Breakfast today was delicious. It came together a bit by accident, and, step by step, I will tell you how.
Last week, I made some granola approximating the Apple-Cinnamon Maple Pecan recipe from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Raw. I could not find any raw buckwheat groats at either Whole Foods or Vitamin Cottage so substituted raw barley from the Whole Foods bulk-bins department. So the recipe was
- I-1/2 cups raisins soaked for at least 1 hour (up to overnight)
- 2 cups raw barley, soaked for at least 12 hours in the refrigerator (I soaked mine for 24 hours)
- 1 cup water (the recipe says filtered but I am not that fussy; may be in the future but not now)
- I medium apple chopped in the food processor with the "S" blade
- 6 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon alcohol-free vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of pecans soaked for at least an hour and chopped into small pieces (I just broke them up with my hands)
Put apple pieces, water, raisins, syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla in food processor with "S" blade or blender and blend on low until the stuff forms "a chunky paste." (Note: the recipe calls for 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg here, too, but I left that out.)
To combine these ingredients, I used the food processor, and made a horrible mess; some of the liquid ran out of the machine and on to to the counter and floor. For my Regal model,
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