If you were a food, what would you be? A starchy potato? A pile of rich brown sugar? Maybe a handful of macaroni? Or…would you be a fancy, high-class vanilla bean? Be honest. I like to think I would be some sort of superfood. Like acaí, cacao nibs, or goji berries. They’re, like, the superheroes of food, aren’t they? I bet if they were people they’d have a cape, be super strong and most likely, incredibly attractive. Who doesn’t want to be all of those things? Before the holidays, I had big plans for my first recipe of the new year. I wanted to be a rebel, turn my back on diet-land and give you guys a gigantic chocolate cake…piled with chocolate frosting on top. But then I ate. A lot. During the holidays. I had too many cookies. Too many cupcakes. Too much of everything. I need a break. A sweets break. A bad foods break. No diet for me. Nah, I’m not interested. But I am interested in a vanilla speckled granola with slivered almonds, sweetened by agave and a little bit of brown sugar. And then baked until the perfect hue of golden brown. The last move, …

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