"The Recipe"


1 small 17 oz. jar of Soy Butter (1/2 jar)
1 24 oz. Sugar-Free Maple Syrup (1/2 bottle)
1 24 oz. bottle of Lite Guave Syrup (1/2 bottle)
1 package of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (Toll House)
Whey Protein Powder (at least 2 huge scoops)
Whole Grain Old Fashioned Oats (6 cups)
8 T. Wheat Germ
8 T. Bob's Red Mill High Protein Textured Vegetable Protein Powder

Combine dry ingredients: oats, wheat germ, vegetable protein, whey protein. Set aside and in a small pan over low heat combine liquid ingredients: soy butter, sugar-free maple syrup, and lite guave syrup until smooth. Combine liquid ingredients with dry ingredients and tweak as needed! :) Add chocolate chips. Mix well and lay out flat on a large cookie sheet lined with foil.
Bake 10 minutes @ 350 degrees. Does not taste good overbaked!!!

Let granola cool and cut up into bars and freeze or eat immediately. I package ours in wax paper for Ryan's XC recovery snack. I eat mine as pictured here with fat-free vanilla yogurt. Please note that I tend to eyeball the batter based on color and texture and normally do not measure. Find the consistency of dry-to-liquid ingredients you prefer. Add nuts, raisins, etc...and substitute peanut butter if you like.