EASY BRUSCHETTA

Ingredients
Italian bread or a baguette
Sliced tomato slices
Garlic cloves
Basil leaves or a sprinkle of Italian Seasoning
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper

Toast the slices of bread in the toaster or oven until lightly toasted. Cut a garlic clove in half and rub it on the warm toast. Put a basil leaf or a sprinkle of Italian Seasoning and then a delicious slice of fresh tomato on the toast. Drizzle with a little bit of olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

CRISPY GRANOLA

Ingredients

2 egg whites

1/4 cup honey

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

dash of salt

3 cups uncooked rolled oats

1 cup shredded coconut (optional)

1/2 cup sesame seeds (optional)

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or almonds (optional)

1/2 cup raisins or other dried fruit (optional)

Preheat oven to 325 F. Spray a large, shallow baking pan with cooking spray (I used parchment paper and it worked great), set aside. Put egg whites in a large bowl and mix until frothy. Stir in honey, cinnamon, and salt. Add oats and any other optional ingredients (here it says "except dried fruit, but I added it and it was just fine. I used the first seven ingredients and added chopped almonds and Craisins) of choice. Stir until ingredients are well coated with egg mixture. Spread mixture onto baking sheet. Bake 20-30 minutes or until mixture is golden brown, stirring every 5 minutes. Remove from pan, add dried fruit (if you haven't already), and cool completely until crispy and crunchy. Store in an airtight container.