FOOD BLOG

hey everyone, just wanted to try out the recipe blog idea. i'm not great at making blogs look cool or anything, so if we end up doing this, someone else can be in charge of that. also, i can invite you all via email to be members/contributors that way anyone can post anytime.

so here's a really basic recipe just because i have nothing else to do right now. steve and i found a recipe website that we like pretty well called simplyrecipes.com. last spring i made some banana bread using their recipe and really liked how it turned out, so i'll share (even though i know most of us probably already have a recipe for banana bread). i made it when steve had swine flu, so we'll call it:

SWINE FLU BANANA BREAD

INGREDIENTS

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed

1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

METHOD
No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

*the bananas i used were actually pretty over ripe and had been in my freezer for a while, but it still turned out great. every time i have bananas that are going to go bad now, i stick them in the freezer and then make this recipe whenever i have time. works every time.