Doesn't this just look like pure indulgence? Actually, its super healthy and amazingly delicious! I love homemade granola, but most recipes call for like 10 kinds of whole grains and seeds and nuts. Not that these ingredients aren't awesome, but by the time you've bought all the expensive ingredients and spent time measuring, you might as well have bought a few store-bought bags and called it a day. We have reached a unanimous decision that this recipe is the best we have tried so far and the only grain you need is oatmeal.
Here's what you need:
2 cups rolled oats
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt (you can use a lower sodium salt substitute)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup honey (I used sugar-free syrup)
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Any add ins you like would also be great but aren't necessary. Ideas are chopped pecans, almonds, raisins, or any other dried fruit.
Preheat oven to 325. Mix all ingredients except the add ins together in a big bowl (go ahead and use your hands) and spread it out on a greased sheet pan. Pop it in the oven for 10 minutes and then take it out and stir it around to make sure it cooks evenly. Then sprinkle your nuts and fruit on top and put it back in for another 10 minutes. Enjoy the fabulous aroma that fills your house while this is baking. Now take it out and allow it to cool. Caution: smelling the freshly baked granola may cause you to eat half the pan while its hot. Store in an airtight container and enjoy it sprinkled on oatmeal, fruit, or in a parfait made with fruit and yogurt and topped with granola...DELISH!
Love,
Ramsey
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It took me forever to teach Dusty to do his hand like this.
Anywho...just a little excerpt from my weekend...hope you all enjoyed yours too!!!
You will need 2 strips of fabric that are twice as long as your onesie and twice as wide as you want your ruffles to be. Fold down the ends twice and iron. Fold the strips in half with the inside facing outward and iron. See picture for what this should look like.
Sew a seam down the length of the strip as shown.
Turn the strip inside out and iron. Yup, you'll be using the old iron alot for this one.
Sew a basting stitch (instructions here) down the length of the strip along the top.
Pull the thread to create a ruffle and tie it off to the length you need it to be for the onesie. Pin the ruffle onto the onesie upside down and sew in place. Iron the ruffle down and sew along the top of ruffle. See the bottom ruffle in the next picture.
I added a cute little applique to the front using transfer paper to cutsie it up a bit. 
Let me know if you make one, I'd love to see it! 
First order of business was to hit up the local pizzaria for a "fancy shmancy" dinner (aka: pizza and the world's BEST garlic knots). Of course we all behaved like very mature grown-ups.
Here is a little peek at our dippers to make your mouth water.
Bananas, strawberrys and rice krispy treats of course!
I made oreo-covered marshmallows (I was trying to copy the Melting Pot). AMAZING!!! You have to try these! Just smush up some oreos in a plastic bag until they are all crushed up, dip the marshmallows in melted butter, and give 'em a little roll in the oreo crumbs. YUM!!!
Note the awesome retro fondue pot. We melted milk chocolate chips along with Heath bar bits for some yummy dipping. (Ignore the mess in the background, I didn't exactly have time to set up a proper photo shoot before we dove in like wild beasts.)
No one would let me get a picture of them in their PJs, plus we were all so busy stuffing our faces that I kinda forgot.
This is awesome because it uses up those scrap pieces that you fabric hoarders have packed away. Cut three pieces of fabric that are about twice as wide as you want the finished ruffles to be and twice as long as your onsie. Iron the outside ends in, toward the wrong side of fabric (see picture) and iron the fabric in half with right sides facing.
Use a safety pin to turn the "tube" inside out. Pin it to one end of the strip and feed it through the middle, continuing until the pin comes out the other end and the tube is right-side out.
Sew a straight stitch all the way around the edge leaving about an inch or so opening. Snip the corners to make it easier to keep them pointy. 
Turn inside out and use a funnel to fill with rice. Add enough rice to make it squishy but not stiff (like a bean bag). Handsew the opening closed. Zap 'em in the microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute and toast those fingers! Here is my really cute model testing them out.
