recipes_Australia_Issue_129_April_2017

80 recipes+ APRIL 2017

I

created my blog, The Local Girl,

because I love food! Good

food... food that nourishes,

comforts with childhood

memories, awakens tastebuds

and, most importantly, makes us

healthy and happy. Food for me

is the universal language that

celebrates cultures, preserves

history and is the focus of family

gatherings. My mother, Louise,

taught me to cook with love, the

love she showed when she cooked

for my sisters and me. The hours I

spent with Mum in our kitchen in

Forbes, NSW, would amount to

years – it’s how I developed my

passion for food. I fell in love with

it all – preparing food, cooking

food, then sharing it. I struck gold

one weekend at a cooking class

where a chance meeting put

me in touch with the Editorial

& Food Director of The Australian

Women’s Weekly Cookbooks,

Pamela Clark. This led to an

internship, then the role of

editorial coordinator. So, I believe

that if you truly love what you

do, you’ll succeed! Georgie Gunn,

thelocalgirl.com.au

2 cups traditional rolled oats

1 cup almonds, coarsely chopped

1 cup puffed spelt

1 cup shredded coconut

½ cup flaxseed

¼ cup coconut oil, melted

½ cup pure maple syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

1 Preheat oven to 160ºC/140ºC fan-forced.

Grease and line 2 oven trays with baking

paper. Combine the rolled oats, almonds,

puffed spelt, shredded coconut and

flaxseed in a large bowl.

2 Whisk the coconut oil, maple syrup and

vanilla together in a jug. Add coconut oil

mixture to rolled oat mixture; mix well.

3 Spoon rolled oat mixture onto prepared

tray. Bake, stirring occasionally and

swapping trays halfway through cooking,

for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool

completely on trays. Store in an air-tight

container for up to 4 weeks.

Vanilla & Coconut Granola

SERVES 8 PREP 10 minutes COOK 45 minutes + cooling

SERVING TIP

Fruit and natural

Greek-style

yoghurt go well

with my granola

Georgie Gunn learnt to cook in her mum’s country kitchen.

Now living in the city, she’s sharing her passion on her food blog

The Local Girl

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