Are you guilty of buying too many bananas? Pushing them aside for a few sweet berries, or mixing with some oranges to assist with their aging process and dumping them based on appearance? And I thought the 3 day life as a butterfly was tough!
The quote comes from 9gag.com
like Banana Cake...
This recipe is adapted from: Barefoot Contessa 'How Easy is That'
Pantry Must Haves 3 ripe bananas 3/4 of sugar (granulated or caster) 1/2 of light brown sugar 1/2 of vegetable oil 2 eggs (room temperature) 2 cups of self raising flour (sifted) 1/2 cup plain yoghurt 2 teaspoons of vanilla 1 orange (grate the zest and squeeze in a little juice) 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking spices Optional: 1/2 cup of walnuts or raisins | Directions:
In a mixer: - Mix bananas and sugars on a low speed
- While on low speed, add oil, egg, yoghurt, vanilla, orange zest and squeeze in a little juice from the orange.
- Mix until smooth
- Sift flour, baking soda, salt and spices in a seperate bowl
- Add dry ingredients to mixture and then on a medium speed mix until combined.
- Stir in nuts or raisins
- Bake for 45-50 minutes in an preheated oven at 350F
- Test cake with by Inserting a toothpick to ensure that it is cooked in the middle...
- Cool for 15 minutes in tin, then turn onto a cooling rack.
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and Banana ICE CREAM...
Click here for the recipe from 'The Kitchn' | 'What is this one magic ingredient that can be whipped into perfectly rich and silky ice cream, with no additional dairy, sweeteners, or ingredients needed whatsoever?' the Kitchn
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maybe Banana Oatmeal...
A tribute to the world’s greatest breakfast! | Click here for recipe |
something to drink...
click here for directions | In a blender, add 1 cup milk, 1 cup ice cubes, 1 banana, 1 tsp. almond extract 1 tsp sugar(optional). Blend until smooth.....
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OR someone to clean your shoes!
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Banana skins are slippery buggers but did you know that you can use a banana skin to shine leather shoes?! |
"Well, those not so tasty bananas have many uses according to google; from a cake, to a shake and maybe a shoe shine (who would have thought)!" with love KAte xo