Quick Read-to-bake Bananas

This little tip, totally belongs to my friend Jess. She sent me a text with the descriptive words "mind blowing" attached and I have to agree, she's spot on.

Every time I buy a bunch of banana's… the kids always eat all but two…. then I wait, wait, wait, for these banana's to turn bake ready, drawing fruit flies all the while… once they are "perfect", I do one of two things…. use them… or throw them in the freezer to save, until I have enough banana's for whatever recipe I intend to use them for.

Then Jess, messaged me…. in turn, blowing my mind….

I feel like I'm so in love, I could scream it from the roof top… but because my only neighbor Bob is already desensitized to the ridiculous things I yell outside, I don't feel it will have been done the justice it deserves… nor do I get that "baker" vibe from Bob…

So instead, I will "scream" it from here…

Coconut Oil, Honey, Banana Bread

I don't bake well, so when I do bake and have something that turns out good, it's worth a stop and pause. 

This bread....worth a stop and pause. 

And in your case, worth giving it a go, too. 

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins

{a healthier, until you add butter, recipe}

-1 1/2 cup flour

-1/2 cup sugar

-1/4 cup wheat germ

-1/4 cup flax seed

-1 TBS pumpkin spice

-1 tsp baking soda

-1/2 tsp salt

-1/4 tsp baking powder

Mix dry ingredients together 

Add wet ingredients 

-1, 15 oz can pumpkin

-1/2 cup oil

-2 egg

Add 1/2 {+an extra  handful for good luck}  cup chocolate chips 

Grease muffin tin

Bake @ 350* for 20 minutes

Best eaten warm and in a large quantity, in a short amount of time. 

Chunky Monkey Muffins

-1 1/2 cup flour

-1/2 cup sugar

-1/4 cup cocoa {optional}

-1 tsp baking soda

-1/2 tsp salt

-1/4 tsp baking powder

Mix dry ingredients together 

Add wet ingredients 

-3 over ripe bananas

-1/3 cup oil

-1 egg

Add 1 cup chocolate chips 

Grease muffin tin

Bake @ 350* for 20 minutes

Lather with enough real butter there is a twinge of guilt  

Eat 3

Banana Yogurt Muffins {Oil Free}

I don't really know how this recipe evolved.

I'm not much of a baker, but somehow was able to pull this muffin recipe out of my sleeve one morning.

The kids wanted muffins and we were limited in the grocery department, the odds were stacked against me.

Finding any combined recipe {let alone one that taste good} that is across the board approved by all three of my chicks is a feat in itself.

Consider this muffin mountain's top flag staked.

Granola

Granola is one of my most favorite and delicious go-tos. I consider it a fall/winter snack, seeing as I go to extreme lengths to avoid turning the oven on at all during the spring/summer season. Unfortunately, that also means sacrificing the presence of granola in my pantry. 

But it's not summer anymore and my pantry is once again feeling complete with the granola filled Mason jar in its rightful place.