Definition of "granola"

granola

/ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural granolas
1. A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients.
adjective
comparative more granola, superlative most granola
1. (chiefly Canada, US, of a person) Eating healthy food, supporting the protection of the environment, and having liberal views.
  Quotations
  […] behind them a granola-looking mom in denim overalls and a t-shirt was pulling in to do her drop-off . . from a Prius.
  2013 November 21, Jame Schaefer, Tobias Winright, Environmental Justice and Climate Change‎, page 228
  Rather, the anti-vax movement is almost entirely a phenomenon of the affluent crunchy granola Left—as everyone across the political spectrum acknowledged until the last week or so.
  2015 February 13, Dennis Saffran, “The Orwellian Campaign To Project Anti-Vaccination Onto Republicans”, in The Federalist
  Yet some experts believe that voices from the far right are beginning to drown out those of the crunchy granola crowd.
  2020 June 18, Kiera Butler, “The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders”, in Mother Jones