RGeiselman's Home Made Granola

R stands for Robin.  Ms. Robin's Granola Bar was so delicious, I begged her to give me this recipe to share.  She obliged, and now you too can enjoy a delicious taste of home made granola bars.  SO, if you try this out and it is all that and a bag of chips, remember to thank the good Lord (as Isaac Newton said, for filling this earth with food) and Mrs. Geiselman.

Ingredients:

As with baking you normally would have your dry and wet ingredients, I will start with the dry first:

6 cups of Quaker oats (not the instant kind)
2 cups of chopped almonds
1/4 to 1/2 cup pf ground flax seed
1 cup of brown sugar (Raw sugar can also be used instead)
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
[Mix it all up]

Wet ingredients:

1 cup of Canola oil (or olive oil) [FYI, Canola has no smell or flavor in comparison]
1 cup of honey
2 teaspoons of real vanilla flavoring.
[Mix it all up]

Then pour the wet ingredients over the dry ones and mix well, making sure all oats are evenly coated.

Directions:
Heat up the over (325 degrees F). Get a jellyroll pan and cover it with parchment paper, making sure the parchment rides up and over the sides of the pan. This will help when removing the finished product.  Dump the mixture onto the pan. Spread out and flatten or compress the mixture firmly until the mixture is firmly pressed down.  It goes in the over for 30 min.  Remove from the overn and let it cool.  After about 20 min. using a knife cut lines to form individual bars.  It if wants to come apart, stop, wait 10 more min., and try again.  Wait 1 hour (I know, don't roll your eyes on me) and lift the entire product by parchment onto a cooling rack.  Wait until room temp.  When it has cooled down you can beak it by the scores.

Eat with:
Satisfaction and a nice tall glass of Diet Coke (for sure!).

The Elixir of Life - an apple cider vinegar home remedy

Okay, you maybe thinking, apple cider vinegar, no way.  But you must try this formula.  If you have a nasty cold, stuffy nose, and a sore throat, then look no further than this simple but extremely important home remedy.  I call it the Elixir of Life.  I call it that because it is certain to deliver you from the grip of a severe cold.  Trust me! (HA!).


Ingredients:
1. One half cup of hot water.  (I just zap a small cup in the microwave, but boiling it doesn't hurt a thing).
2. Three table spoons of honey.  (If you can get buckwheat honey that would be better, or your local farm would also be good, but nothing wrong with the good old classic store bought honey, if you must).
3.  Three table spoons of apple cider vinegar. (Oh Yeah!) (BTW, "organic" is much better)
4.  Three table spoons of fresh lemon juice.  (Nothing wrong with the concentrate you get at the store, if you don't have fresh lemons).

Directions:
Combine all the ingredients in a cup, stir and let them marry.  Then slowly but surely, sip it like you would a cup of tea.  And get ready for some soothing and healing.  The apple cider vinegar is excellent for cutting through all that junk in your throat and upper cavities, then the steam will help open your nasal passage.  The lemon and cider will also cleanse your throat from bacteria because the acid is sure to kill any of  junky microbes.

Get well bec. now you know the Elixir of Life  Apple Cider Vinegar Home Remedy!