Stovetop Granola

A few years ago, I went in search of an easy and delicious granola recipe.  This Stovetop Granola from All Recipes won out for me.  The ingredients are very basic, the process is simple and the result is delicious.  This is always a big hit at snack times around our house.

Enjoy,

Introducing Lisa Wilson

My friends probably grow tired of me inviting them to post on this blog and few of them take me up on the offer. However, I recently “met” a basketball wife, Lisa, through our group on Facebook, and she also enjoys cooking, baking, and sharing recipes (check out her FB group for swapping recipes)! For now I will post her recipes and photos and tag them with “Lisa” to share for all.

As a young child my Grandma would get ingredients out for me and let me make my own baking creations.  I look forward to my Grandma’s carrot cake she makes every year for my birthday. Not only is my Grandma a superb baker but so was my Nana, I would walk to her house as a child to pick up the baking she had made for us, and marvel at her creations.  My sister loves to bake too and I was very impressed with the birthday cake she made for my niece on the weekend for her 4th Birthday!! I can’t forget to mention my Dad and his banana bread – it arrives always when you need it the most, funny how parents just know

I  LOVE to bake.  I make a HUGE mess in the kitchen, I get slightly annoyed if I am disturbed or if I think my baking is not perfect.  My daughter who is 2 likes to join me in the kitchen to bake – she likes to bake cookies and muffins but would rather eat ginger crunch.  One thing I do with recipes is improvise – I don’t do times – I just know.  I open the oven door, I add more of this and less of that, but I do make sure they look pretty if I am giving them to my friends My partner gets the ones that I think look “ugly” he probably thinks Im nuts  Here are some nice easy recipes because I am sure some of you have families – and quick easy recipes make life easy

Lisa is a stay at home mother mother to her daughter Kaia who is 2 years old and 2 step children Maddison (10) and Jackson (8).  Her fiance, Paul Henare, this year retired from playing professional basketball and is now a basketball coach.  Lisa and her family live where Paul works.  They are New Zealanders. Lisa also works casually supporting people to live independently in the community.

Please welcome Lisa to the blog!

Breakfast on the Road

Because I am spending a lot of time traveling for work, I thought I would share some photos of what I am eating while away from home. Above is a photo of today’s breakfast: scrambled eggs, potatoes, steel cut oats and fresh fruit. Definitely healthier than yesterday’s bagel!

What do you eat while traveling?

Recipes Page

A quick note to let you know that the recipe page is up. I am using a service called Recipage, which is the venture of one of my favorite (primarily food) bloggers, Emily, and her husband.  I do not have ALL of the recipes posted to date in there yet, but I hope to get it done over the next week or so.   Recipage allows recipes to be more easily printed and sent to phones or email, and it includes a link to the original post.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Friday Feature: Earth Balance Natural Spreads

Along the journey to dairy-free, I discovered that a lot of margarine products contain various forms of dairy.  I did find a product right off the bat that we will be using– Earth Balance Buttery Spreads. I like the stick form for cooking and baking, but for toast and such, we use a soy-free version.  If I were more motivated to measure the stuff from the tub (soy free), I would only use that, but I enjoy the convenience of the sticks.

What do you use for baking and cooking?