Blue Frog Apple & Maple Granola

TASTING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

Blue Frog’s Apple & Maple Granola is made with pieces of organic dried apple, coconut shavings, quinoa, vanilla bean, cashew nuts, almonds, and quality oats from Carterbury Plains in New Zealand. All these are combined and drizzled with rich Canadian maple syrup.

It won Bronze in the 2019 Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards, and is 100% plant-based. It’s sulphite-free, preservative-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and contains less than 5.5g of sugar per serving.

PREPARATION AND PAIRINGS

Great to eat as a snack on its own (we won’t judge), the Blue Frog Apple & Maple Granola is perfect with milk or yogurt as a quick, easy, tasty breakfast.

HEALTHY AND YUMMY

New Zealand’s most awarded breakfast cereal, Blue Frog was launched in 2015 by Scotty Baragwanath. The company’s name came from a nickname Scotty had as a child—Frog, because of his long and lanky legs. He grew up around his mother’s culinary creations; she never shied away from interesting ingredients and spices. At the age of five, he got his first frying pan, and began making food creations that he made his siblings try.

A food technologist who spent 20 years working for confectionary giant, Mars, Scotty founded Blue Frog with his family in mind. He became particularly conscious of breakfast, especially with his children. There was a constant struggle between getting them out of the house for school quickly, but also wanting them to be able to eat a good breakfast. It was difficult to find a nutritious cereal that also appealed to this children’s tastes enough for them to actually eat it. Blue Frog started there—breakfast experiments to give their children something both nutritious, delicious, and quick.

This is still the crux of Blue Frog, to make cereal that caters to various dietary requirements, is healthy, and is, importantly, delicious. Truly, something you would be excited to wake up to eat.

Storage Instructions

Your granola comes in a resealable bag. You may keep your granola there (make sure that it’s completely sealed with as much air removed as possible), or transfer your granola into a different airtight container. Place in a cool, dark, dry area, like the pantry, or a cupboard away from appliances. Consume within 3 months.