Dreamtime Sail - Our Galley

Do you love granola? Me, too! Today, I’m sharing my “basic” granola recipe, which is also the best granola recipe. Granted, I’m partial, but it really is the best and I use that term sparingly.   Granola is one of the most expensive packaged staple foods and it’s much more economical to make it at home. By using a range of spices, natural sweeteners, nuts, seeds and dried fruit, you can create endless variations of homemade granola and never get bored. Once you try homemade granola, you won’t go back to store-bought granola. It’s so much better! Plus, homemade granola is super easy to make. You’ll only need one bowl and some basic pantry ingredients. Ready to make some?   Serves four, buy in bulk at your Bulk Food Source shops and you will save a bundle of sailing kitty. I usually make three times this quantity. Ingredients   1/2 cup each of the following Macadamias   Pecans Walnuts Sunflower seeds   Pumpkin seeds 2   tbs of the foll...

Makes 6  Ingredients  1 jar Pasta Sauce - you can use the leftover for a dipping sauce I used the olive oil, basil and garlic flavour  2 pre rolled frozen puff pastry (thawed) cut into 5 cm strips  Salami rounds 15 slices 5 1/2 rounds per Rose  dried or fresh basil for sprinkling   Optional extra fillings  2 small tomatoes sliced very thin and then cut in half  1/2 cup mixed Italian cheeses finely shredded   Let’s get Cooking  Preheat oven to 200 degrees.  Take the pastry strips and lay one out at a time.  Brush on a layer of the Pasta Sauce onto one side of the pastry.  Add a layer of the 1/2 rounds of salami (5) overlapping with 1/2 of the rounds protruding from the top edge of the pastry.  Sprinkle with herbs.  If using optional ingredients Add a layer of the shredded cheese.  On top of that add a layer of the sliced tomatoes and sprinkle with basil.  Fold up the bottom edge of the pastr...

SOLD OUT Last weekend Karen presented at the annual Women Who Sail Conference “Gathering on the Bay”. This latest book is all about enjoying great food while making galley life easier afloat. It comes down to clever meal planning and once the art is mastered you will save, time, money and a whole lot of frustration. It will also help you eat a delicious, healthy, balanced diet. Your crew will stop viewing meal times onboard as passage rations and instead enjoy "Delicious Food Afloat".  Delicious Food Afloat features breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snacks all easy recipes for the Galley  Whether it is a month long passage or a weekend away or coping with a busy lifestyle at home, the tips and recipes Karen shares in her latest book will help you to enjoy, rather than dread your time in the kitchen. "Delicious Food Afloat" encourages the reader to forward plan their food with great choices for all the conditions without compromising on quality...