This blog is not only about our ministry and work in the Lord’s work with orphans in Cambodia, but it is also just simply about our family and our life in Cambodia.
For this reason, I am going to share a recipe that has elevated me to the status of a “super hero” with my Littles.
Some background…breakfast here is a struggle for Mark and I because there is just so much to do in the first two hours of every day and so we hit the floor running each morning. This is proving harder and harder with each passing year as Mark (not myself, of course) gets older.
We usually have to cook something for breakfast because convenient breakfast foods are just not possible here. There are now several stores that import cereal or granola bars or toaster pastries but golly bob, we just can’t afford them. There are 9 of us here and so we are really getting small bowls if we use only one box of cereal but most of the boxes of cereal are in the $5 to 10 range.
One of the greatest things about America (in my Littles’ opinion) was the abundance of big affordable boxes of breakfast cereal! We kept the pantry stocked and breakfast was a no brainer. Easy…and affordable…
But I have found a recipe for crockpot granola. And praise be to the Lord for a crockpot that my husband purchased for me from a family returning to their home country.
Okay, enough background…now the recipe…
Bag of oatmeal from Australia…okay, this was about 6 cups and even though the recipe called for rolled oats, I had to use instant because that was all that was available to me.
a half of cup of canola oil
a half cup of brown cane sugar
1 tsp of maple flavoring
1/2 box of raisins…regular Sun Maid raisins imported from America…
then being the rebel that I am…I added a great big dollop of honey from the fridge….I think that must have been about 1/4 cup….
Put everything in your crockpot and stir with a spoon. I used my wooden spoon. Put the crockpot on low and cook for 5 hours stirring at least once every hour. BUT…prop the lid open. That is why I used the wooden spoon. I simply left the spoon in and that propped the lid open.
When done, pour into a dish or something to cool. Then store in an airtight container.
I presently have my 3rd batch in the crock pot right now. We have eaten it with milk….it takes less milk than normal cereal. And we have eaten it over yogurt as well.
Either way it has proven to be a winner here.
And for those of you that are curious, the cost to me is about $2.50. I am confident that using store brand or Aldi ingredients in the States, it would be even less expensive.
Breathing in…the yummy smell of maple and brown sugar granola,
Rhonda
