Photo tales from a little weekend adventure. We left our rock to go to a much smaller rock for the day.
Breakfast of champions: my current treat of choice.
Totally cool and yet, kinda creepy at the same time, no?
Lovely eclectic treasures hung outside a gift shop on the tiny Gulf Island.
Reeefreshing!
Organic Ice? Get out.
Mr. was kind enough to snap a few outfit shots for me while we were away, look for those on Monday.
Wishing you the loveliest of weekends! xx
Here you have it my Sweets, my Banana Bread recipe. It has evolved to the point where I’m pretty pleased with it, but there is always room for improvement. I would like to try to jazz it up with some nuts one day, but for now I’m keeping it baby friendly.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degress.
Since banana size seems to vary greatly (and in this case size does matter, hee hee), I generally use 3 small bananas or 2 large ones for this recipe.
In a large mixing bowl combine:
2 cups of whole wheat flour*, 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
Using a mixer if possible, cream together 1/4 cup of marg/butter, 1/4 cup apple sauce and 1/2 cup brown sugar**.
Add mashed/pureed bananas (2-3), 2 eggs (slightly beaten), and 1 teaspoon of vanilla to wet ingredients and blend well.
Stir wet ingredients into dry, just until blended and then pour dough into a greased loaf pan (mine is 5 x 9).
I like to dust the top of the loaf with extra cinnamon and organic sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-65 minutes (test with a tooth pick frequently the first time you bake to find the best time for your oven).
Allow bread to cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack.
I hope you guys find this as deeeee-lish as the baby and I do! Don’t forget to try it toasted with peanut butter (Maranatha is my fave). And if anyone has any tips to improve my recipe please let me know! I love to experiment!
* You can use 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 1 cup of white if you prefer a lighter bread.
** Sugar can be reduced to 1/4 cup if desired.
French fries in newspaper, bathed in ketchup and vinegar, eaten on the beach with the fam.
I took this pic with my iphone. Sorry it’s not all cool and hipstamatic-y.
Also taken with my iphone, my hat felt left out when I took a picture of my drink. I didn’t want him to be sad (yes, I think my hat is a boy…even though he’s sporting florals).
My current favourite snack (the rice cakes were too addictive!), plain yogurt drizzled with honey. The best part is the drizzling really. Sometimes I drizzle a secret message to myself.
My Mom brought me this rose from her garden. I really want to plant some of my own. Or, watch a hunky gardener (hint hint Mr.) plant some for me.
If you’re following my Summer Remix, I’ll catch up on posting my outfits shortly. Also, since a few of you lovely readers were asking about my banana bread, I am finishing up a post about it now! Check back later today for all the delicious details!
PS – It’s FRIDAY. Let’s have a collective sigh *ahhhhh*
My in-laws gave me this bad-ass mixer for my Birthday. Since I love to bake, I’m super excited about it. The very first thing that I did, after finding it the perfect home on my counter top, was make these cookies. One of my favourite recipes, they are absolutely DEE-LISH. I’m not even a big fan of white chocolate, but these tasty treats work some serious magic on my taste-buds.
Then, the other night I made super healthy, tasty-roo banana bread for the baby. She doesn’t always appreciate my efforts, but this time I don’t think even she would have made it any better (assuming that she was a baby genious who could bake her own banana bread). She’s been a banana bread eating monster for the past few days.
Speaking of the baby…isn’t it AWESOME when they learn to feed themselves?! It’s like she’s giving me a present. ‘Here Mommy, you don’t have to puree-to-death my every meal’. Thank you baby, thank you.
Soooo, any other mixer fans out there? What’s your favourite thing to make with your mixer?? Any additional attachments you’d recommend??
All I can really say is that I’m glad I’m not blind! Watching the Royal Wedding this morning in the wee hours (we got up at 2am) was a eye dazzling feast of delight.
Mr. got up with me (and then snoozed on the floor!). Hers (veggie) & His (meaty) crustless tea sandwiches.
I made these last night. So easy and SO delicious!
Embracing anything and everything Royal-ish…I picked out all the crown shapes from a big bag of wine gums. Hee hee.
And last but not least, all the way from London (thanks to my bestie’s lovely sister), my headwear (worn with pj’s of course)!
So, tell me, tell me…what did YOU guys think??
If I’ve have a lot of caffeine I might be referred to as “wired” and “high maintenance”, but today I’m talking about my nail polish! Hee hee. My Mom treated me to these two gorgeous spring-y colours earlier this week. A departure from my repertoire of red, uber-dark, and nude with a dash of gold.
My digits are displaying “I’m Wired” (right) and I seriously couldn’t stop staring at my hands while I snacked on some delicious honeydew melon. The pale green and “electric peach” (as the Sephora website describes the nailpolish) was a mesmerizing combination. Seriously, I stared like a zombie while my hand traveled from my plate to my mouth.
Can we just go on a bit of a tangent here and talk about honeydew melon? It’s my current obsession. Which is weird because I’ve often though of it as fruit salad “filler”, you know, the fruit you begrudgingly eat while foraging for the good stuff…strawberries, kiwi, grapes…
Ok, back to the polish. Both my bestie and sister-in-law were rocking awesome orangey-red toes this passed weekend, so I couldn’t help jumping on the band wagon with “High Maintenance” (left). Since I’m not big on a lot of bright colours in my wardrobe, accessories and nail polish are the perfect way for me to inject some cheerfully-bright goodness.
Oh, I almost forgot to ask you for advice! I have the driest hands EVER. I told Mr. that I want to chop them off I’m that annoyed by their sandpaper-esque-ness. Does anyone have any miracle cures to share? Between preparing a million meals and changing a million diapers, I’m can’t avoid washing my hands all day which I know is drying. Recently I bucked up for some L’Occitane hand cream but I’m feeling rather underwhelmed by the results.
This cinnamon scone recipe has to be one of my favourite things to make right now (I’ve showed you this yummy treat before). I love throwing it into the oven when I have friends coming by. If I’m entertaining at home, I usually make one big scone and then serve it on a platter with a little knife. I like the informality off breaking of pieces to nibble on while chatting.
Details:
2 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 cup organic sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter/marg
2/3 cup milk (I use skim)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
It’s wonderfully delicious but not too sweet. Hope you enjoy!!
PS – have you checked out the Giveaway? OXO
Hi Lovelies. Hope you are all doing well and enjoying a happy Friday. The blog has been blank this week because I’ve been sick. Really grossly sick. I’ll spare you the details. Thankfully, it didn’t hit me until we walked in the door from our weekend away! I think I need to start having one of those green swamp-like drinks in the morning to make myself healthier. Does anyone make themselves one of those?
Until I figure that out, I’ll be enjoying tea from my vintage German porcelain teapot. Isn’t it a stunner? I picked it up last week for $18 at a second hand store. It’s a perfect fit with my other dishes.
Anyway, I just wanted to check in, say hi and that I miss you guys. I’m hoping to catch up on some things this weekend and I’m excited to announce another giveaway on Monday! Happy weekending! And watch out for sickies…they’re lurking out there…OXO
