Granola Dust

• 10 cups rolled oats
• 8 oz unsalted mixed nuts
• 3 1/2 oz mixed seeds, such as chia, poppy, sunflower, sesame, flaxseed, pumpkin
• 8 oz unsweetened mixed dried fruit, such as blueberries, cranberries, sour cherries, mango, apricots, sultanas, figs
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground coffee
• Zest of 1 orange

Preheat the oven to 350.

 

Place the oats, nuts, and seeds in your largest roasing pan.  Toss together and roast for about 15 minutes, stirring once.  Take the tray out of the oven and add the dried fruit, cocoa powder, ground coffee and the orange zest.

Blitz the mixture in batches in a food processor until finely ground.  Keep in an airtight container.

 

To serve:

1/2 c. dust with milk or yogurt and fresh fruit

Porridge--1/2 c. dust w/3/4 c. milk, top with fresh fruit

Smoothie--1/2 c. dust, 3/4 c. milk, ripe banana, handful frozen raspberries

Pancakes--2 T. dust, 1 heaping T. self-rising flour, 1 mashed banana, 1 egg

Hot drink--1/4 c. dust, 3/4 c. milk

Serves 32.

VERDICT:  I didn't care so much for this cold, but I have been enjoying it as porridge, heated for about a minute in the microwave, with chopped apples.  Easy and flexible.  Keep.  (From Jamie Oliver's Everyday Super Food.)