This recipe combines two of my favorite things mixed together; pumpkin and granola.  I have two pumpkins left from our garden harvest so we cooked up some pumpkin fun this week before we head into the spring season.

3 cups oats
1 1/4 cup chopped nuts of choice 
3 Tbsp. sucanat
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Real salt
1/4 c. coconut oil
1/3 c. maple syrup
​1/3 c. pumpkin puree
​Optional: 1/4 c. ground flax seed
              1/4 c. chia seeds
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Preheat oven to 350.  Mix all dry ingredients except for flax and chia seeds.  Melt coconut oil over low heat, remove from heat and add maple and pumpkin puree, stirring until smooth.  Pour over oat mixture and stir until evenly coated.  Bake for 35 minutes in a large baking dish, stirring about 1/2 way through cooking time.  When you remove from the oven, add the flax and chia seed, then stir until well combined.  Let cool completely before storing in an airtight container. 

This recipe is very versatile.  I had a child request no nuts in this batch so I replaced the chopped nuts amount with more oats, some coconut and almond flour (ha, he still got nuts although he didn't know it).  Be as creative as you want with this.  

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This formula is meant to be used as a food to strengthen the colon and remove hardened, dried, fecal matter and accumulated filth.  The amount you take depends on the condition of your colon so it is important to be in tune with your body.  Start will 2 capsules, 3 x a day and increase or decrease from there.  I have a person in my home (not to be named ;) that had a major constipation issue, it took him about 25 capsules before things started to move.  Note that it wasn't all at once.  I had him take about 3 capsules every hour with plenty of water.  Dr. Christopher also noted that he had a patient that had 40 capsules before things started to move, so it's important to gauge where your body is.  Continue using this formula until your bowels are regularly moving, at least once a day, but you should know what your regular is. Some people will take up to six months to completely eliminate all the built up fecal matter and rebuild the bowel structure, which can be damaged as it is stretched and weakened when constipated.  After that just take the formula as needed. Please note this is not a laxative, it is a colon building formula so look at it as a food, not a medicine.

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