have requests for these all the time.

Both shells and filling can be made ahead and assembled when needed. The shells can be frozen for up to a month, then thawed at room temperature an hour before filling. The filling can be made up to two days before and refrigerated. Heat the filling gently, and serve immediately in the shells.

Yummy fast breakfast!

This was my first attempt at making my own granola, because let's face it--that stuff is expensive at the store! You can use any combination of your favorite nuts, seeds and dried fruit, but these are my favorites.

This is a classic and very delish recipe. I eat it for breaky alot!!

A fat-free alternative to nut-milks (or regular milk!)

This is a quick, easy breakfast when you're in a hurry. I generally use frozen blueberries and thaw them in the microwave before I put them on top. You can use any granola cereal, and the raisins are optional (but I usually add them because I like them and the granola cereal doesn't have very many). You can adjust the ingredients to suit your tastes (i.e., small banana, fewer raisins).

A yummy snack with only 0.2 fat and 50 calories. Enjoy it as ice cream or as a smoothie.

Enjoy a little red, white and blue with these festive yogurt parfaits! Recipe serves one, but can easily be tripled or quadrupled to serve at a cookout or party.