I love granola, but it’s frequently way over-priced, in my opinion. I decided it would be easy and less expensive to make it myself.  In addition, I could tailor it to the ingredients that my family enjoys the most.
I made my first batch about a week ago and it was an instant hit. We like it sprinkled over our yogurt best. Yum. Make sure that you are baking your granola in a pan that allows you to spread it wide and shallow. Stir periodically and go by color.A nice, light, toastiness is what you are looking for.

Michelle’s Granola
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First of all, I am not a breakfast person. The only times I eat breakfast is during the weekends with the family. During the week there is a rule everyone lives by in my household. “Mommy only makes breakfast during on weekends”. The truth is, I probably wouldn’t be even eating breakfast on Saturdays or Sundays if not for the fact that I’m just compromising with my family.
Since they’ve learned to serve themselves with cereal or whatever breakfast items we have during the week, I figured I would reward them with delicious breakfast meal on the weekends that I …read more

There are two phrases which really bother me: You’re only limited by your imagination and You have to have tougher skin than that. (Not far behind would be–just let it roll off your shoulders–aaah!).

The first one, “you’re only limited…” infers that you have no imagination…and is usually uttered by some Food Network cook who is showing you how to make meatloaf out of cereal.
How’s this? I’m imagining, right now, that I’m a rich socialite, married to Leonardo DiCaprio.
The second, …”tougher skin…” really gets to me…mostly because I don’t have it; and I don’t know what it means to go …read more