Down to Earth Granola

 4 cups oats 

1 1/2 cups sliced almonds or other nuts

1/2 cups brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinn.

1/2 cup oil

1/4 cup honey

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups dried fruit

preheat oven to 300

mix oats, almonds, sugar salt and cinn.  In saucepan warm the oil and honey. stir in vanilla. pour liquid over oats and mix.  Spread in rimmed baking sheet.  Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Cool. Add dry fruit. 

grammies banana babies

 1 cup butter 

1 1/2 cups sugar

 2 eggs

1 cup mashed banana

1/2 cup sour milk

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups walnuts (optional)

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and banana.  Mix dry stuff together then add to the wet stuff.  Add nuts if desired. Bake in 4 mini loaf pans at 350 for about 10 mins. Top with cream cheese frosting. 

Yum yum Muffins

 1 cup mashed banana

1/2 cup brown sugar

6 TB apple sauce or oil

1 large egg

1 cup grated zuke

(I usually throw all of this in a blender so that the zuke is not at all detectable)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp cinn.

1 tsp baking powder

Chocolate chips or chunks.

mix up the wet stuff. Add it to the dry stuff. Add in 1/2 to 3/4 cups chocolate chips. Mini ones work best.  Bake at 350 for about 15 mins. 

Lentil Feta Salad

 1 cup lentils

2 cloves garlic

1 bay leaf

2 chopped celery stalks

1 small red onion

1 small red pepper roasted pealed and chopped

1 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped

1 TB chlopped  rosemary

1/3 cup lemon juice

1 TB EVOO