banana

Molasses as a sweetener

If you want to make 1 1/2 loaves of banana bread (one large, one small) here’s the recipe.  Alternatively, you could make one loaf and some muffins.  Not sure how the cooking time would vary for those but I’m just throwing it out there because I made this recipe and it had too much for one loaf but was still perfect and definitely worth sharing. Rather than applesauce as a sweetener, I used molasses.  It’s subtly sweet but the body treats it way different than sugar.  Almost everything I bake I make suitable for pacman and while… Read more >

Single serving waffle

Remember how I turned into an egg once I got pregnant?  Since then it’s been savory breakfasts 99% of the time.  Fried eggs with a side of fried eggs please.  Until last week when my body randomly decided waffles and banana bread were the only way to start the day. Well okay then! At first, waffles may seem a labor intensive breakfast choice.  But actually, they’re not!  Way easier than pancakes!  You pour it in and go about your business in the kitchen and it tells you once it’s done…sooo…winning!  I also should share the… Read more >

Tweaking it

My baby quick bread has been through the ringer in terms of testing and what I’ve decided is that the bananas’ ripeness (and how much I mash/whip them) is the variable that I can’t account for…and the one that can make or break the texture. I used 3 suuuuuuuper ripe bananas for this loaf and it was perfect.  Moist enough for P.  Sweet without added sugar.  Sturdy enough to be sliced and eaten by me or P (and come out of the pan in one piece!).  And, ummm, delicious, obviously. This version differs from the previous… Read more >

What I ate…a long time ago

Last week I took photos of my whole day of eats – something I rarely do anymore – and then I just forgot about it. But they were good meals worth sharing so I’m posting them now because it’s food related and this is a food blog! It’s pretty atypical for me to have oats in the mornings nowadays, so this creation is more of an anomaly than the norm.  I was in the mood for peanut butter but I used sunbutter instead because I’m still nervous about eating nuts when I’m around P.  Even… Read more >

When do you clean the blender?

Here’s the real indicator that I’m type A…I literally clean the blender parts and put them away before I drink my smoothie.  Even when I’m a crazy hangrypants.  Please tell me there are others out there who do this too?  I know the OCD tendencies run deep in food bloggers, so I don’t think I’m going too out on a limb with this.  But I definitely do it every. single. time. I make a smoothie.  Other dishes, not so much.  I’ll wait til after I eat breakfast to clean the frying pan (usually because I… Read more >