A Healthy Breakfast

Well at last we’ve settled into our new house. The kitchen is small but I've managed to rustle up a few decent meals over the week. I miss my gas top cooker. Gos cooker is going to be one of my first requirements for the new kitchen, along with a large pull out pantry and a garbage disposal unit. What I love about the kitchen is the big window which allows the sun to stream in during the morning. Here's the picture I promised of the little kitchen.



The beautiful morning sunshine got me in a mood something healthy and tasty. I have a little book called a perfect day that has all sorts of lovely photos and suggestions about life’s little pleasures. It has a piece on the best ever granola and the line “after sampling this granola, you will forget all other granolas” got me interested.

I mixed together the ingredients and popped them in the oven. The beautiful aroma from the kitchen wafted up stairs (still getting used to the novelty of stairs) and tempted J down to find out what was on offer. It was a beautiful fresh morning and the sun was enough to tempt us out into the garden for a little alfresco breakfast. I just love having a garden. There’s no grass yet in our garden but that is a minor inconvenience that will soon be rectified when I make a call to the nice men who will lay the turf for us. Don’t you just love the modern conveniences of life today – no need to spend weeks growing your own grass. Just phone someone and ask them to lay down a ready grown garden for you.

Granola

300g rolled oats
50g whole almonds
50g raisins
25g ready to eat dried apricots
25g sunflower seeds
25g golden caster sugar
4 tblsp maple syrup
(I also added 1 tsp of cinnamon)

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and then transfer to a baking sheet.

Bake in a preheated oven at 160C for 25 mins until toasted.
Remove from the oven and stir well
Return the mixture to the oven and cook for a further 15 mins until the granola is crisp and light golden. Remove from the oven.
Eat the cereal while hot with milk, or let cool, then transfer to an airtight container and store.