World's Best Banana Bread. Period.

G'day everyone!  I'm SO excited to share my recipe for the WORLD'S BEST BANANA BREAD. PERIOD.

It's adapted from Bethenny Frankel's Boo Boo Banana Bread recipe.  (Boo Boo is her dog lol)

Here is the original recipe, and my adaptations are in (  )'s:
1 C Raw Sugar (I used 2 T Maple Syrup instead- it was plenty!)
1 T Butter (I used 1 T Coconut Oil)
1 C Mashed Bananas (about 2ish)
1 Egg (I used 1 T soaked Chia Seeds)
1 tsp Vanilla (I left this out because we were out!  I would have added it though)
1 C Oat Flour (I used whole wheat)
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 C Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350
Mix everything together into a bowl
Pour into a greased loaf pan
Bake 30 min with aluminum foil covering the top (loosely)
Bake 15-20 min without aluminum foil, until a knife or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean

Now for the pictures!!!

Why is it that I always cook with YouTube?  There's Bethenny!

 


Since I had no butter in the house.....

...or raw sugar....

... or eggs because I had hard boiled them all... (LOL)  ...and do you see?   It's a chia heart!!!

The only thing I use my broiler pan for... cooling baked goods (HA)

Yes... it was THAT awesome.  I also made these into blueberry muffins the other day by replacing the chocolate chips with frozen blueberries.  Everything else was the same, and they turned out MARVELOUSLY!  Try it... so easy.  And don't be afraid to substitute ingredients!!  I use whatever I have in the house at the time, and I have never had a dud!  Experimenting is fun in the kitchen- go for it!

xoxo

Travel Breakfast

It's almost TGIF day!!  With summer just around the corner, and a trip to Disney following closely behind, I have been thinking about different types of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks that are good "on the road" types of meals.  This breakfast that I made the other day requires nothing that HAS to be refridgerated- and can be made right in your hotel room with no fridge or (YIKES) microwave.

Yummy Peanut Butter and Nanner Oat Groats

Soak 1/4 c of Oat Groats in water overnight. 

Rinse the Oat Groats under running water in the morning and then mix in 1/2 mashed Banana, 1 t of Peanut Butter (or Almond Butter), a heaping dash of Cinnamon, and give it a good mix.  And devour.

SO SO good, easy to make, and a great travel breakfast because no refridgeration is required.  These little babies were really chewy, and it kept me full for about 4 hours or so.

My new dehydrator!

Good morning! So I want my Disers (and whoever else is interested) to look at this pin I won yesterday. It's a pin used for Pin Trading with Cast Members at Disney, and I am very grateful for being the winner of it... but... it is the weirdest pin I think I've ever gotten. I think this one will HAVE to be traded (HAHAHA!)

Yeah.... weird.

So on another note, I was very excited when I got home yesterday and saw a big box on the porch. YAY!! It was my food dehydrator that I got off of ebay.


I was very excited to get started, so I cored and sliced up 4 organic apples (3 small and 1 big), and a banana, soaked them for a few minutes in a mix of 1/3 c lemon juice and 1 c water, then spread them out on the tray. This was about... 5:30pm or so. Here's the 'in progress'...


As you can see, I didn't use all of the trays, but I thought that might make them dry faster. OH MY GOODNESS-- I was so impatient. It was like watching paint dry. Dry already, you little fruities!! Well, I went to bed, and got up this morning around 6am, and they were done!!


I've decided what my Christmas presents for my music lesson students are going to be this year!! They're all getting dried fruit! Hehehe! I'm so excited! I tried a piece of apple and a piece of banana. Both tasted REALLY good! So sweet, especially the banana (which surprised me). These are going to make GREAT 'on the go' snacks and good alternatives to my dark chocolate obsession. Hey Dis'ers... park snacks?? YEAH!!

Make it a great day everyone! Happy Thursday- it's almost a long weekend!! Until next time, Namaste.

Oat Groats...

After reading The Fitnessista's New oaty love posting, I decided to be bold, and try some oat groats myself! I'm a big oatmeal fan, so I figured, 'oh, heck, why not!'. I went to our local natural market and picked up a pound of oat groats (from the bulk bins), and some Synergy Kombucha (yum!).



Before going to bed (around 9pm) I put 1/2 cup of the groats into a glass bowl with 1/2 cup of water, and let them sit overnight.




By the morning, most of the liquid had been absorbed (sorry for the fuzz!!)




Then, I drained them, and mixed in 3/4 of a small mashed banana, and cinnamon, and topped it with thawed frozen organic raspberries and 6 crushed almonds.




YUM!! It was such a strange texture, but all of the flavors mixed together made it very enjoyable! I just finished my bowl, and should be full for a good long while! I encourage everyone to try oat groats!! This would be a great 'on the go' breakfast, since refrigeration and heat were no factor in making it!

Next time, I might try some other fruit alternatives- apple, blueberry, or strawberry, and instead of almonds, put in a teaspoon of peanut butter? YUM YUM YUM!!!

So, take care of yourself, and take care of each other. Until next time, try some oat groats! Namaste.