Granola

This recipe is one I got from Kevin's cousins wife. Tiffany is an amazing cook, who does amazing things with whole grain food and all things healthy. My husband loves granola, and I have tried numerous recipes in the past that require you cook the granola for over an hour, and it's labor and time intensive. But when I tried this recipe, I learned that making granola can be fast, and easy. In less than a half hour you can have a large batch of amazing homemade granola. It's a great way to use up your food storage oats, and it's pretty cheap to make. I hope you enjoy it as much as we have, I can't seem to make it fast enough for my family, they love it!

6 cups rolled oats (old fashioned not quick oats)
1/4 c. Sunflower seeds
1/2 c. Brown Sugar
1/3 c. Sesame Seeds
1 c. unsweetened flaked coconut
1 c. chopped nuts (pecans, cashews, almonds)

1/2 c. Oil
1/3 c. Honey
2 tsp. Vanilla

1/2 c. Dried Fruit (rasins, cranberries, dates)

Mix the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl until well mixed, then add the next 3 ingredients and mix until everything is well coated. The mixture will not be super wet, but it also should not be dry either. Once it's coated well, spread the mixture out onto a large cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, then mix in the dried fruit and bake for 5 minutes more. Remove from oven and allow granola to cool, then place in an air tight container to store.

Banana Bread

So I have been working on getting some recipes that are healthy, and delicious. I have also been trying to find some recipes that help me to use my food storage, so in looking around, I found this great website that helps to accomplish both of those, so thanks to Everyday Food Storage for this yummy Banana bread recipe, it's very moist and it really is better the second day. I hope you enjoy this one!

4 T margarine (or butter), softened
¼ C applesauce
2 eggs (2 T. Dehydrated Eggs +1/4 C. Water)
2 T skim milk or water
¾ C packed light brown sugar
1 C mashed banana (2-3 medium bananas)
1 ¾ C Whole Wheat Flour
2 t baking powder
½ t baking soda
¼ t salt (optional)
¼ C coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Beat margarine, applesauce, eggs, milk, and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until smooth. Add banana and blend at low speed; beat at high speed 1 to 2 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; mix into batter. Mix in nuts. Pour batter into greased loaf pan, . Bake at 350º F until bread is golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (55 to 60 minutes). Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan and
cool to room temperature.