Monday, September 29, 2008

Breakfast

I have a couple of days to myself because Tetsu is off in Tokyo. So what am I doing? I decided to make some granola (inspired by the Lammers since we used to do that together 30 years ago) so I went out and bought ingredients and yesterday roasted a batch. I used very dark brown sugar (something from Okinawa) and so it looks like I burned it but it actually tastes pretty good. Probably in the long run it is a lot cheaper to make my own granola but paying out the lump sum of over $50 for almonds, peanuts, raisins and walnuts made me gulp. A lot of this will get used in fall and winter baking so I made a stop at the wholesale market but still, that seems a lot for a few kilos of nuts. Also made a stop at the supermarket for oats. Let's see... I threw in oats, peanuts, almonds, coconut, sesame seeds, soy bean powder, brown sugar, honey and oil. After roasting I added the raisins.

For many years I've made my own yogurt which used to be a hassle but nowadays my original starter (from years ago!) is Caspian yogurt which grows at room temperature. I just put my jar on the counter, add milk (or sometimes soy milk) and let it stand for a day. So much easier that keeping yogurt jars in a pot of hot water or trying to float them in the bathtub.

This is my weekday breakfast. Yogurt and granola with half a banana and a cup of coffee. Tetsu won't join me since he says granola looks like horse feed. Hmmph. Doesn't know a good thing when he sees it!

8 comments:

Amanda said...

That looks yummy - do you have a recipe or just make it up as you go along? I'd never dare show a photograph of my oven!

The Calico Cat said...

Granola sounds so much better that a traditional Japanese breakfast...

I guess it is what you are used to...

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

He doesn't know what he's missing and there's all the more for you! Ha!! I love homemade granola, have a recipe that I got from a B&B that we stayed at in No. CA a few years ago... I need to drag that out and bake up a batch... (my husband won't eat it either!) Thanks for the reminder.

anne bebbington said...

He certainly doesn't - looks and sounds delicious to me

andsewitis Holly said...

Hi Tanya - looks sooo good! That's one of my favorite breakfasts, too. I also add berries.

Marilyn R said...

Tanya, the granola looks just yummy. It looks better to me then candied fish!

G'G'ma said...

Thanks for the reminder about granola. Used to make huge batches of it years ago but somewhere along the ages guess I forgot about it. Love granola but my husband won't eat it either.

Chocolate Cat said...

What a healthy breakfast!! That granola looks delicious.