kitchens from The Selby

I've been a big fan of Todd Selby for a few years now and some of my favorite shots are the ones from the kitchen or dining room. I love seeing the way people set up those spaces. It's such a gathering spot and a lot of good stuff happens in there. People and food...it's a good mix.

sunday breakfast in california

some mornings you just want some scrambled egg whites, a banana muffin, and greenish smoothie.
amiright??

Have you been listening to The Hunger Games soundtrack. Ya, I actually haven't. But I do love this Neko Case.

Make your Day

Two things to do:

eat a pile of pancakes
>>see my recipes page<<

and


look at Beyonce's tumblr
>>I played every video. twice.<<

Egg Salad Open Face

Recipe:
2 hard boiled eggs chopped
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
1 teaspoon lemon zest
sprinkle of fresh chopped tarragon
2 stocks of celery chopped
couple shakes of curry powder
salt to taste

top on whole wheat toast

in other news: my college roommate and first college friend, Mandy, wrote some very nice words about me yesterday. She has a fantastic blog called Food Snob Mom and I love reading it because she has such good taste for food. She has a husband and 2 girls to feed and I love seeing what she's up to in the kitchen, such talent.

Muesli morning

At 350 degrees I toasted:
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup sliced almonds

until the almonds were golden

Meanwhile, I soaked:
1/2 cup Coach's oats
with almond milk

Topped my oats with:
muesli
fresh berries
banana
honey

I like that the muesli added a toasted texture. You can keep muesli in an airtight container for 1 week.

I have more to learn about muesli, I'm new to it. I want to try some dried fruits in their. I think muesli is actually supposed to be eaten with yogurt.
What do you know about muesli? Do you eat it or make it?

Easter

4/8/12

The Easter bunny in the form of my sister treated me to perfect bundle of treats.
The girl knows.

Hope you had a wonderful Easter!

L'EQUIP Love

Did you know that I dehydrate my granola?

I had always baked my granola which was delicious but as I was trying out different recipes and modifying them I found that dehydrating on a low temp for many hours created the results I wanted.

I use a L'EQUIP FilterPro Dehydrator. When I started dehydrating my granola I was borrowing my sister's most basic circular, stacked dehydrator that you just plug in and turn on. It worked out fine as I was in my experimenting stage and new to using a dehydrator. When it got to the point that I was deciding to sell my granola I started to look for a dehydrator that had some functions that would make it all easier and better.

I found that I needed:
+screens for the trays to keep my granola from falling through
+a temperature setting
+an auto shut-off timer

When my friend introduced me to the L'EQUIP FilterPro I was SO excited cause it was what I needed + MORE (easy to wash, fruit leather trays, yogurt cups, a clean air filter...)

Do you have a dehydrator? What do you dehydrate?