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This grain free granola recipe is a delicious low-carb cereal for a crunchy sweet keto breakfast. Plus, it is sugar free, vegan, paleo and gluten free too!

How to make Grain-Free Sugar-Free Granola?

It’s pretty easy to make a delicious crunchy granola without grain or sugar.

The key is to use a combo of 6 main ingredients.

Dry ingredients

Nuts – I love to have a good amount of nuts in my grain-free sugar-free granola. That’s where you get the ‘big’ crunch. My favorite nuts are almonds, cashews, walnuts. Others nuts I found great in granola are pecan, macadamia and hazelnuts . Feel free to play with the types of nuts in this recipe to create a different granola flavor each time

– I love to have a good amount of nuts in my grain-free sugar-free granola. That’s where you get the ‘big’ crunch. My favorite nuts are Others nuts I found great in granola are . Feel free to Flakes – that’s the ingredient that mimic the cereal texture in a grain-free granola. I used a combo of coconut flakes and sliced almonds

that’s the ingredient that mimic the cereal texture in a grain-free granola. I used a combo of Seeds – seeds are also a great way to add smaller crunch pieces into your granola. I love to use pumpkin seed, sunflower seed and chia seed.

– seeds are also a great way to add smaller crunch pieces into your granola. I love to use Spices – the spices are the best way to add extra sweet flavor without using sugar. I love cinnamon, a bit of salt and vanilla. Of course you can also add grated agrumes zest (orange is delicious), ginger, nutmeg or unsweetened cocoa! Play with the spices to make a delicious new recipe every time.

– the spices are the best way to add extra sweet flavor without using sugar. I love Of course you can also add Play with the spices to make a delicious new recipe every time. Freeze dried fruits – in order to keep your granola sugar free, you must use frozen dried raspberries. Indeed, frozen dried berries have no added sugar. Obviously, it’s optional to add some but it gives a delicious fruit flavor to your cereals. If you are on paleo or vegan diet and you don’t mind natural sweetness from fruits, use Goji berries or dried apricot. Both have a lower GI index than dates.

Wet ingredients

Oil – I am using extra virgin coconut oil to roast my granola. I love the tiny coconut flavor it adds into the mixture plus coconut oil is a very healthy oil full of antifungal and antibacterial properties. If you don’t like coconut flavor, replace with refined coconut oil – it won’t have any coconut flavor!

I am using to roast my granola. I love the tiny coconut flavor it adds into the mixture plus coconut oil is a very healthy oil full of antifungal and antibacterial properties. If you don’t like coconut flavor, replace with refined coconut oil – it won’t have any coconut flavor! Sugar-free sweetener – good news ! you don’t need a sweetener in your grain-free sugar-free granola recipe! Especially if you intend to eat yours in a breakfast milk bowl, I would recommend to add the sugar-free crystal sweetener directly into your bowl – not in the cereal making.

Is this grain-free granola recipe healthy?

A grain-free granola is a healthy way to boost your body with protein, hearty-healthy fat – monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats and Omega-3. Nuts are also very fulfilling, low carb and high in fibre to keep your guts happy! Make sure you roast the nuts at a maximum of 150C (300F) to keep the nutritional properties intact.

Sugar-free sweetener options

Obviously, it tastes better if you use some sugar-free sweetener into this recipe, particularly if you eat this granola on top of plain yogurt or into a parfait. So following are my sugar-free recommendations.

First, natural Maple-Flavored sugar free sweetener made of Monk fruit. Monk fruit is a sugar-free natural sweetener that contains ZERO carbs, sugar or calories! That’s better than stevia or erythritol as it is liquid and coats your granola perfectly.

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Next, sugar-free crystal sweeteners like swerve or erythritol are fine too. Note that these don’t melt as well as liquid sweeteners, see more details in the recipe card below. Finally, if you are on paleo diet and eat refined sugar-free, you can use maple syrup.

How to store your sugar-free granola recipe?

It should be noted that this cereal mix must fully cool down before being transferred in a glass parfait jar. Indeed, these jars are the best way to avoid air coming in the mix, keeping your low carb cereals intact for up to a month. Also make sure to store this recipe at room temperature in the pantry. The fridge will soften your granola. Also, don’t freeze your granola !

Sugar-free breakfast, snack or dessert!

This is a versatile recipe. I found this recipe amazing to fix my sugar craving anytime in the day without eating much carbs. I love to use it for breakfast as a snack or dessert.

Breakfast – serve 1/4 cup of grain-free granola with 1/2 cup almond milk into a bowl.

serve 1/4 cup of grain-free granola with 1/2 cup almond milk into a bowl. Snack – sprinkle on top of a berry almond milk smoothie/protein shake or carry 1/4 cup of this mix into a box and eat as a trail mix

sprinkle on top of a berry almond milk smoothie/protein shake or carry 1/4 cup of this mix into a box and eat as a trail mix Dessert – I love to sprinkle some on top of my yogurt or my ground chia seed pudding to add some crunch !

Enjoy this simple low carb cereal recipe and leave me a comment if you made it!

xoxo Carine

Nutrition panel is for 1/4 cup of low carb cereal recipe using sugar-free maple-flavored syrup.