The last two days

Here is our cooking for the last couple of days.  We have been mostly at home due to Thunder and Lightening storms.   

We started off with Yogurt Cheese/Greek Yogurt, you take plain yogurt and let it drain over a colander in a cheesecloth or coffee filter that is on top of a bowl.  You let it drip from 2-24 hours depending on how thick you want it.  You can use this as a spread for sandwiches instead of mayonnaise or butter.  Or you can use it as a dip starter, or mix it with fruit for a yummy dessert.  The options are endless.

Yogurt Cheese or "Greek" Yogurt

The we moved on the Cinnamon Pull-Aparts and Whole Wheat Bread.  Instead of making two loaves of bread, we made one loaf and some Cinnamon Pull-Aparts (which were amazing!)

Cinnamon Pull-Aparts, so yummy!!!

Finished Cinnamon pull-aparts and WW Bread!

Here is the link for the bread http://articles.urbanhomemaker.com/index.php?article=83 and on the bottom of the page is another link for the bread dough variations.  This is another super easy recipe for bread like the one I post a couple days ago.  Enjoy!!!

Then we made Granola this afternoon!     And YUM!

Just out of the oven

After the fruit was added.

The Granola recipe was taken from the Eat Clean Diet Cookbook 2.  It is called :  Jump Start Granola.   We doubled the recipe in the picture above, we need lots for our family!  Here are the ingredients:

3 cups old fashioned rolled oats

1 cup roughly chopped unsalted almonds

1/4 cup roughly chopped unsalted cashews

1/4 cup pumpkin seeds

1/4 cup sunflower seeds

2 Tbsp Flax seed

1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes

1 heaping Tbsp brown sugar

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup raw coconut butter or oil, melted

1 tsp real vanilla

1/4 tsp sea salt

1 cup of your favorite unsweetened dried fruit, such as raisins, currents, cranberries, cherries or blueberries.

Just mix everything together.  First bowl, first 8 ingredients; second bowl the rest of the ingredients, except the dried fruit, which goes in after it is baked.  Mix both bowls together and bake at 250 degrees for 75-90 minutes. 

Let cool and store in an airtight container.

Eat Clean Diet Cookcook 2 -- By Tosca Reno

That is it for now.  Will post more after convention on the fun I had and the curriculum I acquired!