I was just reading about Super Tuesday. Maybe that's why I'm in a voting mood, so let's decide once & for all, and I *might* have time to start slowly migrating content over to the new blog site this weekend after this busy week at work.
My top 3, in no particular order: (all end in .blogspot.com)
recipeblueprint
663recipes - as in there are 663 miles between SLC & PHX. Btw, when can we come visit again?!
quipsanddip
Things here are great, but it's a busy week. Work has been really hectic - we have a lot of trainings & project deadlines coming all at once this week - and I'm looking forward to the weekend, but that'll be busy too. I just joined a meetup group to meet some moms but I'm not sure it's a good fit for me. It's more structured than I would like (you *must* attend at least 1 meetup a month or be dropped, you *must* propose & plan at least one event for the group each month, blah blah blah). But I thought I'd give it a shot, so we have a playgroup in the park Saturday morning, then it's our friends Lianne & Saul's daughter's 1st birthday party at 11, and then Sara's taking me out for my birthday Saturday night. It'll all be fun, but I'm already tired thinking about it!
I was trying to think what to make for a little snack to bring to the playgroup. The snack is for the adults, not the kiddos. Since the meetup's at 9:00, I was thinking something brunchy - scones or muffins, maybe. Baked goods are much easier for something like this because you can just grab one and it doesn't require a fork or plate. I've made ATK's cinnamon streusel coffee cake before and it's always a huge hit. Bonus: the one recipe makes two cakes. But, that's not what I'm making because I just made it for my neighbors not that long ago. I'm going to make homemade granola because it's easy, it's snacky, it's not too heavy, and I have time to make it today and not worry about it spoiling before Saturday morning. Plus I can throw it on my yogurt in the meantime. Though the pictures of granola on Our Kitchen Sink look awfully enticing, I'd stumbled on Technicolor Kitchen's granola recipe first (via this recipe for blackberry coconut oat bars, which I'm still going to have to make. Soon!) so that's what I used. It's baking now and it smells very homey. I can smell the brown sugar and honey caramelizing. Mmmmmm.
I made a couple of adjustments, based on ingredients I didn't have.
2 c oats
1 t cinnamon
1 t salt
3 T + 1 t veg oil
1/4 c honey
1/4 c brown sugar
1 t vanilla
1/3 c almonds - didn't have any, subbed pecans
1/3 c hazelnuts - none. Didn't have anything to sub, so omitted and then went back and added a bit more oats to thicken everything up.
2/3 dried cranberries
I also tossed in a dash of orange extract.
Preheat oven to 325; line a baking sheet. I use silpat baking mats, but you can use parchment if you don't. Toss oats with cinnamon and salt. Here I deviated and just tossed together all the dry ingredients. She calls for sprinking the sticky oats with the nuts and cranberries, but I was too lazy for that. In a separate bowl, whisk oil, honey, brown sugar, and vanilla, then pour over oats mixture. Spread on the pan evenly. Bake for ? minutes, periodically taking out to turn with a spatula. Why the question mark on time? Because it's still baking. Her recipe calls for baking 10 minutes, then removing to flip and adding the almonds, then baking for another 5 before flipping again, then baking for another 10 and adding the hazelnuts...you get the idea. Since I had tossed everything together, I'm just going by smell here. Remove from the oven, cool completely, then add the cranberries (again, they're already in my granola, so there you go).
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