And it continues

Well, I finally got enough canisters from Goodwill (thrift store) to get all my stuff put in them! So it is the regular stuff like granulated sugar, brown sugar, unbleached flour, stone wheat flour and the like, plus other things liked dried pastas, dried fruits, parmesan cheese (grated) and the like!

They are all ceremic with rubber seals and are cobalt blue, green, and deep black in color-they look so cool on the shelving. I made labels for them that give the contents and an image of the contents on them. I like them! Photos of course!

Last night I made my special homemade BBQ Chicken Pizza for dinner. I made the entire thing from scratch including the dough (the only way to make it!), so the entire process took two hours to make, but it is sooooooo gooooood. I will post the dough and pizza recepies shortly.

I also made my well known breakfast bars--the perfect thing to substitute for the morning cereal for the husband-on-the-go. Here is that recepie:

Troy’s Special Breakfast Bars

                                                                             

Number of servings:  10-20 bars.

INGREDIENTS

3 cups Quick Cooking Oatmeal 1 ½ cups Whole Wheat Flour 1 cup packed Brown Sugar ¾ cup Raisins ¾ cup Dried Cranberries ¾ cup Chopped Dried Apricots ½ tsp Salt ¾ cup Chopped Walnuts ¾ cup Wheat Germ ¾ tsp Cinnamon ¾ cup Canola oil 4 tsp Vanilla ¾ cup Honey 2 Eggs

        

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Line a 10 X 13” pan with aluminum foil or parchement paper. Spray with a vegetable oil spray or non-stick spray.
3. In a large bowl mix Oats, Flour, Brown Sugar, Fruits, Salt, Walnuts, Wheat Germ, and Cinnamon until well blended.
4. In a smaller bowl, mix oil, honey, eggs and vanilla. Blend very well.
5. Pour Egg/Oil mix into Oat mix and mix thoroughly-you may need to mix with your hands to get it mixed thoroughly, making sure the liquid is evenly mixed.
6. Press evenly into the prepared pan.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
8. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack until cold.
9. Turn onto a cutting board and slice. It will make 20 smaller bars or 10 larger ones.
10. Keep in a sealed container-they will last 7-10 days if not longer.

Tonight I am making black pepper chicken and brown rice for dinner tonight-the mix is from Coscto because it is the day before I turn another year older, and after my 5.33 mile walk today, I am not much in a cooking mood.

The house though, is spotless I must say. Dusted the hell out of the living room, and cleaned the hardwood floors-steamed them spotless!