{"id":5791,"date":"2009-03-16T14:27:17","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T18:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2009-03-16T14:28:41","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T18:28:41","slug":"cheap-and-better-than-store-bought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/2009\/03\/16\/cheap-and-better-than-store-bought\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap and Better than Store-Bought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Granola! I make about 3 batches a week, it&#8217;s so much cheaper and so good. Why pay $6 for a bag of Bear Naked that is about two servings when for the same amount you can make a batch that serves 6?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_0264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5792\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_0264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mix up some oatmeal, nuts, brown rice syrup or maple or agave, some oil, cinnamon, and vanilla.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_0268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5793\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_0268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bake it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_02671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5795\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_02671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Press it. I put another cookie sheet on top and then my heavy le creuset on top of that and leave it til it&#8217;s cool. This is essential for creating the clumps. Otherwise each oat will be separate. Once it&#8217;s cool, break it up into clumps and add some dried fruit (I chose cranberries):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_0274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5796\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/files\/2009\/03\/img_0274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have it as cereal w\/soymilk every morning, it&#8217;s wonderful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granola! I make about 3 batches a week, it&#8217;s so much cheaper and so good. Why pay $6 for a bag of Bear Naked that is about two servings when for the same amount you can make a batch that serves 6? Mix up some oatmeal, nuts, brown rice syrup or maple or agave, some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58QoK-1vp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ceerock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}