Granola & Shallot FYI

I'm back...the two recipes I just posted can be found at the links below. jinny introduced me to this website.

granola: http://orangette.blogspot.com/2008/02/consider-it.html

shallot salad: http://orangette.blogspot.com/2005/02/simple-and-unsexy.html

vinegar roasted shallots: http://orangette.blogspot.com/2007/06/handy-to-have-around.html
(pookie--you might like these for salads. i added them to spinach and goat cheese and it was muy bueno. p.s. i also used balsamic vinegar.)

Rachel's Good For You Granola (well, good for me!)

**original recipe in Nigella Lawson's Feast**

Dry Ingredients:

5 c rolled oats (not the instant kind!)
2 c sliced almonds
1 c hulled sunflower seeds (not salted/roasted!)
3/4 c flax seeds
3/4 c lite brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients:

3/4 c unsweetened apple sauce
1/3 c brown rice syrup (may be hard to find--see if you have a whole foods near you)
1/4 honey
2 Tbsp veggie oil

Method:

1. In a very large bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
2. In a medium sized bowl, combine the wet ingredients.
3. Add wet ingredients to the dry and stir.
4. Preheat oven to 300 (this should've been step one but i'm too lazy to redo the numbering) and set the oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven.
5. Spread mixture on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake for 35-40 mins and stir every 10 mins so granola cooks evenly.
6. Remove from oven, stir it very well to prevent clumping, and let cool. Yields 10 cups, which can be stored in a plastic bag in your refrigerator for a very, very long time!