I tried a new granola recipe and boy it's good. First, it's a recipe from Mennonite Girls and Cook, and called "Backpack Snacks" online. It calls for granola, so I used my homemade granola that we love. Picture is the dry ingredients. Second, I pressed the final mixture into a 9 x 9, parchment lined baking dish instead of rolling it into balls. The color of these photos are all different, because of the time of day, and how dark the house was from the thick Canadian smoke that was still outside at the time. These cut very nicely, and were very good, straight from the refrigerator. It was hard to eat just one of them. I will be making this again, and switching out the peanuts with walnuts, and switching out the raisins with dates. Oh my! The binder is honey and peanut butter. These are perfect for your hiking days, camping, your grandkids, or just for snacks when you want one. The rain arrived thank goodness, and washed the smoke in...
Sharing another crochet book blanket granny square I recently completed. One more caught up, but they need attached to the actual blanket yet. My husband picked this book out for me at a very small, and very fun book store last year. It was a long book, and I would give it a 7 out of 10. It was just too much every day drama in 480 pages for me. It was a half-price book, and now I know why. I am still thankful for my husband's love in supporting my reading habit though (he he). I made this salad again, but this time used organic kamut pasta. I also used my homemade organic, chive blossom infused red wine vinegar in the dressing. Next time I will swap the salt for my homemade jalapeno salt . I will possibly add chicken next time as well. It is missing cilantro, as my two plants went to seed, and my newly planted seeds have not grown large enough plants yet. Update: In the evening this level went up to 796! ...