Friday, August 20, 2010

Breakfast Recipe

Apple Oatmeal Bake

Next weekend visitors will stay over again. Everyone likes this breakfast dish and it's so easy so I decided to share the recipe. This is a huge amount. I halve it and have plenty for four people. If you have any left, it's great cold or you can reheat it in the microwave.

4 c. milk ( I use water)

2 c. old fashioned oatmeal

¼ c. maple syrup

2 c. chopped apples

2 tbsp. canola oil

1 c. chopped nuts (I use walnuts, recipe says walnuts or sunflower seeds)

1 c. raisins (or cranberries, I use raisins)

1 tbsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. salt (I don’t use)

Bring water, maple syrup, oil, salt and cinnamon to simmer

Stir these items into the remaining dry ingredients in a heavy baking dish

Bake uncovered 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees.

I prepare the dry ingredients the night before and put them in the baking dish. Then I add the rest in the morning and shove it in the oven.

I imagine most people would want milk on this. I use plain yoghurt only. I think when you see and taste it, you’ll figure out what you and/or your guests will prefer. Perhaps a bit of maple syrup?




Monday, August 2, 2010

'Famous Author'


What a weekend! A wedding outside of Rochester, N.Y. that involved a dinner on Friday at Artworks, wedding and reception dinner on Saturday at a country club, brunch on Sunday morning at the hotel where almost everyone stayed. The Punjabi suit I'm wearing was given to me in Calcutta in 2005. My friend, who had invited me to the wedding, introduced me to friends and relatives of hers as 'a famous author.' I was hardly going to tell her 'famous' might be an exaggeration. Who knows, if the novel starts to get some reviews, I still might be!!!