Pecan Cherry Granola

I love to make granola, especially around the winter time when it is cold. I also love to make my granola soft, almost like I took an oatmeal cookie and crumbled it up. Eating it like cereal with warm milk is the best on a cold morning!


You will need:
3 cups oats
1 1/2 all whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups pecans
1 cup dried cherries
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup softened butter ( I use a vegan substitute )
1/2 cup honey or agave syrup
cinnamon and all spice to taste


Preheat oven for 350d. Spray down a cookie sheet or two and mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. When the ingredients are all mixed, spread out on the cookie sheets and bake. If you want softer granola for cereals, put it all on one cookie sheet with edges, if you want crunchier granola spread it out over two. Bake until you feel the top get crunchy and pull it out to mix it up and bake it some more. Because there is nothing that needs to cook all the way through you may bake it as long or as short as you want, or until it is the consistency you want. Let the granola cool on the cookie sheet completely. The honey or syrup will continue to cook the granola outside the oven and will let the crunchy chunks set, so this is important. Bag up and enjoy!

Praline Pecans

I get in such the mood for pecans and sweet stuff around this time of year and almost nothing can beat roasted pecans... unless you praline them. I like to have little decorative bowls around the house with these inside and this year I handed them out for Halloween! I also use them as stocking stuffers and in gift baskets.


You will need:

2 cups pecans
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup brown sugar
tsp. vanilla(opt.)
3Tbl. flour


Heat oven to 350d and spray roasting tray. Mix all ingredients and spread on tray and bake 1n minutes, turn, then bake another ten minutes. Let cool before you try them, these suckers are HOT!

Canteloupe and Yogurt breakfast bowl

A vegetarian breakfast that will surprise the taste buds. It is a funny sounding recipe, but wait until you try it before you judge. It's wonderful.


You will need:
~freshly cubed cantaloupe
~vanilla or plain yogurt
~toasted pecans
~cinnamon

As simple as it sounds. Toast the pecans in your toaster oven until you can smell them. They toast fairly fast, so watch them so they don't burn. Place your cantaloupe in a bowl and spoon on some yogurt. Toss some pecans on top and sprinkle with cinnamon. The amount of anything, base on your likes, how hungry you are etc. Not a strict recipe, basically here to suggest the combination!