We brought a lot of our food to eat along the way, as some of the islands we visited are uninhabited--i.e., no restaurants and no grocery stores either! Since I am no sailor and had never done anything like this, I relied heavily on my sister's suggestions. Though when the idea of breakfast was floated, I offered to make a double batch of my favorite granola. (And the enormous bag of chocolate chip cookies--but those were your basic and reliable Toll House recipe.) I had served this granola at a family wedding brunch a couple of years ago and it was a huge hit.
Though there was one day when I couldn't face breakfast at all (Note to self--start the Dramamine earlier, much earlier), everyone else was crazy about this recipe. There was not so much as one oat flake left by the end of the week. I like to buy organic ingredients as much as possible--because if you're going to do the work of making something special, it should be good for you too!
Ingredients:
4 cups rolled oats
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup broken pecan pieces
3/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup (use the real stuff!)
1/4 cup vegetable oil (I use canola)
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup dried cherries (or raisins if you like them better)
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Lucy Burdette is the author of the Key West food critic mysteries.
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In the great news department, her story "The Itinerary" (written as Roberta Isleib) has been nominated for an Anthony award.
Wonderful story on the sailing adventure, Lucy. What a fantastic experience. This recipe looks like a delicious idea for hiking, biking, and good old road trips, too. Thx for sharing and have a great weekend.
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I'm not a great sailor, but I took a course from Women for Sail (all women, no men on board!) a few years ago, and everyone had to take a turn at preparing a meal. Granola is such a great choice for trips like this. Road trips and camping trips, too. I love the dried cherries in this recipe, Lucy. They're one of my favorites! Yum!
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Thanks Cleo and Krista! What a cool idea to take a class from all women. I have to admit that I was mostly ballast on this trip--me and my cookies and granola:)
ReplyDeleteLucy, I actually got stranded on a flat sea on a catamaran one time and had to be hauled in to shore. (Old boyfriend was a sailor). The waves were so huge, the catamaran flipped over, we had to swim and were thrown against the shore. Needless to say, sailing isn't one of my passions. :) [Neither is the old boyfriend. LOL] But I did get the opportunity to man an America's Cup boat with about 50 other people and that was a blast. (A 2 hour work-your-tail-off afternoon). The granola looks great.
ReplyDeleteAvery aka Daryl
so glad you got rid of that guy Avery/Daryl!!
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