Make my Christmas pumpkin spice granola! And win an “About Life” Christmas hamper!
As you may have noticed, I’ve launched my new ebook…the I Quit Sugar Christmas Meal Plan. One of the gift recipe ideas in the ebook is a festive take on my classic granola. I’m sharing the recipe with you today, but I’ve also got some extra good news. The wonderfully well folk at About Life in Sydney are giving away:
3 x I Quit Sugar Christmas hampers worth $170 each
Each hamper is filled with all the ingredients to make this Christmas granola, plus a whole bunch of Christmassy sugar-free treats!
Pumpkin ginger spice granola, photography by Marija Ivkovic
For those who haven’t bought the ebook yet, the easy-to-download ebook includes three meal plans that use nutritious sugar-free ingredients.
Plus you receive more than 50 recipes to get you through Christmas sans sucre. You can download it here.
If you’ve bought the book and want to get stocked up, About Life is a fabulous one-stop for buying all of your ingredients, from organic meats and veggies, to coconut oil, activated nuts, raw cacao, stevia and rice malt syrup. They also have naturopaths on site, as well as cafes and cooking schools. They’ve got stores in Balmain, Bondi Junction, and now Cammeray. (I had a super superfood omelette breakfast there a couple of days after the opening just a few weeks ago.)
To win the About Life hamper:
- Go into one of the three About Life stores, and “capture yourself” at the I Quit Sugar stand with the About Life hampers. Share your experience on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. Or on your blog. Both Jo and I will be instore over the next few weeks. Hopefully we’ll see you there.
- Remember to hashtag #IQS and @_sarahwilson_ if you use Instagram or Twitter, and link to us at the I Quit Sugar Facebook page if you share your pic on facebook. And just post a link below if you blog it.
- We’ll be randomly selecting three winners (one winner per store) on Tuesday December 11.
And now to my recipe…
Pumpkin Ginger Spice Granola
Makes 6-8 gifts
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil (or butter; or a mix of both)
- 3 tablespoons rice malt syrup
- ½ cup pumpkin puree (simply roast or steam, then mash with a fork)
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups coconut flakes
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 teaspoon each of: cinnamon, allspice and ginger powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
- 2 cups almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, pepitas (preferably activated ones), chopped roughly
Preheat oven to 140 C. In a saucepan, melt the oil/butter, syrup and pumpkin puree and bring to a gentle boil. Remove from heat and stir in the oats until well combined, then stir in the remaining ingredients. Spread the mixture evenly on baking paper on a tray and bake for about 20 minutes, until golden, turning halfway.
When golden (I like to make mine quite dark; the darker it is, the crunchier it is), remove and cool immediately to get it crispy. Break up the pieces a little then divide into 6 pretty jars. Decorate as you see fit!
TIP: Present to your guest with little swing tag attached that has the recipe written out, plus serving tips such as “serve with full-fat plain yoghurt for breakfast” or “serve with some coconut cream that you’ve left in the fridge overnight for a lush dessert”.
PS If you like the styling of the image above, the lovely Karina Duncan, a reader on this blog, is responsible.
OMG Sarah, you are turning into a yuppie….have you got the 4WD in Potts point yet?
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November 27th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
How so?
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January 5th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Oh god.she does!
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This granola just made my life that much more exciting!! I sadly can’t eat many many food’s due to food intolerances and was unable to add the coconut, chia seeds, spices and most of the nuts (except cashews), although my granola still managed to taste unbelievable! This was my first time making granola.. definitely won’t be the last. This made my day, thanks Sarah!
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November 27th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
can you have seeds? oats? buckwheat groats?
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November 28th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
I’m currently seeing a nutritionist and building a tolerance to food chemicals, my intolerance is to gluten, silicilates and amines, and can’t have any seeds, except poppy seeds, although I can have oats along with buckwheat.
I am about to start studying nutritional medicine and I have you to thank for inspiring and guiding me
thanks again!
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December 17th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
my pleasure…what about chia seeds??
Ummm… and if you don’t live in Sydney, and therefore can’t visit the stores?
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November 27th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Sadly, this promo can’t apply this time! Sorry! x
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Hi, Sorry to post this here, but i cant find any other way to contact you!? I have purchased your books but they are on a work computer i no longer have access to. I want to be able to read on my ipad. Can you please point me in the right direction so that i can view them?
Thanks
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December 17th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Hi Kristen, did you get this sorted? I hope so!
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HI SARAH
CAN WE SUBSTITUTE THE RICE MALT SYRUP IN YOUR PUMPKIN GRANOLA FOR AGAVE SYRUP?
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November 27th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
I’m not Sarah, but agave syrup contains fructose. The point of using rice malt syrup is that it is a glucose syrup, which is the okay-for-your-bod type.
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Hi Sarah! I’m on day 6 sugar free after purchasing your ebook. After struggling to lose the last 5kg, I can now see that sugar has been holding me back! I am/was a naive sugar junkie. Jut wanted to thank you for sharing your program. I’m loving it and am about to purchase the Christmas recipe ebook too! Xx
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Hi Sarah, I make your other granola without the rice syrup, do u think this would be alright without it? I’m looking forward to trying it out.
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Hi Sarah,
I have bought your I Quit Sugar program, and the I Quit Sugar cookbook – and have been interested in, and following the program for a few months now. I have even joined the Christmas 8 week countdown -
The issue is, I am based in London, and I am seeing all these wonderful offers to people back home in Aus. Will there be any incentives sent the way of your international followers?
Thank you, and great work – you are incredibly inspiring and uplifting.
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Hi Sarah,
I have bought the book and want to make this recipe as gifts. Can you clarify, is it 2 cups total of the combined nuts and pepitas or two cups almonds, two cups cashews etc..( I assumed the later). Thanks
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I didn’t think your coco-nutty granola could be beat – but I may just be wrong. Can’t wait to mag this and wrap it in individual parcels for some festive bonbonnieres.
We’re also giving away an About Life hamper just in time for Christmas! Check it out over at thedecorum.co x
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Hi Sarah, merry Xmas (soon)
Have AboutLife hamper winners been announced?
Been checking Instagram but couldn’t see it.
Cheers
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December 17th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Today!
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December 17th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Ooooh fingers Xed
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