GRANOLA LAB

The deep winter period of late January through February is always difficult. One small silver lining during these cold months is the abundance of citrus fruit, shimmering like sunshine from their grocery bins.  There are a lot of citrus salad recipes out there and I reckon most could be improved with granola sprinkled on top. The version pictured is a combination of grapefruit, blood orange, and navel orange atop radicchio and endive. The sweet and spicy flavors of our Get Gingersnapping granola are a welcome compliment to the tart citrus and bitter chicory greens.  Like I said, there's no prescriptive...

I went through a serious chia pudding phase for a while. I'd let those tiny seeds hang out all night in an old jam jar with macadamia milk (my favorite non-dairy option), a splash of vanilla extract, and a dash of salt. Sometimes I'd throw in some currants for extra sweetness.  The one very minor annoyance with this ready-to-eat breakfast was having to dump it, in all its gloopy-ness, into a bowl before adding fresh fruit and granola on top. Why? Because if you add the toppings to the jarred chia pudding, it's hard to mix without spilling! You end up eating all...

Stone fruit season is just heavenly. And though pies, crumbles, cakes, and other baked desserts are amazing, they require an oven and, possibly, more time than one has leading up to a summer party. Why not grill your dessert?  This simple dessert consists of grilled apricots, a scoop of yogurt*, a sprinkling of our Cranberry Cashew Compound granola, and some fresh mint for garnish. Peaches work as well, though apricots' thinner skin make them ideal. Sub ice cream for a sweeter treat, but in either case, let the fruit cool a bit to prevent melting. * Anita's Coconut Yogurt is...

I didn’t know cookies were a Christmas tradition until well into my 20s. I was raised on chocolate cake and apple crisp, ignorant of office cookie-swaps and holiday parties with sky high plates of sugary stars and trees, gingerbread men and snickerdoodles. I ate cookies, of course, just didn’t realize they were a big deal! Several years ago, I started tinkering with an old favorite cookie recipe from my teen years, Trail Cookies (source unknown). Back then, I’d throw in whatever random cereal was in the kitchen cabinet along with nuts, raisins and any other dried fruit that happened to be...