Granola Recipe....

I have been so busy that I haven't had much time to try out any new recipes, but here is a recipe that I have to try making soon:

Maple Almond Granola

New Favoraite

We just made this Hearty Hash Brown Dinner & it's a new favorite. It's like Tater Tot Casserole, but a few different ingredients. It's one of those comfort foods that is just plain yummy. I can always tell when the hubby really likes what I made because he goes back for seconds. As you can see from the picture there was not much leftover.

Now like always I didn't follow the recipe. I didn't want to make it in the crock pot, so I put everything together using a casserole dish that was 8x11. I also replace the cream of chicken soup with cream of mushroom soup & just sprinkled mozzarella cheese on top, since I don't keep Velveeta in the house. I also didn't use the French Onions, since I didn't have any. For the vegetable blend I used a mixture of corn, carrots & peas. This was a super yummy & easy dish. So check it out and let me know if you try it out or have any other variation that I could try.

Whole Wheat Bread

Here's another loved recipe from my mother in law. I just made a loaf yesterday and am enjoying a peace for breakfast. It sure beats store bought bread any day. This makes a 1.5 lb loaf in your bread machine. Put ingredients in as they are listed.

1/2 c. warm water
2 Tb. butter
1 egg
1 1/2 Tb. sugar
3/4 tsp. slat
1 1/2 c. bread flour
3/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. yeast
2 TB ground flax seed (optional)

Take out when done, let cool, slice & Enjoy:)

Leek Soups....Yummy

I love to make soup using Leeks because they give such wonderful flavor. Leeks are also a good source of vitamin A and a significant source of vitamin C & iron. If you have never made Potato Leek soup you must try it out. I have also learned to use a can of evaporated milk in my soups from my mother in law. It works like a charm and then I don't end up using up our drinking milk.

Last night I came across this Leeky, Creamy Chicken-and-Dumpling Stoup in Rachael Ray's magazine and I had to try it. I had just bought a package of gnocchi because I wanted to try them out to see how they tasted. The gnocchi were good and tasted just like the dumplings that I make by mixing up flour and egg like making egg noddles, but I shape them into little balls and through them in. They add a nice texture to many different kinds of soups.

So go buy yourself some leeks and make some soup or plant some in your garden this summer.

This months recipe swap is a pasta theme and so I decided to go with a sweet salad favorite: Frog Eye Salad. To find the recipe click here. To find other great pasta recipes go to I Have to Say. Also my other recipe Box Swap Recipes are here.