It’s been a while since I’ve written on and on about Brendan Brazier, hasn’t it? Well, my boyfriend’s back and you’re gonna be in trouble.
I’m not sure how I feel about referring to Brendan as my boyfriend in one sentence followed by a photo of a knife pointed in his general direction a moment later. Someone cue the Psycho music.
Today I put together another Thrive inspired breakfast based on Brendan’s Toasted Apple Cinnamon Cereal recipe.
I pre-heated the oven to 250 and then proceeded to dice up one apple and tossed it into a bowl with a cup of oats, a half cup each of sliced almonds, ground flax seed, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and hemp seeds. I added a little cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and stirred until well combined.
In a separate bowl I combined 1/4 c of canola oil and a 1/4 c of agave nectar. My version varies slightly from Brendan’s because I made due with what I had on hand. (His calls for hemp oil and molasses.)
Wet and dry ingredients mixed well, onto a coconut oiled cookie sheet it went!
Baked for one hour, makes 5 servings and keeps in the refrigerator for two weeks.
Speaking of Brendan, he sent me a care package yesterday! Well, it wasn’t from Brendan himself, but I like to pretend it was.
Kelly from Sequel Naturals contacted me about reviewing some of his products from the Vega product line. How could I possibly say no? Well – I couldn’t.
Oh! There’s the oven timer! Breakfast is served!
Ava was standing next to me when I took this picture and she said “wow mom, that looks like real cereal!”
I LOVED this! Especially fresh out of the oven. The apples were warm and soft, all the oats and seeds gave it the perfect crunch.
It may look like “real cereal”, but it tastes even better! And I wasn’t left wanting to dive back onto the cookie sheet for more – more – MORE. I call this cereal success!
oh wow! that looks sooo good!! you always come up with the coolest ideas!! also- I wanted to thank you for thinking of mary and I regarding my grandmom’s passing. its a great thing to have my blogworld friends supporting and caring for me. really means alot. thanks again, alison…have a nice day 😉
Your boyfriend is very generous, that’s quite the care package! hahaha
Hey now
Hey nooooooooooooooooow
my Boyfriend’s BACK
wow I just aged myself
I’m with Ava. THAT LOOKS terrific. I think a friday morning granola is in my line up now…and kale chips….and standing splits…
I love blogging!
can I borrow your boyfriend when you are done with him?
xoxoxoxoxox
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH ES
I suppose – I’m starting feeling like polygamy is the way to go anyway!
ahhhh that cereal looks soooo good – i may have to recreate that! does it crumble apart when you take it out or does it stick together kinda like a breakfast cookie?
yay for presents from boyfriends…i wish i had some of those…
congrats again on the house mamamamamama!
It kind of breaks apart – like a Kashi crunchy granola bar – that’s probably the best to describe it. (Just much more crumbly.)
Wow that breakfast does look amazing!
I was thinking about buying his book, all you talk about intrigues me and it sounds like there is a lot of great recipes!
I smell a restraining order!!!!
And that’s not cereal…that’s apple crisp
That sounds so good! I love all the nuttiness that is added. I’m almost done reading The Diet Cure by Julia Ross, and next I’m going to read Thrive because with your review it sounds like a good read! Plus the recipes are amazing.
I have a question, how do you store your nuts and seeds? I know they go rancid quickly not store properly. I try to keep what I use often, but like sesame seeds and hemp seeds I don’t use often and I’m afraid they will go rancid. I usually buy from the bulk bin since it is only me that eats this food! My parents stay away from it. =p
I store all nuts and seeds in the refrigerator, nut butters too. I didn’t do this until I read about the fat in nuts going rancid in Dr. Weil’s Eating Well for Optimal Health. So yes, you’ll get more shelf life from them in the fridge!
Geez lady, seeds much?! hehe looks good anyway 😉
I spied that cereal recipe in his book and wanted to try it, but alas I am lazy. Shredded Spoonfuls was so much easier.
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This looks AMAZING Alison! How are you going to store this, so it doesnt become stale?? Making ur own cereal is awesome!
In the fridge for two weeks! (According to Brendan.)
This looks and sounds amazing. It’s going on my “must make” list!
Oh, I am trying this soon. It looks so delicious!
I still need to have a date with your boyf Brendan. He’s on my Get Reading List. As in, get off the computer and crack a book
I love Brendan as well!!!! Great person and has a great book.:) That recipe looks so yummy… I need to give it a try.
Aw… happy to see the two of you together again!
yummy – your cereal looks so great! i bet it would be good on some fro yo…
Mmm, that looks so good. I already had it on my ‘to make’ list for this week, but I might have to move it up a couple of days.
I actually just finished gobbling up a delicious serving of Sweet Potato Sesame Pizza. Oh, Brendan, can he do no wrong?
Thats looks great Alison. I love the close up pic where you can see all the colors.
Looks like sweet success to me
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