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Granola a zillion way

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It is not just kids who get their heads turned by TV. My hubby recorded and watched half a dozen Seinfeld episodes and then started longing for the zillion cereal boxes he saw stalked on the fridge.  Probably harking back to student days at UT Austin or pre-baby working days in Dallas.  I am on a minimum Carbon Footprint endeavour, I decided to make Granola at home and keep bottles of it stashed away for the pre-breakfast, post-dinner hunger pangs. My younger son insists on a bowl everyday.  Older prefers Chocos which are a rare treat. The recipe is very simple: 1 cup oats, NOT the quick cooking kind 2 cups of Millet/Brown Rice Flakes(Aval)/Maize Flakes or combination 1 cup of popped Amaranth seeds (Optional) 1/2 cup Oat/Wheat Bran or 1/3 popped bengal gram ground to a fine powder 1/4 cup flax seeds ground to a powder 1/3 cup almonds/walnuts/pistachio or combinations 1/3 cup sunflower seeds/ melon seeds/ pumpkin seeds (Optional) 1/2 cup light honey 1/4 cup s...