I made this whole recipe for my son and husband to eat while I was working the weekend and considering they ate the entire pot all by themselves in less than a day, it must be a hit. They both enjoyed this and would like me to fix it again. I only used half the red pepper since I was using pimento and only had that much in the jar. Next time I will use the entire amount. I used an inexpensive Texas chenin blanc in this. I used regular brown rice and just cooked til it was done. I did simmer this soup about an hour before letting it cool to refrigerate for my guys' meals. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe with us!

WOW! I just made granola! What a fantastic recipe, and a great way to save big bucks at the grocery store. I doubled the recipe and like other reviewers didn't change the amount of butter or sugar per extra 2 c oats. However, I thought it needed a little more sweet and added extra brown sugar at the end. I put about a cup of dried bananas, a cup and a half of cranberries, 4 tbsp honey, a cup of chopped walnuts and about a cup and a half of dried coconut. If you like your granola to stick together more, leave the recipe the way it is. I like using less butter and the granola came out fantastic! You could add just about anything you have on hand to this and make it great, cinnamon, almonds, raisins and a little allspice would make a really great fall mix. Tons of variations are possible and they'll all come out scrum-diddly-umptious I am sure! ENJOY! If you love granola, truly you cannot afford not to try this recipe. Literally -- this is going to save us SO much money :) And it's SO EASY!

While I was making this hubby was watching and he said, "What in the world are you doing?!!!!" I was a little hesitant too to try this recipe but finally did. I'll have to say this was pretty good and if you like ham and pineapple together, then this will appeal to your taste buds too. I'd eat it again, but it didn't really have any WOW factor. A bit on the dry side though and could use some type of sauce, maybe a honey mustard? Thanks, this was a nice change of pace for lunch.