Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Mix oats, almonds, flax seeds, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon in a bowl. In a saucepan warm the oil and honey. Whisk in the vanilla extract. Pour the honey, oil, vanilla mixture over the oat mixture and mix gently, but well. Mix with spatula and eventually your hands. Spread out onto a sheet pan and bake for 40 minutes (stir after the first 20). Cool and break up any clumps. Mix in dried fruit.
Yield: about 9 cups
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Inactive Prep Time:
Lemon Yogurt and Berry Swirl:
Berry swirl:
3 cups mixed berries (any combination, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries) frozen
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 lemon, juiced
Lemon yogurt:
1 1/2 cups lowfat vanilla yoghurt
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice