In this episode of Poorboys, I’ll be showing you how to save big money by making your own Granola.

Ingredients

Instructions

- First, preheat your oven to 275 degrees F (135 C)
- Mix the oats, flax, sunflower seeds, walnuts and cinnamon in a medium mixing bowl. Once mixed, add
  the honey and stir until all of the oats and nuts are thoroughly coated with the honey.
- Spread the mixture on to a cookie sheet, patting it down until it is about 3/4 of an inch thick (2 cm).
- Place the cookie sheet with the granola mixture into the oven for 30-35 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow 15-20 minutes for the mixture to cool.
- Break up the mixture with a spatula, add to a bowl and mix in the raisins.
- Store in an airtight container.

Feel free to omit or add any type of nuts, but try to keep the oat to nut ratio somewhat similar, or the mixture may have a tough time sticking together. Additionally, this would go great with some dried cranberries or chopped up dried apricots, but those would cost much more than raisins. Enjoy the recipe, and feel free to send me feedback to derek@poorboys.tv or hit me up on twitter @ddahlen

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So today I made some Chili (with rice) with my housemate Nicole. We made it in a manner that I prefer to call “Gong Show” Cooking. We essentially grab a bunch of ingredients that we think would work and toss ‘em in to a pot.

Another thing I like to do is supplement the chili with rice. When you pour the chili over a bed of rice, it makes the meal much heartier, as well as stretching out the amount of servings you can get from it.
Our ingredients were as follows…

– 1 Lb Ground Beef
– 1 Large Onion, chopped
– 6-7 Cloves of garlic, diced
– 1 28oz Can of Diced Tomatoes
– 2 14oz Cans of beans, strained (most any will do, we used kidney and pinto)
– 1 14oz Can of whole kernel corn, strained
– 2 Jalapenos, chopped (you can also use pickled jalapenos or any pepper you prefer)
– 1 14oz Can of Beef broth
– 1 14oz Can of Tomato Puree
– Spices (3 tsp Cumin, 3 tsp Chili Powder, 2 tsp Ground Coriander, 1 tsp Cayenne, 1 tsp Oregano Flakes, 2 Bay Leaves)
– 3 Cups of long grain rice
– Shredded Cheddar Cheese (optional)

Directions: Brown the beef with the onions and garlic. Add the spices, and mix until thoroughly integrated. Add the rest of the ingredients, except the rice of course, bring it up to a boil, and then turn the heat down and allow it to simmer for a 30 to 45 minutes. With about 20 minutes left, make your rice. Once done, put the desired amount of rice in the bottom of your bowl, and then pour the chili over the top to finish it off.

The more rice you add, the more servings you get out of the chili, but a 50/50 mix was probably about right, you could go up to 70/30 and still have a tasty meal. Top it off with some cheddar cheese if you desire and enjoy. This meal was awesome and will yeild about 10-14 servings depending on your appetite.

Total Cost: Approx. $10.00, Cost per serving, ~$0.70-$1.00