Lizi's High Protein Granola, 350g

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If you’re following a vegan or vegetarian diet, it’s so important that your diet is rich in variety. By taking this approach you can ensure you are consuming all of the healthy protein your body needs. There’s an added bonus to using plant-based foods as your source of protein – these foods are also incredibly nutrient dense and full of vitamins, minerals and that all-important fibre – providing further health benefits. When we think of high protein foods, we tend to think of meat. That’s correct – animal products like lean meat contain all the essential amino acids and are referred to as ‘complete’ proteins. The same can be said of fish and eggs too. Besides the widely known relationship between muscle growth and a high protein diet, this crucial nutrient plays a key role within the skeletal, immune, endocrine, and digestive systems, making us feel a whole lot better. Dark, but doesn’t dye the milk so much as some others. There are lots of chewy coconut pieces in there and chunks of nut, and date syrup and vanilla flavouring in the ingredients list. It’s a promising colour but too sweet. Good if you love coconut. Muesli-like, with lots of pumpkin and sunflower seeds, some teeny bits of what seems to be pecan, and lots of medium to light toasted oats. There’s no crunch, but a pleasing flavour, even if it isn’t toasty. Just not granola.

Having a high-protein breakfast not only replenishes the sources that have been absorbed by the digestive system overnight, but it keeps you feeling fuller for longer , giving you the energy to go about your day – whatever may await you! In a large mixing bowl, add the oats, protein powder, cinnamon and salt and mix to combine. Add in the pepitas, almonds, flax meal and chia seeds and stir once again until everything is well incorporated.

Extremely sweet but manages to be balanced by nuts. Good and crunchy with a nutty flavour. I like the unblanched almonds. There are in fact, 20 different amino acids, and the sequence in which they are chained together will determine their functions – going to show how much attention to detail naturally occurs in our wonderful bodies! At 6g of sugar per 50g serving an d made with soya protein flakes and crispies , it’s 100% plant- based and lower in sugar than you might expect.

Yes, the two may have similar ingredients – oats, nuts, dried fruit – but they are very distinct, or should be, although several so-called granolas in the shops veer perilously close to muesli. The difference is, muesli is essentially a raw food while granola has been baked to toasty crispness, the grains melding to form rugged clumps that promise crunch and chew. As well as being responsible for making new bones and muscles, enzymes and hormones, protein is a source of energy for the body. Eating the right amount makes sure that you have all the energy you need for an active lifestyle, busy day or the exercise you have planned. Very dark, almost like it has cocoa in (it turns the milk brown). Contains puffs of cereal and flakes of almonds, cashew and coconut. Not madly sweet but the flavour is complex, with slightly bitter treacly flavour; it comes across like a grown-up Coco Pops. The puffed cereal is divisive - does it have a place in granola? A pale but clumpy mix; I find flakes of Brazil nut and almond, plus half cashews and pumpkin seeds in reasonable levels. Not sweet but reasonably crunchy. Strong bitter aftertaste, which is a shame as it is good value otherwise.Of the 20 amino acids, the body is only able to produce 11. The remaining nine are known as ‘essential’ and must be derived from food sources. So, whether your choice of fitness is yoga, running, strength training, hiking or biking – make sure that you are rewarding your exercise efforts with protein to keep your body in tip-top condition. Turn on the oven and allow it to fully preheat fully. Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside. Pale, containing no fruit or any visible nuts. There are a few clumps in the mix, which are sweet and crunchy but leave a weird, bitter aftertaste.

Protein is an important part of our diet and, for many people, has grown in significance in recent years. There’s been a rise in awareness largely fuelled by the ‘clean eating’ trend, not to mention the number of women introducing strength and resistance training into their fitness regime, realising the role that protein has to play. A pale mix and not very clumpy (looks like a muesli), but it does seem lavish, loaded with nuts and fruit, including big, expensive-looking raisins as well as oats and wheat flakes. Sadly, the granola is on the soft side, not crisp and not very sweet. Oddly bland given the amount of nuts. A fruit-free blend that’s pale, with a few clumps, some sunflower seeds and one or two big whole almonds. The flavour isn’t bland but it’s not sweet at all. Delivers lots of nutty and seedy flavours. If you don’t want any sugar this could be good.Has a pleasing amount of nuts, including toasted hazelnuts, cashews halves, whole unblanched almonds and flaked almonds, and clusters of medium to light oats. Looks granola-ish. On the sweet side but not overwhelmingly so. Decent crunch. Tastes fresh, just not as generous with the nuts as it could be.