Sunday breakfast that will last all week

Ahhhh weekends. Today I made a huge batch of homemade granola that will last my little family of two at least 2 weeks. We usually have granola with plain yogurt with whatever fresh fruit we have, along with our morning coffee. Quite a lovely and convenient daily breakfast. (You can see a bit of my tiny kitchen from the granola picture. Just goes to show that you don't need a spacious updated kitchen to make scrumptious food!)

I also had some lentils in the pantry that I needed to find a use for. This lentil soup from Moosewood Cookbook did the trick. It's a fat free soup full of protein and doesn't require a ton of chopping and dicing.

Let me know what you think of the recipes. Also, lentils always confound me. If you have full-proof lentil recipes, please share!

Mom’s (as in Sam’s Mom) Hippie Granola
*All amounts are approximate. Use whatever you have.
1 canister of 42 oz. oats
1 bag of sweetened coconut
1 cup unshelled sesame seeds
1/3- 2/3 cup dry milk
½ cup ground flax seed oil (we leave this out just because we don’t have it around)
½ cup canola oil
1 ½ cup honey
1-2 tbsp molasses
2 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp allspice
2 tbsp nutmeg
2 cups of peanuts

Preheat oven to 325. Mix ingredients in two large baking dishes. Cook 10 minutes.
Add peanuts. Cook 5-10 minutes longer.
Remove from oven. Press granola flat down in dish.
Allow to cool before breaking apart into chunks.
Enjoy! One batch will provide a quick and delicious breakfast for weeks!


LENTIL SOUP
3 cups dry lentils
7 cups water
2 tsp salt
6-8 cloves of garlic, crushed
2 cups chopped onion
2 stalks of celery, chopped
2 medium carrots, diced
1 tsp basil
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp oregano
black pepper to taste
2 medium-sized ripe tomatoes, chopped

Place the lentils and water in a soup pot. Bring to a boil, lower heat to a simmer, and let cook 20- 30 minutes. Add the onion, celery, carrots, garlic, and spices. Simmer another 20 minutes.

Heat a medium pan full of water to boiling. Drop in tomatoes for 10 seconds. Take out, peel, chop up, add to soup. Cook the soup at least 5 more minutes.