my granola obsession: healthy or not?

My name is Michael Derr, and I’m a granola-making addict. So there, I have admitted that I have a problem. It’s that damn granola recipe I talked about a few weeks ago. I’m making it several times a week. And don’t worry, I’m not the one eating it all. I’m giving a great deal of it to friends and co-workers. They seem to like it. At first, it was delivered in ziploc bags. It felt like, what I can only imagine, a drug dealer pushing his stash would be like. I then progressed to the more classy, and well glassy, jar. I made some sticky labels for the fronts of the jars. They looked alright, but sometimes puckered along the curved edges of the jar. Then it finally occurred to me, print an insert to go between the lid and the ring of the jar. Huzzah, I couldn’t be more pleased. Tomorrow I have my first shipment of granola making its way out of the state of Ohio to North Carolina. Hope you enjoy the granola Katie and Michelle.

the way too easy granola

So I think the only easier granola would be to just buy some at the store and open it up. I just don’t think it tastes anywhere as good as the granola I made this weekend. And as an added bonus, the aroma that escapes from your oven is amazing. I found the recipe in Martha’s January/February issue of Everyday Food magazine. Out of all the magazines that are delivered to the Sterling-Derr household, this is my favorite. The magazine is packed with recipes that are simple, delicious and nutritious. Each recipe is accompanied by valuable nutritional information that makes it easy to make healthy choices. It’s my go-to dinner reference.

The recipe’s not up on the web yet.  As soon as it is, I’ll post a link. I’m guessing that they want you to buy the magazine (currently on your local news stand) before they post it. Here’s a link to another granola from Everyday Food, that I plan to make this weekend. I’m sure it will just as addicting as the maple-nut granola I made on Sunday.