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Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Carrots N' Cake Homemade Granola and Yogurt

Two thumbs up for homemade granola!

1 cup dry oats (old fashioned)
1/2 cup almonds or your favorite nut (I used almonds and pecans)
1/3 cup shredded coconut (I used sweetened because that was my only choice)
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds or sesame seeds
1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal (on health aisle or at health food store)
3 tbsp agave nectar (on sweetener aisle)
1 tbsp canola oil
Shake of ground cinnamon
1/3 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350. Add everything except raisins to a large bowl and stir until the oil and nectar are fully mixed in. Spray a cookie sheet with non stick spray and spead granola mixture onto pan. Bake 15 to 18 minutes stirring often since this is to be a loose mixture. Remove granola from oven and mix in raisins. Store in an airtight container.

Serve over yogurt of your choice. It's also good over oatmeal, fruit, or by itself!

I doubled the batch and froze half.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Slow Cooker Beer Braised Beef

Beer-Braised Beef Recipe 
Oxmoor House


  • YIELD: 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup)
  • COOK TIME:
  • PREP TIME:
  • STAND: 10 MINUTES
  • COURSE: Main Dishes
Ingredients
  • 1 cup refrigerated prechopped onion
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 pound boneless top round steak, trimmed
  • 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano, undrained
  • 1/2 cup light beer
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
Preparation
  • 1. Place onion in a 3- to 3 1/2-quart electric slow cooker coated with cooking spray.
  • 2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; coat pan with cooking spray. Add steak; cook 3 minutes on each side or until browned. Place steak over onion in cooker; pour tomatoes and beer over steak. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours or until steak is very tender.
  • 3. Shred steak with 2 forks in slow cooker; stir in molasses and salt. Let steak stand 10 minutes before serving.
Nutritional Info
  • Amount per serving
  • Calories: 265
  • Calories from fat: 28%
  • Fat: 8g
  • Saturated fat: 3.1g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 3.4g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 0.3g
  • Protein: 25.5g
  • Carbohydrate: 20.4g
  • Fiber: 1.5g
  • Cholesterol: 64mg
  • Iron: 3.7mg
  • Sodium: 514mg
  • Calcium: 64mg