We live in the San Francisco Bay Area, right?
And we're approaching the month of May
but check the weather out.
I don't know how much you guys can see that.
It's a Sunday evening but it's gloomy and rainy
Can you see the rain?
Like what's going on?
Seriously. Oh, man.
But anyway you guys see my outfit?
I don't really usually dress up if I'd to vlogs
but we just came back from a baby shower
One of our really close friends is having a baby
so we showered her with love
Rachel, the kids, everyone is taking a nap.
I was about to have a snack
and I thought about something that I felt so compelled. I need to share with you guys.
I hate cereal. I really do. I hate it so much.
It's been six, maybe seven years now that I have not had any cereal.
Let me tell you why
Huh, Zaden.
This is why.
Fruit Loops, 22 grams of sugar.
Let's see. Frosted Flakes. We have 23 grams of sugar per serving.
Trix. These are some of common ones, right?
Oh, I'm dropping it. 12 grams of added sugar.
Let's go look for like healthier ones too
Okay, Honey Nut Cheerios. That's a healthier kind
I won't drop that again. 12 grams of sugar. 12 grams
What's more? Let's just see a few more.
Oh, no. Honey Bunches Honey Roasted Oats.
This one. I used to like this one and I thought it was really healthy.
Let's check it out.
Nine grams of sugar per serving and that one serving is one cup.
Obviously one cup is not going to be enough.
So, literally all this crap here are sugar.
Lots and lots of sugar, corn and other crap that they put in there
That's why I hate it so much.
The thing with cereal is, it's so easy.
You pour it out in a bowl. You pour some milk and you're good to go.
You have a filling breakfast so quick and we need something similar.
Let me tell you what I do
Instead, I make granola and I eat it the same way like how I eat cereal.
I pour in a bowl, I pour milk and I have it for breakfast
And it is awesome, it's healthy, it's whole grain, less sugar obviously. Buy the one with the less sugar
The problem is basically there is a lot of granola that's sold in the stores
but then some of them do have some sneaky ingredients in there that are not very good
So there are good ones. There are good ones
I will admit I've had a few good ones with a little less sugar in it
but I started to resort to just making my own granola
I want to show you today how easy it is to make granola
It is extremely easy.
All you need to start with is oats.
This is the main ingredient of a granola, oats. And you guys definitely had oats before
I'm gonna pick up two tins of oats
and I'm gonna show you how easy it is to make granola
Also, I don't know if you guys noticed but this mask is so tiny because it's actually Zaden's one
and when I talk, it opens up at the side like this. You see. It's so tiny
Because I forgot my own mask and this is the only one that I found in the car
So I apologize. I still needed a mask to walk into that store
and that's all I had. So it's better than nothing.
Anyway, time to go home and make some granola
All right, granola. Let's talk about how to make granola.
It is super super easy.
First and the biggest most important ingredient you need to have is oats.
Here I have Quaker Oats. Not endorsing. I guess endorsing but not sponsored.
It's just the brand that I saw at the store and bought it.
So you could use any kind of oats.
Preferably old-fashioned oats.
You can see. This is old-fashioned, okay.
That's what you need.
The second element is you need some sort of nuts.
Again, these are all optional guys
Great granola you can toss anything in there and all you just need to do is roast it.
First, oats. Second, any sort of nuts.
So let me check what kind of nuts I have.
I managed to find some... a little bit of macadamia nut left
and also some raw pecans
So these are the nuts that I have. I don't know which I'm gonna use yet
but the next element are seeds. Seeds are healthy for you
So let me see what kind of seeds I have
I found two kinds. I have pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds
Again, I'm not gonna put all of this in it.
I'm just gonna pick and choose and make whatever kind of granola I like
but these are the base things
and then the last item, last category of items.. A little sneaky. Totally optional.
Again all is optional except probably this. Kind of important. Healthy stuff.
But the sneaky stuff.. Let me show you.
It looks a little unattractive
because I've already used it before.
I have some dark chocolate. I have dark chocolate here. I also have some white chocolate here.
Again these are all like super super optional things.
I might toss this at the very very end just a little bit to give a bit more sweetness to my crunch
You don't have to. I just like them but these are a little bit more of the healthier sugars
Okay, super easy to make. Let me show you.
Get the biggest bowl you can find in your house.
The biggest one. Absolutely the biggest one.
My biggest one is right here
All right
I've already... Did I? I think I've already washed my hand.
No, I have not
Yeah, very important element. Remember children, wash your hands before anything
Okay, the way I measure stuff is I don't measure stuff
Yeah. There's a word called 'agak-agak' in Malaysia where I'm from
which means like your proximal, you eyeball it
So what I'm gonna do.. I do this with all the stuff I make.
It's the best way. You know why?
Because you're more likely to make it in the future as opposed to constantly needing to look up a recipe
Plus, just eyeball it. Taste it as you go. You'll be fine
All right. So I'm just gonna this in. I'm not even like..
It's not even like a full cup. I just take this, so I can pour
I might toss more in later. We'll see
Looks about right, okay
Next thing we'll get is cutting board
Okay, cutting board
We want to put our nuts in
Since we don't have much macadamia nuts, let's go with pecans today
so pour out bunch over here and get a... like a cleaver type knife
Yep. Chop. Chop. Chop. Chop. Chop. Like you're roughly chopping, right?
so don't worry about like getting everything kind of like perfectly chopped
So all you do is...
