Quick healthy snack to go

Do you ever ask yourself what kind of quick healthy snack can you make? I have one in mind, a Cinnamon Vanilla Granola. A delicious snack sprinkled over Fresh fruit or yogurt.

The ingredients are:

• 3 cups of old fashioned oats

• 2 cups of quick oats

• 1 cup of chopped pecans, sliced almonds or sunflower seeds

• ½ cup toasted wheat germ

• ¼ cup of maple syrup

• 2 table spoons of Mazola corn oil

• 2 table spoons of pure vanilla extract

• 4 teaspoons of ground Saigon cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

• 1 cup of dried cranberries 9 or raisins or other dried fruit

Directions

• Combine old fashioned oats, quick oats, pecans and wheat germ in a large bowl. Combine maple syrup, oil, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl. Pour over oat mixture and stir it to the coat, then spread it evenly on a greased baking sheet.

• Bake at 300 degrees F to 50 to 60 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes until the oats are toasted.

• Remove from the oven and stir in dried fruit, cool in pan on wire rack and store in airtight container.

• Serving suggestion: to make yogurt parfaits, layer 6 ounces vanilla yogurt, ½ cup mixed fresh or frozen fruit and ¼ cup of granola.

And that is it.