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This brain food helps concentration and is a delicious granola. You can have this brain food for breakfast with milk. It’s also very good on its own as a snack or layered with yoghurt, honey and fruit. If your child is anti nuts or allergic then you could substitute pumpkin seeds instead.
 
This brain food helps concentration and is a good source of iron. However, it is difficult for our bodies to absorb iron from a non-meat source (red meat provides the most easily absorbed form of iron). To improve the absorption of iron from breakfast cereal you will need to give your child vitamin-C rich fruit, like kiwi or berry fruits, or vitamin-C rich juice, like orange or cranberry juice. As featured on GMTV.

Method: 

2 cups quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/4 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup raisins

Pre-heat the oven to 300ºF. Put the oats, pecans, coconut, salt and sugar in a large bowl and mix together with a wooden spoon.

Whisk the oil and syrup together in a jug or small bowl.

Pour over the oats and mix well.

Spread out on a lightly oiled baking sheet and bake in the centre of the oven for 40–45 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

Transfer to a bowl, stir in the raisins and leave to cool.

Information:
Makes 6–8 portions