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Orange Hemp Seed Granola

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This is one of 5 granola recipes I have in my “to-post” folder. It was the last granola I made before I had to leave the nest. I wanted to get pretty creative here and go out with a granola-bang. So what’s a flavor or granola you don’t see very often? Orange. That’s right. Oranges themselves are pretty awesome. Sweet, tangy, juicy. I like them, but they don’t necessarily do much for my reflux. However, in granola you don’t get the full acid effect. Just the taste, so I’ll take it!

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Now, besides the orange, I used the ever-forgotten hemp seed! I always have a bag in the fridge, but always forget they’re there! Then I use them and remember how lovely they taste and how much nutrition they pack! Per serving (30g) you get 10g protein, 10g omega 3 & 6, 13g healthy fats, all for 170 calories! A little seed plant-based powder house! The great forgotten complete vegan protein source in my option. Hemp also makes a lovely protein powder which I always have on hand! Totally clean, and only 1 source.

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But wait! There is more! I also used my tried-and-true #1, always forever favorite cereal in this lovely granola! Mesa Sunrise! Flakes of nutrition goodness made from corn, flax, quinoa, buckwheat, and amaranth! Let’s just say this granola is going to kick-start your day with a powerful protein punch (and a little zing from out friend the orange!)

Orange Hemp Seed Granola

Orange Hemp Seed Granola | Strength and Sunshine #glutenfree #vegan @RebeccaGF666

Ingredients: (serves 6)

+ 1 1/2 Cups Gluten-Free Rolled Oats

+ 2 Cups Mesa Sunrise Cereal

+ 1/2 Cup Puffed Millet

+ 1/3 Cup Hemp Seeds

+ 20g (1 Cup) Freeze-Dried Orange

+ Zest From 1 Orange

+ 1/4 Cup Fresh Orange Juice (from the one you zested)

+ 1/4 Tsp Orange Extract

+ 14 Drops Orange Stevia

Directions: 

+ In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, cereal, millet, hemp seeds, and stir. Then add the orange zest and juice, extract, and stevia. Stir again.

+ Preheat the oven to 320°F. Line a baking sheet with lightly oiled foil or parchment paper. Spread your granola evenly out on the sheet.

+ Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10. For the last 10 minutes, add in the freeze-dried oranges (otherwise they will burn if you add them in to early).

+ Remove and let cool. Store in a closed glass jar.

Orange Hemp Seed Granola | Strength and Sunshine #glutenfree #vegan @RebeccaGF666

Because you all are so fabulous and obviously would love to try hemp seeds (if you haven’t, what have you been waiting for!?), Manitoba Harvest is offering you a 20% off discount on everything in their store with the code: HHSweatPink through November 29th! And they are letting me giveaway a 2 ounce hemp seed sample to one lucky reader! Just enter with the rafflecopter below and I will contact the winner directly on Friday! Giveaway open to US and Canadian residents only!

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So tell me:

+ Have you ever tried hemp seeds before? How have you used them or what would you use them in?

+ What’s your all-time favorite cereal?

**Thanks Sweat Pink and Manitoba Harvest for sponsoring this giveaway! All opinions on Manitoba are my honest own!**

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Comments

  5. vegetarianmamma says

    Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays Party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you share next time!
    -Cindy

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yea! NOTHING beats homemade! I really refuse to spend money on store-bought now. Homemade is just so much better! XOXO

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  11. Marla says

    Hi Rebecca,
    This sounds like such a healthy, tasty, crunchy snack filled with so much health. I love the idea of putting oranges in – citrus always adds an extra zest to any recipe. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & twitted.

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  12. Michelle @ Green Earth Bazaar says

    I love granola! Orange hempseed granola sounds completely awesome! A nice to change from the regular vanilla, cinnamon sort. I love hempseeds too, and like you tend to forget they’re in the fridge. They seen to get pushed back behind something, and then one day it’s like, “Hey, hempseeds!” I love adding them into my baked goods, my homemade granolas, and into my smoothies.

    #SITSBlogging Saturday Sharefest. 😉

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Forever is way to long! You always have to have a stash of granola! It is a lifeline, haha!

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  20. Kyra says

    Delicious! <3 I attempted to make an orange granola recently but it didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, however yours looks awesome! Love the addition of hemp seeds!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yes! I loved having it for breakfast! I made a bowl of the granola along with some more puffed millet and then of course tons of almond milk!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I use the brand Crispy Green (linked in the ingredients!) They meet all of my freeze-dried fruit needs 😉

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  30. Sam @ PancakeWarriors says

    I have never had hemp seeds before but plan on trying them soon! I love that you made orange flavored granola – very original! It combines two of my favorite morning ingredients – orange juice and cereal in a MUCH healthier way 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      That’s a perfect yogurt addition!
      I love One Degree Organic’s Veganic Cacao Brown Rice Crisps! Sooooo good! (And chocolately!)

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  38. Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine says

    I love puffed millet cereal– I keep looking at it thinking it would be a great granola add in. I am sure the orange in here is a great flavor!

    I love hemp seeds too- I can’t buy them where I’m living, but I always bring a bag back with me. So versatile. I love them in smoothies- better way to add a bit of protein than powder.

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      I add puffed millet to all my granolas! Haha! 😉 I’m obsessed!
      True! Plus all the omega3s and healthy fats I love!

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  50. Michele @ paleorunningmomma says

    I really, really love granola, and although I usually do a grain free granola with nuts and fruit, a good gluten free granola is such a treat! I love having it with bananas or over some other fruit. Delicious! Is there a substitution for the stevia that you’d recommend? Honey perhaps?

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  56. Amber says

    All your granolas are so beautiful! I’d like to TRY hemp seeds, no idea what to use them for, AND my favorite cereal, I used to wax and wane on types when I was younger, frosted flakes were a treat for me since I wasn’t ever allowed sugary cereal, but i liked rice crispies, rice chex, and I used to love this vanilla sunrise crunch stuff! Now i don’t eat it really

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Put them in ANYTHING! Granola, cereal, smoothies, sauces, grains, topping for oatmeal…or sweet potatoes 😉

      I loved Frosted Flakes! One of the last cereals I ate before I had to go GF 🙁
      (Vanilla Sunrise is awesome!)

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