15/04/2026
Here is one of our Pantry Staples, it’s something steady we always have in reach. It makes a big batch, about 25-30 serves, depending on how heavy your hand is.
Brazil Nuts, Buckwheat, Chia, Pumpkin, Flax, Cacao & Goji - They are the staples, but the rest you can get pretty loose with. More often than not, macadamias, almonds, pecans, pistachios, sunflower seeds & dried raspberries or strawberries find their way into this mix, and rarely do I ever measure them out anymore.
It’s called Happy Hormones granola for a reason.
For most people, the focus is always on building hormones, what to add, what to take, but they miss the other half of the story, which is just as important: how the body clears them, breaks them down, and gets them out of circulation.
In this mix, there’s enough fibre here to slow everything down so your blood sugar doesn’t spike and drop out from under you an hour later. And it also helps move excess oestrogen along, turmeric nudging the liver to do its job properly.
The fats from the ghee and nuts carry it further, stretching the energy out so you’re not reaching for something sweet the second your body starts asking for relief from the day.
And then there’s the less visible work, giving your body what it needs to build, signal, and clear hormones properly. Zinc, magnesium, selenium, omega-3 fatty acids, B vitamins, dietary fats, fibre, prebiotic fibre, lignans, polyphenols, antioxidants.
Zinc from pumpkin seeds, selenium from Brazil nuts, magnesium threaded through from cacao and grains. The kinds of things that tend to run low right when PMS shows up on your doorstep.
Even the warmth of it deserves a mention. Cacao, Cinnamon & Turmeric. Not only do they change the taste of it, but they also alter the way it feels in the body. Granola is dry by nature, usually sitting in cold yoghurt, and the warmth of these ingredients just helps the body deal with it better.
And in the end, it’s just good. properly good. I don’t think I’ve had a client who’s made it once and not kept it in their weekly rotation.
