Sharabelle bakes

Bananas about bananas Okay quick Re-cap - I gave myself the task of making as many recipes as possible using my favourite fruit the Banana.  Ohh and they had to be dairy free, since I am lactose Intolerant. Friday at work was pay day, wayyhhaa.  Bad news it was everyone Else's pay day as well so work was major busy.   By the end of my shift I felt like I had just finished a workout at the gym.  Attempting to type my usual bananas about bananas blog, was just not going to happen.  Well I could have, but I very much doubt it would have been coherent.   So Thank Banana's  it's NOT Friday.   Banana Oatmeal Bar I get bored baking and eating the same cakes and cookies, so I love trying out new recipes.  This time I was in the mood for some oatmeal, however I didn't want to make my usual Oatmeal and raisin cookies.   First Recipe: Baked Oatmeal snack Bar The wet component of this recipe is the egg and skimmed m...

I know I have a mental health problem, but I promise you i'm not mad!!!  My IBS is really bad at the moment and all I seem to be craving at night for my Tea is cereal because it's easy to digest. Which led me to wonder, what other ways i could serve you porridge to stop it getting boring.   Imagine a bowl of porridge that tastes just like Carrot cake mmmm.  Surprisingly it works!!!!  Who would thunk it.  I really made it out of pure curiosity but it tastes great.  Single portion Carrot spice porridge 1/2 cup porridge oats 1 cup water for thick porridge, 1 1/2 cups for a creamy porridge 1/2 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp Sugar (sweeten to taste) 1/2 a carrot grated. Handful of raisins A sprinkle of sliced almonds Add every thing except the almonds to your porridge pot, or jug if you cook in the microwave. Then cook as normal.  I finished mine off with a sprinkling of sliced almonds and a swirl of syrup.  Further surfing of...

Chestnuts My baking and cooking experiments have taken a nutty turn lately. So far Iv made a Mushroom and chestnut pie for Christmas dinner, used them in a Meatless loaf recipe, added chopped mixed nuts to my banana loaf and attempted to make Almond cream cheese.  Like all of my experiments, they never quite turn how I expected....... Yesterdays experiment involved the chestnuts I had left over from Christmas dinner. I bought them  Frozen and already peeled, which made the cooking a lot easier.  Chestnut and apple muffins I started by cooking them for 15 minutes, blended them till smooth then added Agave Nectar to make them into a sweet chestnut puree.  (You can cheat and buy sweet chestnut puree pre-made in a can)  I then replaced the banana for the puree in one of my muffin recipe.  Again tastes pretty good but I know they can taste better.  Chestnut is a delicate flavour so I didn't add ...