I thought I'd better take a moment before we leave North America to pop up a small blog post.
We've been here since June, it's now September and we'll be leaving next week. I'm torn between wanting to stay and wanting to get back to Dundee, but such is life.
I've been meaning to post this little recipe for a while, it's become a standard in our house, especially over summer when I felt the hot cereal was a bit much. It's from 'Everyday Food', published by Martha Stewart, who also brought me my favourite waffle recipe. It's from the May 2010 issue, page 76.
Tropical Muesli
In a small bowl stir together:
2/3 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup yoghurt
1 Tbsp honey
1 Tbsp chopped dried pineapple
1 Tbsp golden raisins
1 Tbsp chopped natural almonds
1 Tbsp lemon juice [we used orange or sometimes skipped it altogether]
Cover and let sit overnight or at least an hour. The next morning add 1/2 cup of yoghurt and mix in well and divide between two bowls. Top each bowl with:
1-1/2 tsp of chopped dried pineapple
1-1/2 tsp of golden raisins
1 Tbsp of chopped natural almonds
This is, of course, one of those recipes that you can easily make without exact measurements, but it is a good place to start. It makes just enough for a large Steve-sized bowl and a small Mary Beth-sized bowl. I eventually got in the habit of making up a larger batch and just leaving it in the fridge for the next day of a later snack. I think the only health warning I'd add is that you should make sure to use a good PLAIN yoghurt and don't use salted or roasted almonds. Mary Beth doesn't fancy 'normal' raisins, so this works well for us - I also like the light flavour of the golden ones.
