Photo: Courtesy of Lady Gouda

Last time we featured Lady Gouda on Food Therapy, it was for her yummy breakfast strada. She caught our eye again with this homemade pumpkin granola, which she recommends with Greek yogurt, sliced nectarines and a drizzle of honey for a healthy, delicious start to the day. Does anyone else see a pattern in the making?

This granola recipe provides a great way to mix, simmer and bake away the last of those end-of-summer blues. The ingrediant list incorporates everything to love about Fall: pumpkin seeds, pumpkin puree, applesauce, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, vanilla, maple syrup and honey. There might be no better way to get excited about cool weather, apple picking, pumpkin carving and fall foliage than to have these spiced fall smells wafting from you kitchen, then stored tight for many cozy fall breakfasts to come.

BUT, it’s the end of Lady Gouda’s post that really may sink the hook into you. She divulges, “I won’t deny that one of my favorite weeknight nightcaps is the following: small scoop of vanilla ice cream, sprinkled with granola and chopped up dark chocolate. SO GOOD”

Bring it on, autmnal equinox.