I made granola. You can too!

I'm excited. I made granola. It was easy. #excited

I will do it again.

Trust me, if you try it, you'll probably want to do it again too.

You get to customize yours however you'd like and you get to cut the mystery ingredients that are in the packaged stuff. It's crispy and so fresh, unlike any store bought granola I've ever tried.

Here's how to do it.


Ingredients
1 cup oats
1/2 cup almonds
1/3 cup of coconut flakes
2 tbsp melted butter (note you can use coconut oil or something lighter if you'd like)
1 tbsp light brown sugar

Place your dry ingredients in a bowl and combine (oats, almonds, sugar, flakes) Then pour the melted butter over the mix and combine until everything is moistened. Place on a cookie sheet. Spread the mix out evenly. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes or until you see the oats darken. Enjoy

Pecan Encrusted Chicken Breast

I'd like to call this Butter Pecan Chicken. How can you resist something with a name like that?

Nuts and Butter are essential to every diet.

I was sitting around with some leftover pecans in the pantry and some time on my hands and I wanted to use those nuts. I'd used the bulk of them to top an apple tart, but there were just enough left for some experimentation. 

Chicken breasts are a wonderful blank slate. I made a crust from chopped nuts, brown sugar, cayenne, garlic powder and a lil dash of salt. I coated the breasts then seared them in a skillet with a few tablespoons of butter. 

Ingredients
Chicken Breast
Chopped Pecans 1/4 cup
Brown Sugar 1/4 cup
Garlic 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Cayenne 1/2 tsp
Butter


1. Create your coating, mix dry ingredients together in a small bowl, then spread mixture over a plate. At this point you can taste the mixture to be sure it's to your liking and modify.
2. Take chicken breasts and press them (one at a time) into the mixture on the plate.
3. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium high heat
4. Place the chicken into the hot skillet and let 3-4 minutes, turn and cook the other side for 3-4 minutes more.