MEET THE DILs
Jessica Coulter
Jessica lives in New York City with her Husband and Dog. When she isn't writing for this here blog, she's a copywriter at an ad agency in Manhattan.
3000 MILES AWAY...
Marites Cristobal Coulter
Marites lives in Los Angeles with her husband. When she's not dabbling as a self-proclaimed domestic wannabe, she's working in PR.
- BEVERAGES
- BREADS
- BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
- DESSERTS
- FRUIT
MEET THE MIL
Pat Tippett
MIL is a chef and food stylist in Portland, OR. For many years she owned Flaming Carrot Catering, pdx's favorite eco-conscience catering company. She takes her passion for art, travel and cuisine back to the kitchen and studio and delicious things happen.
She's currently focusing her talents on food styling and on-site chef services for film scenes and group gatherings (hey tweens - she did the food styling on the twilight movie!). Oh, and writes MIL Missions for this little blog.
Cooking with us? Let us feature a photo of you and your hard work. Email it to 3000milestildinner@gmail.com
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♥WHEN YOUR MIL (mother-in-law) IS A CHEF, YOU EITHER GET NERVOUS OR GET COOKING.♥
----------------------------------------------- Two busy DILs living on two different coasts getting long-distance cooking lessons from their MIL. |
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recipe
MIL MISSION #1: House Granola.
Oven temp: 300 degrees
Baking time: 45 min - 1 hour
Prep time:
Servings: lots!
♥PANTRY, FRIDGE, MARKET♥♥
- 42 ounce box or 15 C old fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
- 1 ½ t. sea salt
- 2 t. pure vanilla extract
- 1 C. light or dark brown sugar
- ½ C. honey or maple syrup
- 1 C. hot water
- 1 C. corn or canola oil
- 4 C shredded or flaked coconut
- 2 C. sliced almonds or any nut combination
- ½ C toasted sesame seeds (optional)
- 1 C. golden raisins
♥MIL DIRECTIONS.♥
Prep
In large bowl, mix hot water and honey. Mix thoroughly and add brown sugar, vanilla, corn oil, salt. Mix again and add all at once: oats, nuts and coconut, stirring until oats are completely coated.
Spread on baking sheets (cookie sheets or pans with “sides”) using 2-3 pans as needed; mixture should only be 1/4” thick so it will brown evenly and quickly.
Baking
Bake until golden brown and crunchy, approximately 45 minutes, stirring every every 15 minutes so granola browns evenly. Watch that the outside edges don’t get too dark.
Note: Increase the temperature to speed up the process, but check every 10 minutes as granola will brown quickly at a higher temp.
When golden brown, remove from oven.
Add raisins
Stir in raisins and cool completely
Storage
Store in tightly covered container.I like it best cold, so keep it in the fridge, but room temp is fine. You can also freeze it.
♥WAYS TO “just wing it”.♥ consider these substitutions
Oil: grapeseed oil, canola oil
Golden raisins: dark raisins or any dried fruit or fruit combination
(posted by MIL)
