We get lots and lots of questions about cereal in the My Ketogenic Kitchen Facebook group.There are many new brands of cereal and granola on the market advertised as keto. Some are awesome, but it can be difficult to sort through and find those that are compliant with the lifestyle. To simplify the issue, I thought I’d try my hand at creating a granola cereal that could be used to top yogurt (as shown above) or eaten in a bowl with almond or coconut milk.

One of my favorite cereals back in the day was Grape Nuts (yes, I know I’m odd), and so I decided to go for a similar dry texture. I began with a base of hemp seeds, and built it out from there with my favorite nuts and flavors. The final product yields a very nice, crunchy topping or cereal that’s not overly sweet and has a maple, brown sugar undertone to it, perfect for the season. The kids really enjoy it as well. They’ve been eating it mixed into vanilla flavored Greek yogurt pretty much every day.

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Notes: If you have nuts you prefer to pecan and almond, feel free to substitute them into the recipe. Same deal with the extracts. Also, I’ve filed this recipe as a budget friendly one. I realize nuts can be pricy, but this recipe makes so much (7 cups!) and will keep for quite some time in an airtight container in your fridge, so I think it’s a much more economical alternative to hunting down and special ordering pre-made keto granolas and cereals.

The Great Day nut flour blend is a really nice blend of almond, coconut, pecan, and walnut meals and I used it in this recipe. If you can’t find it, I would recommend using 3 tbsp almond flour (or pecan meal) and 1 tbsp coconut flour in its place.

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