Oatmeal Clusters, Yogurt and Fruit Breakfast

Breakfast is as much an opportunity as any meal to make something delicious. Even that the meal of breakfast is more open to sweeter alternatives like crepes, maple syrup and sugary cereal. Well I felt like have fruit with yogurt and granola clusters recently but didn't have any granola or appropriate cereal. Solution: melt about equal parts butter and brown sugar, throw in enough oatmeal to sort of tie things together; let the mixture cook and caramelize a bit but do not overheat or you'll burn it; set aside till ready to use. As the mixture cools it will also harden and you'll be able to break it up into chunks over a mixture of whatever fruit you happen to have on hand and your favourite plain or flavoured yogurt. It's relatively easy to make, filling and delicious. Plus you can really add anything to the oatmeal to make different sorts of clusters: rice crispies, chopped nuts, and so on.

Delicious Breakfast or Light Desert

My girlfriend works at a grocery store where they prepare these little containers of pre-made snacks and salads. She saw these containers of yogourt that are simple yet oh so delicious. The trick is that instead of putting oat clusters in with the yogourt and fruit, you add trail mix. This one in particular uses "California" trail mix which includes peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds, and raisins. We used low fat strawberry yogourt but almost anything would do as far as combinations go. That is to say that any trail mix would go well with almost any combination of fresh fruit and yogourt. You really have to try this...it's crunchy, simple, and fantastic!