First I would like to note that I don't offer granola on the side daily with breakfast, I offer it as breakfast if you are staying more than one day. The other point I would like to make is that 'Kismet Granola Bar' evolved into what it is and it has become favorite of many of the guests.
When I had opened the inn, I would mix all the ingredients with yogurt which I some guests were able to finish and some not. I felt bad wasting the food when a guest couldn't finish it so I decided to mix the dry ingredients and have the guests mix the amount they want with the yogurt. This turned out to be kind of hard as well because some guests were allergic to seeds or some to coconut ~ finally, I decided to server each ingredient in a small separate bowl and have the guests make their own granola.
The most important part about the 'Kismet Granola Bar' is that the yogurt is homemade which means there are no additives like the store bought one. Sadly even the organic ones have sugar added to them which I find very strange. I make my own yogurts with milk purchased from 'Balfour Farm' at 'Bath or Brunswick Farmers Market' the yogurt is often thick and creamy with cream on top. I use whole m ilk so it forms really good cream on top which I mix in with the rest of the yogurt.
I also cook the oats with my homemade ghee then add a little bit of cinnamon to it, sometimes I might add an apple, sometimes I might add coconut butter instead of ghee.
The fresh fruit like apples, pears are always sauteed in ghee and cinnamon sometimes I will add blueberries to it.
Here is the list of the bowls ~
Homemade Yogurt
Oats cooked with water then add pinch of salt, ghee, cinnamon.
Dried Fruit ~ all the fruits are organic without any additives i.e no sugar or anything else is added, it is simply the fruit grown organically and dried ~ mango, pineapple, California and Turkish apricots, apples,
Seeds ~ raw organic sesame, flax, sunflower which I roast again I don't add any salt, honey just roast them.
Seasonal fresh fruit ~ if it is berries I just serve them in a bowl without if it is pears, apples I will saute them in ghee with some cinnamon.
Dried coconut
Homemade jam ~ carrot, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry ~ one kind only.
I serve different kinds of teas specially during summer time I will make fresh mint or other herbal teas from the garden.
