Feel Your Oats - The #1 Way To Lower Cholesterol

Any list of cholesterol-reducing foods begins with oats.  Rolled, steel-cut, in Cheerios and other oatsy cereals, oats are nature's most efficient arterial scrub-brushes.  I'm dedicated to eating a portion every morning and can just feel my cholesterol's gummy works flushing away with each bite. I usually don't have hot oatmeal in the mornings; I enjoy my husband's great homemade granola.  He's gluten-free (as well as Vegan), and so we use Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Rolled Oats in our recipe.  You'll get oats and protein and all sorts of other goodies.  Here's the recipe:

Jeff's Gluten-Free Marvelous Morning Granola

9 cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Rolled Oats (one 32 oz. bag)

2 cups partially pulverized nuts (some ground, some barely chopped)

1 cup no-salt shelled pumpkin seeds (which means without the shell!)

1 cup no-salt shelled sunflower seeds

3 tbs flax or chia seeds

1/2 cup sesame seeds (can be omitted)

1 cup chopped dried fruit (optional)

2 cups Agave Nectar

1 cup olive oil

Mix everything together in a big roasting pan.  Roast in 350 degree oven for an hour, stirring every 10 minutes, or until golden brown.  Let cool and store in dry containers.  Enjoy!

Jeff's Marvelous Morning Granola
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While the portion looks small, this scoop of granola is chocked with healthy stuff and is very filling;

My Morning Portion of Jeff's Marvelous Morning Granola

My day, however, cannot begin without this large cup of Fairway Organic coffee.  Reviews of coffee vis a vis health is mixed. Research reveals that while unfiltered coffee - French Press, Espresso - might increase cholesterol, filtered, drip coffee has no effect on it. I choose to cherry-pick the "antioxidant" cancer-fighting reports and studies of my favorite caffeine delivery system.

My Daily Cuppa Joe