Granola Cereal

We go through a lot of cereal in our house.  The girls mostly eat Cheerios, which I am fine with.  I am not a sugar cereal person, so I'll eat boring, healthy stuff.  The Hubster is the wild card.  He'll eat Cheerios, or Honey Nut Cheerios, or Frosted Mini Wheats, or Bran Flakes, the list goes on.  

Goodness though, have you noticed how expensive cereal is these days?!  It wouldn't be terrible if it was just the girls and me eating it.  But the Hubster eats more than a normal serving size.  Probably a normal portion for a grown man.  It just means we go through a box of whatever it is very quickly.

Not to mention the crap in those boxes.  Lots of sugar.  And lots of who knows what else.

A while back I found a recipe in a magazine (and I can't find it for the life of me, so I have no idea which one) for Granola.  I gave it a shot and the Hubster raved about it.  It was pretty delicious.  Also, very easy to throw together.  The part that takes the longest period of time is just letting it cool so you can put it away.

I always double the recipe, because again, we go through it fast.  

This is about 3 bowls short of the recipe being doubled.

Granola Cereal

Preheat oven to 300degrees

Mix:

3 c oats
1 1/2 c chopped pecans
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1/3 c honey
1/4 tsp salt

Mix to coat.  Put on parchment lined (I use a silpat) cookie sheet for 30min.  Mix half way through.  You want it to be lightly golden.

Cool completely.  Store in airtight container.  Makes 4 1/2 cups.

Serving size 1/2 c.  272 calories.  16.6 g fat.  3.2 g saturatedfat.  5.8 g protein.  27.4 g carbs.  4 g fiber.

My oven runs a little bit hot, so it took about 25 minutes to cook.  One full recipe is enough to put on two cookie sheets.  

We are sort of plain janes around here, but you can add craisins, raisins, or whatever dried fruit you'd like to jazz it up a bit.  

Enjoy!

Baked Cod Recipe

I grew up with this recipe.  My mom used to make it a lot.  Most of the time with Haddock, I believe.  I was perusing the fish counter yesterday and saw Alaskan Cod.  Sold.  I'm sort of picky when it comes to fish.  I have yet to try Salmon (::ducking from the flames::), I have a feeling it will be too fishy.  One day I will grow the courage to make it... and eat it.

So anyway.  I like mild fish.  It also has to be from the USA.  I don't know... just feels safer to me.  Heh.  

So this is an easy, fast recipe to throw together.  And delicious.  

Baked Cod with Ritz Cracker Topping

I wish I had a picture for you, but I was starving last night.  

So my changes.  I got 3/4 lb of fish and used 1 sleeve of crackers.  I threw them in the food processor because I'm lazy.  I also used garlic powder, salt, and pepper on the fish before putting the crackers on top.  

Oh, and if you think I pulled out some pliers you don't know me very well!  Heh.

Enjoy!

New Recipes

I love to try new recipes. Love.

I usually wait until The Hubster is around, especially if it seems complicated, because the girls are always difficult in the evenings. Even more so when I'm preoccupied and cooking. Sigh.

Well, I wanted chicken fajitas today. I had been toying with the idea of making my own tortillas. Why? Well, I think they are overpriced. My amazing Aunt uses a short cut and cooks her own (they are pre-made and amazing, and she cooks them on the stove) and they are heavenly. And a friend of mine posted a recipe and said they were super easy and yummy. Ok, fine.

I decided to use this recipe here because it was significantly fewer calories. And yes. I used lard. Gasp!

They were awesome. I made half the recipe. It was super easy to put together in my food processor. I used hot water and not all of it. You don't want it to be too sticky.

They obviously take a little bit of time. Mainly just rolling them out super duper thin. But worth it. No preservatives. And cheap.

I will definitely do this again. Just not when I'm trying to juggle both crabby girls at dinner time.

So they weren't perfectly round.  The second batch was better!

Excuse the messy plate, this was my second fajita!