Dark Chocolate Cherry Granola with Crunchy Quinoa

Name: Dark Chocolate Cherry Granola with Crunchy Quinoa
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2-½ cups Gluten Free Extra Thick Rolled Oats; 1 cup Cooked Quinoa; 1 cup Chopped Pecans; ¼ cups Chia Seeds; ¼ cups Raw Flax Seeds; 1-½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon; ½ teaspoons Salt; ¼ cups Melted Coconut Oil; ½ cups Good Quality Maple Syrup; ¾ cups Dried Cherries; 2 ounces, weight Dark Chocolate, Chopped (you Can Also Use Dark Chocolate Chips If You Prefer)

Simple, incredibly healthy and so addictive. Vegan and gluten-free!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients

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Why it works: Quinoa and chia share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Dark Chocolate Cherry Granola with Crunchy Quinoa

Serves 12

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1210Calories

24 gProtein

67 gFat

137 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Quinoa	1 cup cooked (185g)	222
Pecans	1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)	196
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Flax Seed	1 tbsp (10g) ground	55
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Chia Seed	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Quinoa + chiatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Chia + coconuttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together66 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together289 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Oats + chiatop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together65 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Chia + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together50 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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