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for saman!

choco banana loaf, from company's coming: kid's cooking

½ cup butter or hard margarine, softened at room temp
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla flavouring

3 ripe medium bananas
¼ cup milk

1½ cups all purpose flour
¼ cup cocoa
1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt

½ cup chopped walnuts

you will need: loaf pan (9x5x3 inch, or 22x12x7cm), medium bowl, electric mixer, mixing spoon, measuring tools, and kuh-nife, and other assorted items, such as oven mitts, which will prevent you from burning your hand to hell and back on the hot loaf pan.

preheat oven to 325 f. grease a loaf pan.
combine butter/marg, sugar, eggs, and vanilla flavouring in a bowl. beat on medium speed, until moistened.

mash enough bananas to make one cup. if you're me, use more. add to the batter in the bowl along with the milk. beat on low speed to blend in. (in the cookbook, there are explicit instructions here to eat leftover banana. obey, or..uh...don't.)

add the next 5 ingredients (the dry junk like flour, etc) beat on low until the flour mixture is moistened.

use the spoon (or, if you're lazy like i, the electric mixer) to mix in the walnuts. stick the batter in the loaf pan. bake on centre rack in oven for 50-60 minutes. if you stick a toothpick in it, and it comes out clean and dry, it's probably done. remove, let stand, have a hellish time removing it from the damn pan.

dear laurel,

hmmm, do you think it would work if i use mint hot chocolate mix instead of cocoa? i want to try this when i get home, and i know we have most of those ingredients, but not cocoa. i do, however, have mint hot chocolate.

chocolate mint banana loaf?

ooh do try that, i bet it'll turn out surprisingly delicious!

Sammy wants my recipe for banana bread!

I'm thinking of trying something like this:

Josh's hamburger #1
-whole wheat bun (toasted)
-ground beef mixed with cilantro (formed into patties and grilled)
-anaheim chile or poblano (boiled or charred)
-sweet onion (sautéed)
-top with more cilantro
-chipotle with adobo sauce + mayo (blended)

Thoughts/suggestions?

I'm going to try this today.

And I'm going to try your mom today!



Ooooh snap!

i'm really getting into cooking these days. i made some panko-breaded cod fish with homemade tartar sauce today. it was pretty durn amazing

Mmmmm.

saman wrote:i'm really getting into cooking these days. i made some panko-breaded cod fish with homemade tartar sauce today. it was pretty durn amazing

Sounds delicious. Do you have any spicy recipes by chance?

lol i have a crapload of spicy recipes. spicy chicken, spicy lamb, spicy pork, spicy chili, spicy shrimp. though i've never tried any so i don't know what they're like. what kind were you looking for?

today's menu was steamed mixed vegetables and mac & cheese with black beans. sooo good

I was looking for something in the spicy chicken or spicy fish category.

Chicken Breasts with Spicy Honey-Orange Glaze

Serving Size : 4

1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate -- thawed
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 clove garlic -- minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon)
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 pound)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
Chopped fresh parsley or green onions (optional)

Combine honey, orange juice concentrate, orange peel, garlic, salt and pepper flakes in small bowl. Rinse chicken under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Heat butter and oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook about 4 minutes or until seared. Turn chicken and cook 4 minutes more. Pour honey mixture over chicken and cook, turning chicken to coat, about 2 minutes or until sauce begins to thicken. Serve chicken with honey-orange glaze spooned over top. Garnish with parsley, if desired.

Spicy Turkish Ground Chicken Kabobs (this one looks a bit long, but it sounds yummy)

Serving Size : 4

1 pound ground chicken or turkey
2 large egg whites
3 tablespoons minced onion
3 tablespoons minced red bell pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil -- divided
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon coriander
3/4 teaspoon salt -- or as needed
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
GARNISH:
thinly sliced grilled onions and red bell pepper
fresh herbs
lemon wedges

Preheat broiler. In a large bowl, combine the ground chicken, egg whites, onion, bell pepper, 2 tablespoons olive oil and seasonings. Mix gently until well blended. Divide into even portions that are equal to double the number of servings being made. For example, if you are making this recipe to serve four, divide the seasoned meat into 8 portions.

Form each portion into a 2 1/2-3-inch long sausage. To prevent the meat from sticking too much, wet hands with cold tap water when forming the patties. Insert a flat-bladed skewer lengthwise through the meat. Gently flatten the meat and shape it into an oval (about 3x1 1/2 inches) around each skewer. Repeat, placing two kabobs on each skewer. Arrange skewers on a foil-lined broiling tray. Brush lightly on both sides with remaining olive oil. Broil about 4 inches from source of heat until done (but not browned), about 1 1/2 - 2 minutes per side. Serve immediately over rice pilaf. If you like, serve with cucumbers in yogurt and a rice pilaf.


Spicy Grilled Alaska Sablefish (it says sablefish, but i think you can use any kind of fish you want. i might try this with salmon, actually, and in the oven instead of a grill)

Serving Size : 6

1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 tablespoons minced green onion
1 tablespoon minced parsley
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon basil -- crushed
Dash sugar
1 tablespoon oil
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 1/2 pounds Alaska sablefish fillet (1-1/2 to 2 pounds)

Combine tomato sauce, onion, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, basil and sugar in saucepan. Cook and stir 5 minutes.

Mix oil and lemon juice; brush on fish. Grill sablefish 4 inches from coals 5 minutes. Turn fish, baste with tomato mixture and continue cooking until sablefish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Allow 10 minutes total cooking time per inch of thickness measured at its thickest part. Thoroughly heat remaining tomato mixture; serve with sablefish.

Preparation Tip: For ease of handling, place sablefish on foil before grilling.

Those sound tasty!





I once asked Sand if he knew of any good spices for cooking vegetables. He said yes, but didn't know how to spell them out in English. I cursed him.

and i still dont... my mom doesnt translate directions to english