Breakfast with One Planet Granola: It Really is the Most Important Meal of the Day

Dear Friends,

      The return of fall always reminds me of my family's back-to-school routine. Every year during the last two weeks of summer my three children and I organized their rooms and shopped for clothes, shoes, backpacks and school supplies. Everyone was so excited and full of anticipation!

      Now my two boys are in college and they do their own shopping. But I still worry about whether or not they are eating a good breakfast and getting enough nutrition to keep them going through the day! Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, especially for students. Studies show that kids who eat good, healthy breakfasts perform better on tests and have better grades.

       One Planet Granola is perfect for breakfast. We even have a flavor made for kids called One Planet Morning Magic with pumpkin seeds, banana chips, dried apples, honey, maple syrup, Madagascar vanilla and naturally chocolate covered sunflower seed. Serve up half a cup with milk and a glass of orange juice and your kids will be full of fuel until lunch time.

     One Planet Granola is also the perfect main ingredient in breakfast muffins. Make up a big batch using our First Love mix and the recipe below and then freeze them! First Love includes a mix of organic cranberries, almonds, pecans, coconut, sunflower seeds, with whole-grain oats, raisins, pumpkin seeds and more and is packed with protein. Take your frozen muffins out in the evening and they’ll be ready the next morning for a quick, healthy and filling start to the day.

      One Planet Granola wishes you and your family a happy, healthy and smart start to the school year.

Love,

Rana

One Planet First Love Granola Muffins

Makes 12 muffins.

Ingredients

1 cup First Love One Planet Granola

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 large eggs

¼ cup honey

1 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt

¼ cup canola oil

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Preheat the oven 375 F with a rack in the middle. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking oil.

Combine the granola with half of the buttermilk and let it set for 15 minutes.

Beat together eggs, honey, remaining ½ cup buttermilk, canola oil and vanilla.

Whisk the flour and baking powder into the wet batter and fold in the granola mixture.

Fill muffin cups about ¾ full and bake about 25 minutes.

Let cool and enjoy.