Suzanne Carillo

This is NOT what I eat every single day.

In fact I didn't eat this. My husband did. And one extra donut that isn't in the photo.

After having a good lunch of healthy salad he finished it off with 4 Krispy Cream donuts.

Umm…yep. I think that cancelled out that healthy salad and 3 others.

He had a raging bellyache about 30 minutes afterwards.

I, on the other hand, showed some restraint and only ate one Krispy Cream donut and I didn't even like it that much. I found it too sweet. Thank heavens for that since there is still a half a box of donuts in our freezer and my husband is away on business for another two weeks. If they were old fashioned cake donuts I might have been in trouble.

Eating Krispy Creams in our house is not a regular occurrence. In fact I don't think it has happened in close to 10 years.

We were at Costco yesterday and succumbed to the overwhelming glorious smell of fresh made donuts. I don't know why they had a Krispy Cream in Costco but they did and we were sucked in.

Well my husband was. I wanted to walk straight past them.

Well "straight past them" should be defined as me quickly grabbing 2 samples on my way straight past them. I had no plans on picking up a full box of carbs dipped in sugar to take home. The two little bite sized samples would have been sufficed. I would have grabbed a third sample but that seemed greedy to me. Plus the sample girl was glaring at me.

My husband was weaker than me though and they wound up in the cart despite my protests.

When Krispy Creams first came to Canada their flagship store was within walking distance of our house and it wasn't uncommon to see us in there every couple of weeks.

Flash forward 8-10 years, we now live about 10 minutes driving away from the flagship store and I can't remember the last time we were there. I am sure it is over 8 years ago.

I am happy we have more or less given up this bad habit. Once every 8-10 years doesn't count I figure.

How about you? Have you managed to kick any bad eating habits over the years?

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Healthy homemade apricot coconut granola with a fresh fruit and no fat no sugar yogurt.

I make it myself every couple of weeks. I vary the ingredients depending on how I'm feeling and what I have in the cupboard.

Often I will include dates, golden raisins, cranberries or substitute another dried fruit. You can leave out the coconut and add in more nuts, peacans if you like. I don't like mine sweet (cause I'm already sweet enough) but if you aren't you can add in a bit more maple syrup or honey.

You can also use Agave syrup instead of the honey or maple syrup.

Suzanne's Healthy Homemade Apricot Coconut Granola

Ingredients:

8 cups large flake rolled oats
1.5 cups wheat germ
1 cup ground flax seed
1 cup hemp hearts
1 cup raw sunflower seeds
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1 cup slivered raw almonds
1 cup roughly chopped raw walnuts
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup maple syrup
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp vanilla extract

2 cups dried fruit chopped ( I used apricots )

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Line 2 or 3 large baking sheets with tin foil.

2. Combine the first 9 ingredients in a big bowl, mixing well.

3. In a saucepan add the salt through to vanilla extract (next 7 ingredients) and bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour over the dry ingredients mixing well until evenly coated.

4. Spread mixture on baking sheets and bake until golden (around 20-35 minutes), stirring occasionally to make sure it all browns nicely.

5. Stir in the dried apricots and cool before storing in an airtight container.

Yum!