Looks like an ordinary loaf of banana bread right? Look closer ... once sliced, a rich, dark chocolate ribbon is revealed inside this loaf of ordinary looking banana bread. This marbled banana bread recipe came from fortheloveofcooking.net. It was such a huge hit with my family that we ate the whole loaf in under 24 hours! Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour 3/4 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (3 bananas) 2 eggs 1/3 cup low fat buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips Cooking spray Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside. Combine the flours, baking soda, and salt together in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the sugars and oil with a mixer until creamy and smooth. Add the mashed banana, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla then beat until blended. Gently fold the flour mixture into the banana mixture and mix batter until just combined. Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 30-40 seconds or until almost melted. Stir until smooth (cook for a few more seconds if it's not completely melted). Add 1 cup batter to the chocolate, stirring until well combined. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan, alternating between plain batter and chocolate batter. Swirl batters together using a knife. Bake for 70 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan before removing from pan to wire rack to cool completely. Slice and serve. This marbled banana bread recipe came from fortheloveofcooking.net. It was such a huge hit with my family that we ate the whole loaf in under 24 hours!
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Somedays, I made breakfast, lunch and dinner all at the same time. It's not an ideal situation but their are days when our schedule just demands it. We had one of these days recently. I made eggs and toast for breakfast, packed a picnic lunch to eat at a wrestling match and put a chicken in the crock pot for dinner - all before 9:00 AM. In some ways it's kind of nice to have all the cooking out of the way before we got busy with our activities for the day. I created this super simple recipe based on the ingredients that I had in my pantry, my refrigerator and herbs that were growing in my herb pots at the time. Feel free to substitute your favorite herbs and flavors to make your own delicious chicken. Lemon Crock Pot Chicken 1/2 pound small white potatoes, cubed 1 sweet potato, cubed baby carrots or 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced into 1" pieces 1 head of garlic, sliced in half 1 lemon 1 Tablespoon fresh parsley 1 Tablespoon fresh rosemary 1 Tablespoon fresh thyme 1 roasting chicken
I think that I like this crock pot to oven method. The chicken came out juicy and delicious and the skin was nice and crispy. As for the day's activities - they turned out pretty well too. These are pictures from one of the wrestling tournaments that we were at last weekend. Ciao!
I love sweet potato fries! If it were up to me, they would be served in place of regular french fries at every restaurant. The truth is that they don't even have to be fried to be delicious - I actually prefer them baked instead of fried. I've been baking my sweet potato fries the same way for years but I recently came across a new recipe for sweet potato fries that caught my attention.
Bake 45 minute at 425. (Turn every 15 minutes.) Bring on the turkey burger - these fries are fantastic. I have a new favorite way to bake my sweet potatoes. Even if they are called "fries" - this is proof that they don't need to be fried to be good.
Ciao! Depending on where you are from, you may be serving pork and sauerkraut today or black eyed peas and collard greens for good luck. (Maybe next year I will blog about the experience of making my very first batch of collard greens for New Year's Day.) This year I'm deviating from the traditional January 1st menu and blogging something completely different for New Years Day. I decided to go with a healthy meal - to get my year started off on the right foot. Who knows, maybe this will be our new New Year's Day tradition. This recipe came from the November 2012 issue of Cooking Light magazine. Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi 1 cup whole wheat orzo pasta 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley 1/2 teaspoon salt 7 teaspoons butter 1 1/2 pounds shrimp 2 teaspoons minced garlic 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon pepper Drain. Toss immediately with parsley and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Add to pasta and shrimp and toss to combine. Serving: 1/2 cup orzo and 7 shrimp
Calories: 403 Protien: 40.1 Carbohydrates: 34.7 Fiber: 1.7 g Iron: 4.3 mg Sodium: 549 mg Calcium: 97 mg Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi - A healthy way to start the new year. Ciao! |
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