Friday Cooking Recap. . . On Saturday

I made some granola this week. I didn't think it was going to happen because my oven was pretty gassy for the first part of the week. I turned it on and decided I'd wait ten minutes before even getting out the ingredients. Ten minutes later, no gas.

If you click on the link to Kathi's blog you can find the granola recipe. And, she included a nice picture.

It was really easy to make (and easy to let a little helper help). I will warn you, if you want to try it, it is NOT sweet. At least not by today's standards. I did put in 3/4 cups of honey. The recipe said to mix in dried fruit after it was completely cool, but I don't usually have dried fruit so I didn't. I did buy some later to try and sweeten it up but I haven't tried any yet. The other day when I ate some of the granola I mixed in a tablespoon or two of peanut butter and I liked it. If I make it again I think I will add peanut butter to the whole batch before I bake it. Now I need to go pick up some yogurt so I'll have something to eat it with. Or maybe this will be the week that I finally try to make my own.

I also attempted more jam this week (with my sister-in-law's help of course). Organic raspberries were the cheapest of the season yesterday so I picked some up and we made raspberry jam. I tried a little this morning and it was delicious. Kind of like eating candy. Which is what you would expect when you add 7 cups of sugar right? I am now searching for the perfect homemade bread recipe (white and wheat) and dreaming of the bread and jam to come.

Last week I got a recipe for granola bars. I would like to try them but I can't tell if I want to wait until the granola is gone. I haven't even started thinking about my dinner menus for next week, so who knows if I'll try anything new.