We are big on the breakfast over here in our part of the woods. Logan's fave is Brekfast bagel sandwiches Bagel-egg-cheese-bacon-bagel. In that order. Anderson is leaning toward pancakes today but the last time I made them he just picked at them. Mine and Kenaley's is waffles- must be my recipe and I only like them with butter and whipped cream, fruit if I have it; Kena prefers them plain, in hand while walking- she just has too much to do to sit still and eat. Kevin has many favorites- he likes- no loves- everything that I make for breakfast. Love that man.
The other day I had a coupon for Yoplait Yogurt and bought 16 cups. I am on this new kick of couponing, if I am not making money I need to save it. And this particular coupon was for 50 cents off of 8. If I bought it on Tuesday then Walmart doubled the coupon to one dollar off so I got 16 cups of yogurt for $11. Not too shabby. But we were getting kind of tired of it and we needed to dress it up a little. I LOVE yogurt with fresh fruit and granola so I went on the search for an easy granola recipe that I had all the ingredients for at my house. It was only 8 in the morning and I had not yet showered, so I was not about to leave my house to go anywhere. I came across one that sounded good enough and with a few tweeks I knew that it was the one for me. After making it, trying it, having all 5 people in my house rave over it and then getting out of the shower an hour later and seeing that it had all been eaten, I decided that it was worthy of sharing.
Easy and quick granola:
1 stick of butter or margarine
1 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup of water
1/4 tsp of salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups of oats
2 cups of rice crispy cereal
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup of dried fruit of your choosing
1/2 cup of nuts or seeds of your choosing
Take the first 5 ingredients and place them into a small pot, boil for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Add all other ingredients into a large bowl and stir to combine. Pour 1/2 the hot butter mixture over the oat mixture, stir until well combined and then pour in the other half and stir. Make sure that all the oat mixture is coated with the butter mixture. Spread evenly on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375* for 5 minutes, stir and break up any clumps then bake for another 5 minutes. Remove from oven and stir again to break up any clumps then allow to cool for about 20 minute. Store in a air tight container or ziplock bag.
I made our first batch with cranberries and sunflower seeds . We ate it with vanilla yogurt, fresh peaches- they were on sale too, and the granola on top. It was divine. Made it again a few days later and did cranberries (it was the only dried fruit I had besides mangoes and that just didn't sound good to me) and pecans. It was just as good but the kids don't like nuts. I have been eating it with fresh blueberries and differnt flavors of yogurt that are still hanging around.
Let me know how yours turns out and if you liked it. :)
The other day I had a coupon for Yoplait Yogurt and bought 16 cups. I am on this new kick of couponing, if I am not making money I need to save it. And this particular coupon was for 50 cents off of 8. If I bought it on Tuesday then Walmart doubled the coupon to one dollar off so I got 16 cups of yogurt for $11. Not too shabby. But we were getting kind of tired of it and we needed to dress it up a little. I LOVE yogurt with fresh fruit and granola so I went on the search for an easy granola recipe that I had all the ingredients for at my house. It was only 8 in the morning and I had not yet showered, so I was not about to leave my house to go anywhere. I came across one that sounded good enough and with a few tweeks I knew that it was the one for me. After making it, trying it, having all 5 people in my house rave over it and then getting out of the shower an hour later and seeing that it had all been eaten, I decided that it was worthy of sharing.
Easy and quick granola:
1 stick of butter or margarine
1 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup of water
1/4 tsp of salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups of oats
2 cups of rice crispy cereal
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup of dried fruit of your choosing
1/2 cup of nuts or seeds of your choosing
Take the first 5 ingredients and place them into a small pot, boil for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Add all other ingredients into a large bowl and stir to combine. Pour 1/2 the hot butter mixture over the oat mixture, stir until well combined and then pour in the other half and stir. Make sure that all the oat mixture is coated with the butter mixture. Spread evenly on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375* for 5 minutes, stir and break up any clumps then bake for another 5 minutes. Remove from oven and stir again to break up any clumps then allow to cool for about 20 minute. Store in a air tight container or ziplock bag.
I made our first batch with cranberries and sunflower seeds . We ate it with vanilla yogurt, fresh peaches- they were on sale too, and the granola on top. It was divine. Made it again a few days later and did cranberries (it was the only dried fruit I had besides mangoes and that just didn't sound good to me) and pecans. It was just as good but the kids don't like nuts. I have been eating it with fresh blueberries and differnt flavors of yogurt that are still hanging around.
Let me know how yours turns out and if you liked it. :)
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