Chai Spice Granola

So far, this week has been pretty fun and exciting to me in probably the lamest way possible.  On Tuesday, I began Insanity: the Asylum.  The past few weeks after I finished Insanity, I've been mixing it up with bike rides, yoga, and a few random Insanity workouts here and there, to allow my body to recover before beginning the Asylum.  So far, I absolutely love it.  Each workout has been extremely different, which I love, and there's a lot more strength involved rather than just a bazillion explosive cardio moves like in Insanity.  It's a really nice change of pace, and I'm dripping in sweat pretty much the entire time - gotta love it!  With starting another vigorous workout program, I figured I should probably restock my protein powder; I've been out for weeks, now.  I ended up trying out Nitro Fusion's chocolate raspberry protein powder that's from a bunch of natural sources (and it's vegan).  Since I've been working at GNC, and I've been learning a lot more about protein powders, I figured this one would taste awful since it's made from pea protein and such, but I was pleasantly surprised by how good it tastes!  It's not overly expensive, either, so I'm pretty excited about it!

Since I've been working a good bit lately, I decided I ought to make some good granola to keep me going throughout the day; there's nothing worse than being at work hungry!  I decided to make a chai spiced granola - it's been something I've wanted to do for a while - and I am so happy with how this turned out.

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