{"id":5092,"date":"2018-10-19T14:29:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2018-10-22T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T15:52:01","slug":"zucchini-veggie-granola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/2018\/10\/zucchini-veggie-granola\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey! Who put veggies in my granola?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may not know this about me, but I wasn’t always a Family Nutritionist.\u00a0 In my former life, I had a career in marketing.\u00a0 I worked at, and with, advertising agencies and in the creative space for over 10 years, but honestly I wasn’t great at the creative stuff (I can say that now!).\u00a0 That’s why I worked on the account side, building relationships (fun!) and putting out fires (not so fun).<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t until I hung up my corporate marketing shoes…<\/p>\n

Became a desperate mom of a picky eater…<\/p>\n

And a Certified Nutritionist…<\/p>\n

That those creative juices started to flow.\u00a0 Today you can put me in any kitchen or at any dining table, and a flurry of ideas come over me.\u00a0 Heck, I’m a creative genius!\u00a0 (haha, not really)<\/p>\n

Working with parents who want to shake things at home, and health-ify their families, means I get to come up with ideas all day long.\u00a0 And usually, parents want to see their kids eating more veggies.\u00a0 Yet, it’s not uncommon that those parents also need help getting more veggies into themselves!<\/p>\n

Yes, there are picky parents too.<\/span><\/h2>\n

And picky parents tend to have fussier kids (says the research).<\/p>\n

Shhhh…Don’t tell anyone, but when I work with families I often try to help both the BIG and LITTLE ones eat better.\u00a0 And more importantly, keeping it simple and tasty through the process.\u00a0 Because when the big ones (parents) eat well, children eat well too…eventually if all the other pieces are in place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I talk about those critical pieces in my free webinar on how to raise healthy children here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So every recipe you see on my site is the product of a former desperate mom, who just wanted her family to get more out of every bite.<\/p>\n

Virtually every recipe is packed with nutrition and usually a secret (and surprising) ingredient.<\/p>\n

\"Veggie<\/p>\n

Why stop now?\u00a0 Let’s amp up your breakfast or snack with a new and improved granola recipe.\u00a0 We are saying goodbye to standard oat-based granola that’s LOADED with sugars and grains, to one that is a tad sweetened with no grains, and lots of healthy fats.<\/p>\n

And the secret ingredient is a VEGGIE.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yes, I’m making you eat veggies for breakfast with this veggie-packed granola.<\/p>\n

That secret veggie is….ZUCCHINI baby!<\/p>\n

\"Zucchini<\/p>\n

My kids like a lot of veggies but zucchini isn’t one of them.\u00a0 Fair enough kids!\u00a0 It’s mushy when cooked, has a bitter undertone when raw, and doesn’t add much value to most dishes. It’s not my favourite veggie either.<\/p>\n

Yes when we dry is out (either in the oven or a dehydrator) zucchini deserves some love.\u00a0 And what do you know, it has some health benefits too!<\/p>\n

Zucchini is a rock-star veggie!<\/span><\/h3>\n

According to Food Revolution<\/a>:<\/p>\n