Here are two amazing recipes i’ll share with you….it’s a combo between my friend Marnie’s recipe and my mother in law Lori’s….the first~ Homemade Granola
Ingredients
- 6 cups oats
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup coconut
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 1.2 cup fat free evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- chocolate chips
- vanilla chips
- sunflower seeds
- raisins
- dried cranberries
Combine oats, honey, maple syrup, vanilla, walnuts, coconut, brown sugar, wheat germ, evaporated milk and oil in a large bowl…mixing to coat…layer on a baking pan covered with aluminum foil and sprayed with Pam….cook at 300 for about 45 min…stirring every 15 minutes….let cool and add whatever you want…i added choc. chips, vanilla chips, and i found a bag of sun seeds, almonds and craisins at hyvee for $2.99 so i just mixed that in….this recipe freezes well….so you can put in little baggies and pull out when you have the need for granola~ENJOY
If you are a local Sioux Falls-ian….you’ve probably eaten at Minerva’s a few times (there salad bar is something i dream of ~literally) ~they serve a zucchini tomato bisque that is to die for and i think this recipe comes close…it is another combined dual recipe (i have formed a pattern of finding about 3 recipes for one dish and i combine the best in all! ~one is never enough for me) It is an adaptation from Jenny Steffens Blog and once again from my friend Marnie (she knows the way to my heart~food!)
Ingredients
- Olive Oil
- 1 green zucchini (sliced)
- 1 yellow zucchini (sliced)
- 1/2 yellow onion (diced)
- 2 T garlic
- 2 T basil
- sea salt and black pepper
- 2 14 oz cans crushed tomato
- 1 14 oz can whole tomato
- 2 cups of chicken broth
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 pint whipping cream
- Parmesan for topping
sautee zucchini and onion in olive oil, add garlic, basil, salt and black pepper…cook until zucchini is tender….in a stock pot add can of whole tomatoes and crush with a fork to break tomato apart…then add 2 cans of crushed tomatoes, chicken broth and honey….simmer on low heat and add veggies when they are cooked…at the end add your pint of whipping cream and sprinkle with parmesan…
I served mine with grilled cheese using whole wheat sunflower seed bread from the Breadsmith (best bread ever!) and Colby Jack Cheese (nothing goes together like tomato soup and grilled cheese) Bring it on fall…soup season has begun!
This is enough to keep me energized as we prepare for the Sioux Falls Sidewalk Arts Festival…here are a few of my favorites so far…they can all be found on our Art Moms Facebook Fan Page under the Album Each Sunrise brings a brand new day to create
Painting has never been so fun!
So between making Granola, Summertime Zucchini Eggplant Lasagna, Zucchini Tomato Bisque and creating all day….i’m just sitting here on the corner of awesome and bombdiggity~
yes…that’s the new catch phrase in our family…mom and i “pinned” it, our family found it “pinteresting” and now it has been “pinned” the ultimate slogan (for how long, i don’t know…things come and go in this family the moment something is funnier than the last) ….like this one…..jerime and i are trying really hard to get this one to take off
only because i have a fond memory of sombreros
if you haven’t discovered Pinterest….i suggest you go there NOW! but i’m warning you…it’s extremely addicting
