The Zeiger Family Homestead Blog

After years of making my own granola, I discovered a new granola recipe that we call “muesli,” as it’s closer in appearance and consistency to that cereal than to “regular” granola. Continue reading →

This is my standard, tried-and-true low fat granola recipe, which I’ve used for years. I no longer remember the original source, but I’ve made enough changes to it that I can probably call it my own now.

As you can see, this granola takes a lot of ingredients. Some, like the steel cut oats, are ones I added, and are therefore expendable. My rule of thumb is to work with what I have; anything that’s missing or unwanted can be replaced with additional rolled oats.

I found that roasting the steel cut oats in the oven made them easier to eat, and doing so while preheating the oven seemed like a good frugal measure—I hate using propane or wood to preheat the oven with no other benefit. Continue reading →