some yUm & a good thought.

good afternoon, friends.

while the hubs repaired a portion of the gutter

threatening to dislodge from the house i got busy

and baked a new batch of granola. we used

the last of the other batch this morning over

greek yogurt and strawberries. 

one bin for the deep freeze and one bin for the fridge.

pecans and medjool dates this time. yum.

it makes a good size batch .. used the humongous

tupperware bowl i bought probably 30 years ago.

my tiny dish of (D3) supplements

waiting for me to choke down..

i love the quote imprinted on the surface:

"do more of what makes your soul happy."

.i'm trying.

after the granola was baked and portioned and stored, 

i used some leftover bacon from the deep freeze

along with biscuits made for yesterday's main meal,

and put together some simple little blt's on a biscuit.

it was yummy and just enough until our main meal.

.a cute little snack.

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last night i prepped a chicken & spinach lasagna then put it in the fridge, allowing the flavors to held overnight. we usually eat our main meal at 3pm so i best get this in the oven. i made a simple salad to go along. the pan of lasagna will offer us dinner today and tomorrow, then i'll portion, package, and freeze the remainder for future meals or to offer to folks who are either under the weather or had a recent surgery resulting in a bit of need .. cuz who wants to cook when you're feeling ick, right?

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:: sherry's granola ::

5 cups oats

1 cup oil

1/2 cup molasses

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 tablespoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

1/2 teaspoon coconut extract

1 tablespoon cinnamon

put oats & cinnamon in a large bowl.

heat the remaining ingredients then pour

over oats and mix well. on parchment lined

cookie sheets (i use two) divide and spread the

mixture then bake at 325 for 15  minutes.

remove and stir then bake 5 minutes. then

remove and stir and back into the oven

5 minutes more. remove from the oven

and let sit about 15 minutes before 

breaking it tup and putting back into the 

large bowl. *** now you can add your

preferred nuts and/or dried fruit. today

i added about 2 cups of pecans and 

2 cups of chopped medjool dates.

mix it up good then portion,

putting some in the deep freeze

and some in the fridge.

this is great as cereal, 

equally delish sprinkled over yogurt.

the granola with the pecans

and dates .. tastes like a cookie.

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until next time..

.sherry.