Wednesday, October 13, 2010

A healthy snack...for once!

I have come to find that my husband's favorite treat is--get this--yogurt.  How positively sinful.  How decadent.  How...healthy?  Yes.  My husband is about as healthy as you can get.  He was one of those kids who grew up eating Jell-o for dessert.

Which I think is a travesty.

I mean, I know that it's meant to be dessert, but we all know it's a fruit.  There are pictures of fruits on the cover of the box.  It has fruit flavors.  What more could you ask for in a fruit?  Not much, that I can tell you.

So, on to the whole point of this post.  Granola.  I decided to try my hand at making granola to throw on yogurt or to eat by itself for a little crunch.

I was a little worried that it would be bland, but I actually think it turned out well.  The hardest part was finding a recipe.  In fact, it was so difficult that I ended up not even following a recipe.

It turned out to be something akin to this, though:

3 cups rolled oats
1/8 cup flax seed meal
1/8 cup wheat germ
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup (or less?) honey
1/4 oil (this I can't remember.  I don't even know if I put oil in!  I think I did, though)
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 cup dried fruit

Bake at 325 for 15 minutes, then stir up.  Bake for another 8 minutes or until brown.  I would say there is a lot of room to play with proportions and sweeteners.

Here are some photos of the process:




I will  be making my second batch soon.  The first lasted about two weeks!  Nice!

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

A healthy snack...for once!

I have come to find that my husband's favorite treat is--get this--yogurt.  How positively sinful.  How decadent.  How...healthy?  Yes.  My husband is about as healthy as you can get.  He was one of those kids who grew up eating Jell-o for dessert.

Which I think is a travesty.

I mean, I know that it's meant to be dessert, but we all know it's a fruit.  There are pictures of fruits on the cover of the box.  It has fruit flavors.  What more could you ask for in a fruit?  Not much, that I can tell you.

So, on to the whole point of this post.  Granola.  I decided to try my hand at making granola to throw on yogurt or to eat by itself for a little crunch.

I was a little worried that it would be bland, but I actually think it turned out well.  The hardest part was finding a recipe.  In fact, it was so difficult that I ended up not even following a recipe.

It turned out to be something akin to this, though:

3 cups rolled oats
1/8 cup flax seed meal
1/8 cup wheat germ
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup (or less?) honey
1/4 oil (this I can't remember.  I don't even know if I put oil in!  I think I did, though)
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 cup dried fruit

Bake at 325 for 15 minutes, then stir up.  Bake for another 8 minutes or until brown.  I would say there is a lot of room to play with proportions and sweeteners.

Here are some photos of the process:




I will  be making my second batch soon.  The first lasted about two weeks!  Nice!

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