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Basic Crunchy Granola excerpted from Lunchbox: 75+ Easy and Delicious Recipes for Lunches on the Go – A Cookbook by Aviva Wittenberg.

Lunchbox: 75+ Easy and Delicious Recipes for Lunches on the Go - A Cookbook by Aviva Wittenberg

Say good-bye to the same boring, limited lunch rotation, and hello to everyone’s new favourite meal of the day! Lunchbox contains literal months’ worth of recipes for flavorful, filling, nutritious, and delicious meals—guaranteed to stay fresh until lunchtime. With chapters on Soups, Sandwiches, Salads, Warm Bowls, Cold Bowls, Handpies, and Brunch for Lunch—as well as simple, satisfying snacks and sweet treats to pack alongside—these straightforward recipes will get anyone out of that dreaded lunch rut for good.

Every recipe has a “Get Ahead” tip, calling out exactly what to make ahead of time, as well as a “Packing Tip” on how to assemble a balanced and beautiful lunchbox. The steps are fuss-free, and all ingredients can be found in any local grocery store. In addition, you’ll find lunch packing strategies and multi-week meal plans to help you efficiently plan your menu and your time, streamlining meal prep to avoid that stressful morning crunch.

This book is great for any eating pattern, with plenty of vegan and vegetarian options, hot weather and cold weather seasonal suggestions, and freezer-friendly choices, too.

Lunchbox: 75+ Easy and Delicious Recipes for Lunches on the Go – A Cookbook by Aviva Wittenberg is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Indigo.ca.

Basic Crunchy Granola

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10 Superb Granola Recipes

Recipes often say much about a place and time. And let’s face it, Granola will forever be associated with the hippie generation and a youth movement that placed emphasis on natural foods.

In 10 Superb Granola Recipes, author Rachel Ellner recounts that during the Free Love Era in the 60 and 70s, commune food was to be shared, and granola was made in big batches. It was an expression of wholesomeness, and an alternative to processed ingredients.

The food consciousness of that era has made a reemergence and this book conveniently provides 10 granola recipes that have an emphasis on health and are free of gluten or refined sugar.

The cookbook is succinct and in no way intimidating, concentrating on ingredients that are found in most kitchen cupboards while expanding the granola palette with new flavour combinations. You’ll find granola recipes for cocoa cherry, banana chia coconut, pistachio golden raisin, tahini date and apricot nut, and the classic old fashioned, to name a few.

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