Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Winter Granola

Winter Granola

Ingredients:

3 1/2 cups oats

1 cup shredded coconut

3/4 cup pecans – coarsely chopped

1/4 cup packed brown sugar or sucanat

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup honey

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions:In a large bowl combine oats, coconut and nuts. In a saucepan combine brown sugar, butter, honey and cinnamon; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour over oat mixture; stir to coat. Spread on a large shallow baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool. Add chocolate chips. I think I would also add various things like sunflower seeds, walnuts, peanuts, coconut, almonds, flax seed, etc to mine when I get around to trying it!


 This is the mix before it gets cooked.
After it comes out of the oven, now to add chocolate chips. YUMMY! 

Monday, January 28, 2013

Reclaimed Lumber

Reclaimed rustic lumber
Lightly sanded and cleaned
Being cleaned and sanded


Recently my brother-in-law and my husband tore down a old house. This is some of the lumber saved from the old house. I can't wait to see what my husband builds with this.  I have SO many ideas for him. :)  Reclaimed lumber is a very popular thing right now.  My husband's dream is to build rustic furniture with reclaimed lumber.  So many farmers are building new houses or new metal builds and they either don't want to spend the time and money to fix or upkeep the older building or they don't want to pay the taxes on the old builds that they just tear them down. Sometimes you get lucky and get to save the reclaimed lumber to build something beautiful. He will be building reclaimed rustic furniture, kitchen cabinets, and installing rustic trim in homes. I will post pictures of his creations as soon as he gets them done.


 RUSTIC BENCH!
The 1st of many projects