Are any of you fans of Mason Williams poems? They're not deep meaningful poems. They're snappy little numbers about everyday life. Here's one of my favorites.
Them Lunch Toters
by Mason Williams
How about Them Lunch Toters,
Ain't they a bunch?
Goin' off to work,
A-totin' they lunch.
Totin' them vittles,
Totin' that chow,
Eatin' it later,
But a-totin' it now.
Look at Them Lunch Toters,
Ain't they funny?
Some use a paper sack,
Some use a gunny.
Ok - I'll stop there.... So I not only tote my lunch, I also tote breakfast. I leave for work at 5:35 am. Who can eat breakfast at that hour? By 8:30 or 9:00am, when I have seen the most important people on my list for the day, I take my $2.75 and go get a small cappucino, come back to my office , pour some home made granola over the greek yogurt, drizzle with honey, stir, and for 15 minutes I am transported back to the small hotel in Amalfi where I first learned of the wonders of yogurt and cereal.
I have been making my own granola for a couple of years because it's so easy and it makes me feel like I could have been Hop Sings' assistant on the Ponderosa.
If you want to join in, it's easy. Just follow the 6 steps depicted below.
Take 2 cups of old fashioned oats and anything else you want, and mix it together in a bowl. I like lots of different kinds of nuts, raisins, a little coconut, sometimes I use dried cherries or cranberries or raw sunflower seeds... whatever you have in the pantry. Then mix 1/2 cup honey and 1/2 cup peanut butter and pour it over the mix to coat. Pour it onto a cookie sheet you spray with pam or some such like that. Put it in a 300 degree oven for 30 minutes. Pull it out. Give it a stir. Turn off the oven. Put the granola back in the oven for another 30 minutes (yes, with the oven off). Stir at 15 minute intervals for even browning. Remove from oven. Cool. Try not to eat it all at once. You made it to take to work for breakfast.
Note to self: If you are going to make granola early in the day at least comb your hair and put on some lipstick before you go taking your picture to post on your blog.
ROFL! All my friends want to skype but I prefer the advantage of the plain old phone: no makeup, pajamas and I can dust while I talk!
Posted by: jeanette, mistress of longears | 06/26/2011 at 10:20 PM
This is exactly what I LOVE about you! No pretense. I hope you have another chair on that porch, you never know when I might blast through Kansas for some granola and a martini! I love this post and plan to make granola now. You are becoming a bit of a guru!:)
Posted by: Leslie J. Moran | 06/26/2011 at 10:46 PM
Oh my gosh, I love this recipe for granola. So glad you shared it. I would so enjoy this and of course mine will be loaded with raw nuts, dried cherries and berries. The challenge for me will be to have any left for breakfast though. I can't wait to get to the store so I can make this.
Posted by: Nancy Lynn | 06/27/2011 at 09:38 AM
You crack me up! And you are quite the photographer.
Posted by: Angela | 06/27/2011 at 02:00 PM
How is the granola later in the day with a martini? Perhaps one with vodka and a little orange so you can pretend it is morning if you wake up really late one day.
Posted by: robin | 06/27/2011 at 08:09 PM
Ha! I only knew about Mason Williams' 'Tummy Gummers' song. Wasn't aware that there were others! I've been a lunch toter, and I'll enjoy trying the granola recipe. :D
Posted by: Judy H. | 06/28/2011 at 09:45 AM
Girlfriend, your teeth look shark attack perfect! Who needs paint when you can open your mouth to perfection? And, where is your FTB journal?????
Posted by: Violet Cadburry | 06/30/2011 at 01:23 AM
don't bite me in budapest.
please.
Posted by: mary ann | 07/01/2011 at 02:15 PM
I found my way here from Sister's blog... the granola looks yummy and I'm going to give it a try. I like the idea of peanut butter in it... all the recipes I've ever seen always called for oil so I've never made it myself.
Thanks!!! Emie
Posted by: Emie | 07/01/2011 at 03:29 PM