Then, you just mix it together
and then you realize the eyeballing you're like, "I can't even see any pecans in there"
which means put more pecans
Chop more. Put it in there
I'm gonna take an actual spatula, so I can see it. Now can you see that
Okay I'm starting to be able to see chunks off pecans in there
Okay. Next part, seeds
Okay, that seems about right
This is looking awesome
Now we don't add the sweet chocolatey stuff right now
Now we gotta make the oily base
Okay. So for the oily base stuff, it's really simple
and i don't even know why I'm calling it oily base
It just sounds right
You take a small pan
So i have this guy right here.
Nonstick preferably but use anything you got at home you know because that's all you got
All right, so pick an oil
Healthier oil. Don't use vegetable oil or canola oil or any other crap
I have some coconut oil right here
which I'm going to use
Got this at Costco. Big tub
Okay, that's coconut oil
And next is you need your sweetening agent
Okay, so this again is totally optional. 100% optional.
You can pick any kind of sweetener you like. You can put stevia
You can use maple syrup which is what I'm going to use
You can use brown sugar. Anything, okay?
So I'm going to use a little bit of maple syrup. Just a little bit. It'll add that mapley taste
and a little bit of brown sugar. That's it.
Light brown sugar.I don't even make a difference. I got dark brown sugar too but feels light.
So I'm just gonna go with light brown sugar, okay?
So this is what you do
Simple. Simple stuff. Turn on the heat. Put it on the medium.
Hello. Hi. The family is awakened
What are you making? Granola
Oh, okay. That's what I'm making.
What kind is this one?
No idea. Making it up as I go.
So we're just putting a bunch of oil in there right now
I know that's not a very safe space with the camera.
That is very unsafe space with the camera. Not very safe.
So again approximates.
So that's melting. Put the sweetener of your choice.
I'm gonna use a little bit of maple syrup
and it might seem like a lot right now but remember that's like five cups of oats in there
so that's very very little sugar
Can you put some brown sugar in that, please? How much?Just eyeball it. Not too much okay
More. More. More. More. Okay. Okay, that's good.
Just stir a little bit. Just you want to get it all melted up.
It doesn't need to be like boiling. It doesn't matter
and that's it.
All you do now is...
And you hear that sizzle?
So by the looks of this, it's definitely still grainy
I don't know if you guys can see that but it's still grainy which means that it needs more oil
So I'm just going to repeat this process over and over again
until I see the consistency of this is good
And for me what I mean by the consistency is good is it looks a bit glossy.
I can see like oil all around because you want enough oil for it to be roasted in the oven
So I probably am guessing maybe one more round of this?
I don't need to add the sugar again. Just the coconut oil now.
Okay, I think it is perfect the way it is.
It looks awesome. I've tasted it
Right kind of sweetness. Tastes good, has the maple-y taste.
Look at it and it looks all glossy and shiny
Next thing you do is... Oh
Gotta heat up the oven. Totally forgot about that
While the oven's preheating, put this all in a pan
Just dump it in there just like that.
so I'm trying to still have like a thick-ish layer
because I want it to combine a little bit you know. It's all going to be almost like that cereal texture.
It's all broken up but I do want some parts to be like larger chunks
so that when you eat it you know you have different sort of textures, right?
And you want to press it in a little bit so that you won't actually try this thing.
Again, this is all optional. It's however you want it to be.
I'm going to pop this in the oven
and I'm going to time it. I think I'm going to start with like 15 minutes
and then like keep adding five minutes more.
Just check the color. That's it.
Granola's in the oven, finally.
Zae Zae, do you want to make your batch of granola?
No. I did not finish the puzzle.
Oh, you haven't finished the puzzle? No.
Okay. How about you finish your puzzle then after that you want to help daddy make your granola? Yeah.
And I like to also get him involved in making it because it's so special.
It's something that he himself made and he's more likely to even eat it
All right, we got a little chef in action here/
You ready to make some granola, buddy?
Okay, mix it baby.
Time is going off for the first batch
Wow, it's already looking great
That's pretty fast. See the color.
That looks awesome, yo.
The edges, it gets a little bit darker
First, I'm gonna bring that in.
Can I have this for a second, baby? Okay. Because daddy needs to do something here, okay.
So you can see already it's like getting it together.
I'm just gonna push in all the sides. That's it.
It's all I'm doing because I want it to cook evenly.
This is gonna go back in for maybe another five minutes.
Can you mix yours right now?
Good job. Going back in.
All right.
Okay, let's see how this is looking.
When you try it right now, it's still going to be like soft
but over time when it gets cold, it'll harden up.
That's how it is. I think it's perfect. So, that's it
Instead of cereal, see how easy it is to make granola.
If you guys are still like, "Nah, man. That's too much work",
go to the store. Stop buying cereal, buy granola. So much more healthy for you.
High in fiber. High in protein. Less sugar. Keeps you satiated. It's good.
You get all the good fats from the coconut oil
Come on. Can't go wrong. Don't eat that crap. That's cereal crap, alright?
But that's it
That's what I wanted to share. That's what I've been thinking about.
It's been tugging in my heart for so long and I love you guys so much,
so I like to share this kind of information with as many people as possible.
Zae Zae, do you like daddy's granolas?
Yeah. Yeah? Is it the best? Yes. Yeah? He loves it.
So we make as frequent as we can.
Anyway, thanks for watching. We love you so much, guys.
I really hope to see you in the next one
You want to say bye? Bye.