Angie's Granola

My friend Angie made this granola (and homemade yogurt) for a play-date snack. I hope it's okay that I post it here. I think she said she originally got it from a running magazine? Correct me if I'm wrong, Angie.

5 C oats

1 C wheat germ

1 C bran flakes

~1 C nuts

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 C honey

1/2 C oil

here's how I make it. I mix the dry ingredients in a big bowl. I put wet ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and zap for 1 min. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. I start pre-heating my oven at this point, because it heats very quickly and I usually get distracted by some kid-related emergency before I'm through. I line some jelly-roll pans with foil and spread the granola out evenly. Bake at 300 for 20-30 min.

An aside--I have made this recipe without wheat germ and bran flakes (because none was on-hand), and it turned out just fine. There's more protein and fiber with them in, though. This time I used pecans for the nuts, and added unsweetened shredded coconut. Last time I used pumpkin and sunflower seeds for the nuts. I like that you can add whatever you want to the basic recipe.

Chocolate De-light

I was craving frozen yogurt tonight, but some friends dropped by and stayed until the health food store was closed (they make their own frozen yogurt....mmmmmm.....), so this was my alternative.

1/2 C plain low-fat yogurt

1/2 - 1 T agave syrup

1 T chocolate sauce

mix together and sprinkle granola on top. quite satisfactory, if I do say so myself.

Baked Sweet Potatoes with West African-Style Peanut Sauce

I made this recipe for dinner on Sunday. We had some friends over for dinner. The only alteration I made in the original recipe was to omit the red pepper (so it would be more kid-friendly). Here is a link to the recipe.