Welcome to our latest Book of the Month: Sabriel, the first installment in Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom trilogy! Sabriel was on my TBR for years before I FINALLY got around to borrowing the audiobook from my library last September. It was sooo good! I love Sabriel as a main character, and did I mention that the audiobook is narrated by Tim Curry? So yeah, there’s that awesomeness too. Plus, some of the foods in the book sound SO delicious that I knew I wanted to make a menu for Sabriel here on blog. So here we go!
When Sabriel first visits the Old Kingdom, she must trek through the snowy, treacherous countryside to her father’s house. Her only sustenance: dried fruit and homemade toffee.
I’ve made fruit chips from apples before, but I’d never tried making more traditional dried fruit. Now seemed like as good a time as any to try! Plus, with a new baby taking up pretty much all my time, I could use some healthy, ready-made snacks to save for emergency munchies! 🙂
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Sabriel’s Dried Fruit: An AWR Original Recipe!
“With decision came action. Sabriel dropped her skis and pack, stuffed some dried fruit and home-made toffee in her mouth for quick energy, and adopted the meditative pose that made Charter Magic easier.”
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INGREDIENTS:
- 1 heaping cup strawberries
- 2-3 bananas
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Makes approximately 1 cup dried fruit
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INSTRUCTIONS:
- Preheat your oven to 200° (EXACTLY 200°—even 10° higher will be too much for the bananas). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Slice your fruit into 1/4″-thick slices. Place the bananas on one sheet and the strawberries on the other, spaced evenly apart.
- Place the bananas on the top rack of the oven and the strawberries on the bottom. Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Flip the fruit, rotate the pans, and swap which racks they’re placed on. Bake for 1 hour more, checking every 15 minutes or so for doneness. Some of the smaller pieces may finish early.
- Transfer the fruit to a wire rack to cool.
- Store in a cool, dry place in a sealed container or snack on it while fighting the undead in the Old Kingdom!
Craving more strawberries? Check out Shepherd Book’s Stuffed Strawberries!
I’m so glad you loved Sabriel! The entire series is excellent. ?
I definitely want to keep going with the series, but it may need to be in audiobook form. Those are easy to read with the new baby around! 🙂
The audiobooks are fantastic!
Sabriel! 🙂 And now I look forward to the rest of this month’s menu!
Have you read Lirael yet, btw?
I’m excited too! I think this menu turned out especially well. I’m really excited to share the entree–it’s so colorful!
I haven’t read this series before! Is it fantasy? Looking forward to the menu. ^ ^
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Yeah, it’s a fantasy world with magic users. The world is basically split in two (a side that uses magic and a side that doesn’t). The main character deals in necromancy, but her goal is actually to KEEP people dead, rather than raise the dead. I like how the author approaches that kind of magic in an opposite way from how you normally see it in books. I can’t think of any other book where the necromancer is the good guy. 🙂
Whoa … That sounds cool!
I can’t wait to read Sabriel! I finally have it on my book shelf. 🙂
Isn’t new book anticipation the best feeling ever? It’s like having Christmas whenever you want. 🙂
It really is! Especially when the cover is lovely, like Sabriel’s.