Serenade to Simple-Sweet

Good-bye Granola, Hello Muesli (and a few other taste-bud EUREKA moments)

I was inspired by this video by Kylie Flavell

to make a batch of muesli instead of granola

To a baking sheet of rolled oats add 2 heaping teaspoons cinnamon

 and a teaspoon slightly rounded of cloves. Mix

Drizzle with olive oil (approx.1/4-1/3 cup) Mix.

Spread out and bake at 300F-ish until golden brown.

Toast coconut, nuts and seeds...

I used sunflower, pumpkin and flax seeds (sesame would be delicious as well)

 I used sliced almonds (you can use whole and chop after toasting)

Chop dates or apricots (scissors works well for this because they are sticky)

measure out raisins, cranberries or any other dried fruit

If you are watching sugars remember dried fruits are sugar!

They add the sweetness to this muesli recipe.

No sugar, honey, maple syrup etc.

When oats are finished baking mix all together.

So-o-o delicious!

the next recipe has been saved since I came across it in the summer, 

to try at Christmas

Frosted Cranberry Drop Cookies

Worth the wait. WOW! 

Taste-bud bliss😋

(the only tweak (optional); 

a bit of orange juice and grated rind to the batter 

and a bit of grated orange rind in the frosting)

And last but not least...

Not so exciting to look at but

pure pleasure to eat!

Creamy Soft Caramels

Warning; can cause caramel addiction😅

One of life's sweetest, simplest pleasures

 is homemade goodness.

Makes one kinda want to sing 

a little song of gladness/thankfulness

for life's little treasures...

 

sing a song of simple pleasures

let love's longings leap with joy

count thy wealth of humble treasures

 little puppy, girlie, boy

little home-cooked warmth for supper

little hug-kiss, tuck in bed

little starlight-sparkle cover

underfoot and overhead

like a diamond duvet spread

little book-and-tea vacation

little prayer and little poem

 little patchwork of creation

for our little home-sweet-home

little birdie at the feeder

little butter for our bread

little laughter to make sweeter

little sorrow's scarlet thread

binding wounds with hope, not dread

little lease of little learning

little footfall of today

 little tick-tock's no-returning

always slip-slipping away

little moment-elum filling  

little hold and letting go

little lamp-light softly spilling

little halos on the snow

like an angel's afterglow  

Janet~

(new puppy next door wants to meet his neighbors)

'little birdies at the feeder'

'little home-cooked warmth for supper' (or lunch)