I love breakfast, it's my favourite meal of the day, probably because to really enjoy breakfast you need to not be in a hurry - and I like to wake up slowly in the morning. I also live by the theory that if you have a good filling breakfast you're less likely to be really hungry ( and grumpy as far as our kids are concerned ) before lunchtime.
I found on this great NZ recipe on this website http://www.nzfavouriterecipe.co.nz/
- 2 cups big rolled oats
- 2 cups of quick cooking rolled oats
- 2-4 cups of ½ cup or so of any of the following the sky is the limit
- Shredded coconut, oat bran, hulled millet, wheat bran, Seeds( sunflower, pumpkin seeds, sesame), nuts (almonds wholes of sliced, cashews, pecan), wheat germ.
- ½ Tbsp dried cinnamon or quills
- Vanilla pods (optional)
- 3 tsp honey any sort
- ½ cup of fruit juice any will do orange and apple seems to work the best
- 1-3cups of any dried fruit sultanas, dates, apricots, cranberries, apple. Cut up large pieces.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Put all the ingredients except the fruit, honey and the juice into a large bowl and mix.
- Melt the honey in the microwave add in the juice and stir. Add to the mix in the bowl and stir through.
- Add baking paper to a roasting dish or similar deep baking dish and pour the mixture into the dish. Spread out so that the cover is even .
- Bake for 30min mixing a couple of times.
- Allow the mixture to cool and then add the dried fruit.
- Put into an airtight container and shake to mix the ingredients
When I made this I used sultanas and put them in the oven ( for half of the time) with the rest of the ingredients as I like them when they're harder and all puffed up and chewy. I also put coconut, almonds and wheatgerm in mine. You have to watch it in the oven closely as it could easily burn, so I put the timer on for 5 minute intervals and gave it a stir each time. It also only took 20 minutes in our oven so you may need adjust the time in yours.
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