Golden Savory Granola

This is such a welcome idea for a crunchy addition to salad or soup. A salty, spicy, herb-y twist to a homemade granola. Incredibly easy and truly delicious! More fun than a crouton.

Be creative and add combos you think will be good together. Really anything goes!

Heat oven to 325F.
You need 2 egg whites for 1 to 1.5 cups of oats.

Here is one that turned out great.

Combine all together in a bowl:
1 to 1.5 cups of oats
Mixed seeds (we get them from Bulk Barn ) so any variation of sesame seeds, flax, pumpkin seeds, buckwheat groats, sunflower seeds, chia seeds etc. Really anything you like works.
Add dried rosemary, any dried herb you love works.
Add coarse salt, coarse pepper, paprika, garlic salt, onion salt.
Fennel seeds (what a great addition for a super flavour)
Various peppers work really well, we added some Aleppo pepper.

Cayenne or chili pepper would be good too.
Cumin seeds and coriander seeds would be great too for that type of Middle Eastern slant.

I think you can really theme this crumble with any flavour profile you want.

Add in the egg whites and a bit of olive oil to coat the mixture. We also added a bit of maple syrup for a little sweet hit. Honey or brown sugar is probably just as good.

On parchment paper or foil, spread out this mixture on a flat pan/cookie sheet and bake for about 40-50 minutes.

Once cooled, crumble in pieces that can be stored in a zip lock or jar, and will last a long while.

I'm addicted to this crunchy treat!!

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Blissful Buckwheat Pancakes

A Mother's day treat! Nothing beats this pancake with its nutty yummy buckwheat "galettes au sarrasin" flavour. 

1 c. Buckwheat, or half buckwheat and half flour of choice

1 tbsp. Sugar

1 tsp. Baking powder

1 tsp. Baking soda

1/4 tsp. Salt

1 1/4 cups buttermilk (make your own, milk and lemon juice or vinegar, so easy)

1 egg

Vanilla

Combine wet with flour and it will thicken a bit but it's not an overly thick batter. 

Serve these pancakes with tons of butter, maple syrup and cream cheese. The cat's ass!! 

No fruit for me...

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Awesome Almond Flour Brownies

We've been making these beautiful cushion-

y, oooooey-gooey brownies for years. Time to share!

Heat oven to 350F.

3 steps: wet, dry and melted chocolate.

Wet: in a medium bowl, hand whisk 3 eggs, 3/4 c. white sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla.

Dry: in a small bowl, mix 3/4 c. Almond flour, pinch of salt, 2 tbsp. Cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp. Baking powder.

Choco: in a double boiler, so pot in pot, melt 5 semi sweet Bakers chocolate cubes, or 3/4 c. Choco chips. When melty and glistening, take off the heat and set aside to cool a bit. 

Once cooled, in a slim stream, add melted chocolate to the wet bowl and whisk. Then add the dry and combine well. 

In a square pyrex or pie plate, bake the brownies for about 20 min. Be careful not to overcook so they will be gooey. Just the way we like it!!

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