Homemade Granola

I’ve been a recipe brainstorming machine lately, trying to come up with the perfect mango recipe for the National Mango Board‘s newest mango cookbook. I thought of the perfect cocktail. I consulted with my favorite bartender. And then…

I found out they were eliminating the cocktail section of the book. I was with a brand new bottle of gin and I was bummed. Things could have been worse. But I quickly morphed my mango green tea cocktail into a dessert.

I whipped up some mango mousse, added green tea simple syrup {which tasted divine}, and took a bite of the most disappointing dessert ever. I put my creation in the fridge and went about my day.

When I returned home I went straight to the fridge {as I often do} and was hungry enough to take a bite of the mousse. I had a lightbulb moment. This wasn’t a good dessert because it wasn’t sweet enough, strong enough. But it had the potential to be an awesome breakfast.

I whipped up some mousse sans green tea syrup. I whipped up some homemade granola. I came to the realization homemade granola knocks the socks off of store bought granola. And I successfully combined the granola with the mousse to make a super yum mango mousse breakfast parfait!