Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Granola Mama

I was going through an old box of memories... decluttering and filtering through, and I found a card from my old job that everyone had written in to send us off to Oregon.  A friend, Linda, wrote "dont get to lost in making your own bread and granola"... and reading that, got me to giggle.  I make bread weekly, but granola.... I havent made that in a while.  Then while watching a recorded Martha, I was really tempted to make some.  Not surprising- I had all the ingredients in my house already... so, why not!
I followed the recipe on the Martha site.  except I added a TBS. of powder vanilla during the mixing.  eliminated the pecans and added raw almonds. Then 20 minutes into the baking process- I sprinkled in a little bit of cinnamon and sugar mixture. Then after it was done cooking, I added in some raisins and dried blueberries.  What a treat on ice cream or in yogurt.... but now
 Bryan is asking me to make yogurt this week..... I have created a monster!  

3 comments:

  1. were those raw almonds REALLY raw almonds, or were they "raw" almonds? there's a whole fiasco going on about that. did you know?

    :)

    the granola looks good. i've never tried making it...but someone we both know (or used to know, anyway) called me granola once and i felt like smacking her pretty little face right there on the spot. now i wouldn't mind being called that so much. i plan to make my own saurkraut tomorrow with my homegrown cabbages. hee hee.

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  2. Even as a child- I was labeled as "granola"- and you know, then I took it to mean "bland" or "blah"- but, you know.... granola is far from bland or blah- it remarkable, natural, and good for you. I take that compliment and run!

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  3. tiff you are so inspiring. i think im totally going to try and make my own granola! this looks amazing!

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