Recipes

We made our favorite chocolate chip banana bread today and I thought I’d share the recipe because even though it’s a pretty common recipe it took me a long time before I found one I loved enough to make over and over again and the best part is that if you mix the ingredients in the exact order that I share here, you can do all your mixing in ONE bowl with just a fork!!! Less cleanup, more win, much yum!

1. Mash 3-4 ripe bananas with a fork in a medium mixing bowl.
2. Add in 2 eggs (just blend ’em up with a fork in the middle of the bananas), 1/2 cup melted butter (or sunflower oil), 3/4 cup sugar, and a couple dashes of vanilla extract. Mix well
3. Add in 1 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda and kinda mix them together with your fork right on top of the wet ingredients in the same bowl before fully mixing them into the whole mixture.
4. Throw in a couple handfuls of chocolate chips and that’s it!

Bake in a greased 8×4 loaf pan at 350 for an hour (do the poke test around 55 mins to check).

Allow to cool for 20-30 mins and enjoy!!!

Sources:

• Loaf pan: Amazon
• Log serving platter (similar): Amazon | Wayfair | Crate and Barrel
• Long matte black drawer pulls: Amazon
• Short matte black drawer pulls: Amazon
• Black knobs: CB2
• 3 white ceramic vases (set of 3): Amazon | Wayfair
• Round cutting board (similar, same size): Amazon
• White cotton wreath (similar, my exact one is no longer available): Amazon

We made the most delicious glazed Blueberry Lemon Cake/Loaf last night and it’s one of my easiest dessert recipes so I thought I’d share it if you wanted to try it out. The trick is that you need fresh blueberries and a fresh lemon on hand. If you have those, then this cake takes only about a few minutes to throw together and it is soooo good!! Here’s how to make it

First zest the peel of one lemon and juice it.

Mix dry ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Mix wet ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/3 cup melted butter (or sunflower oil)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk (or soy milk)
• 2 dashes vanilla extract

Combine dry + wet ingredients.

Fold in 1/2 cup fresh blueberries & a big sprinkle of lemon zest (you can also add 1/2 cup chopped nuts if you want).

Bake in a greased 8×4 loaf pan at 350 for about an hour (do the poke test around 60 mins to check).

While it’s baking, make your glaze: 2 tbsp lemon juice + 2-3 tbsp sugar. Should be thick. Set aside.

As soon as it’s done baking, immediately brush the glaze over the cake while it’s HOT!!!

Allow to cool for 20-30 mins and enjoy!!!

Sources:

• Loaf pan: Amazon
• Log serving platter (similar): Amazon | Wayfair | Crate and Barrel
• Long matte black drawer pulls: Amazon
• Short matte black drawer pulls: Amazon
• Black knobs: CB2
• 3 white ceramic vases (set of 3): Amazon | Wayfair
• Round cutting board (similar, same size): Amazon
• Rectangular cutting board: Amazon
• Utensil crock (white/tan): Wayfair
• Glass & twine vases (different sizes set): Amazon
• White cotton wreath (similar, my exact one is no longer available): Amazon
• Black island lights: Rejuvenation

This veggie lasagna is one of our family favorite go-to dishes so I thought I’d share the recipe for anyone interested. It’s SO easy to make and takes 10 mins of prep time. Note: I use fresh lasagna sheet noodles that I get at a local Italian deli. The ones I get come in big rectangular sheets (2 cover my lasagna pan).

PS: I love this lasagna pan. You can get it here if you want: Wayfair

1. Sauce: First chop all your veg and throw it in a big pot. I do: 2 white onions, big handful chopped garlic, 1 diced green bell pepper, 2 big handfuls of sliced mushrooms, 2 stalks of sliced celery. Salt it and add 2 big glugs of olive oil and stir it on med-high for about 5 minutes until all the veggies soften and the volume shrinks by about half (the salt helps). Once the veg has softened down, season to taste. I do: red chili flakes, dried oregano & basil, and black pepper. Stir. Add in either about 16oz of crushed tomatos, or you can use a premade sauce. That’s it!
2. Separately, slice one zucchini and set aside.
3. Layer up your lasagna. This is how I do my layers: Sauce. Noodles. Sauce. Zucchini. Cheese. Noodles. Sauce. Cheese. (see pics below)
4. Bake covered at 375 for 30 mins. Then 5 mins uncovered. Then broil 2-3 mins to get the top golden brown.

I serve it with salad. Tonight it was mixed baby greens, chopped kale, cucumber, avocado, roasted sunflower & pumpkin seeds. Dressing: 2 big glugs of olive oil, 2 dashes of balsamic vinegar, bit of garlic powder, couple drops of honey, salt & pepper to taste.

ENJOY!!!!!

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I discovered these oatmeal pumpkin muffins totally by accident when I was craving something baked but couldn’t find a particular recipe I wanted so I heavily modified a few different recipes and created this ‘experiment’ muffin that actually turned out SO good that we’re going to make them again!! So I thought I’d share the recipe here for anyone else interested along with optional modifications!

Mix together: 1/2 cup melted butter (or sunflower oil), 1 1/2 cup sugar (could be reduced), 1 1/2 cup canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup water, 3 eggs.

Mix together: 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup large oats, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp cloves, 1/2 tsp ginger (or nutmeg, I did ginger though).

Mix together wet + dry ingredients until combined. Then stir in 1 1/2 cup raisins. (You could also do cranberries, chopped walnuts or pecans, or anything else your heart desires).

Bake in lined muffin cups at 400 for about 15 mins. Do the ‘poke’ test to be sure they’re done til whatever you’ve poked them with comes out clean.

ENJOY!!!

Sources:

• New island vase: Crate & Barrel
• New stems in island vase: Amazon
• Long matte black drawer pulls: Amazon
• Short matte black drawer pulls: Amazon
• Black knobs: CB2
• 3 white ceramic vases (set of 3): Amazon | Wayfair
• Round cutting board (similar, same size): Amazon
• Barstools are from West Elm (mine are sold out so here are similar options or other ones I just like): #1 West Elm | #2 West Elm | #3 Wayfair | #4 Wayfair | #5 Wayfair | #6 CB2 | #7 World Market
• Island lights: Rejuvenation

These are our favorite Christmas cookies to make! We make a fresh batch almost every day over the holidays! And they’re quite easy to make 😀

In a mixer (this is the one I have: Amazon), mix together:

• 1 egg
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup melted butter or sunflower oil
• 1/2 cup molasses

In a separate bowl, combine:

• 1 cup flour
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• dash of nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda

Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the mixer and mix on medium until it becomes a dough.

Wrap it in plastic wrap and chill dough for 2 hours (or overnight) in the fridge.

When you’re ready to make the cookies, just take the dough out of the fridge and grab little chunks of the dough to make little balls about an inch+ in diameter. Then roll them in white sugar and place them on a lined baking tray. Do *not* squish them, they should go into the oven as round balls. They’ll flatten as they bake.

Bake at 375 for 8-9 minutes.

ENJOY 😀