Sharabelle bakes

One woman's on-going mission  to make as many meals and recipes using Bananas.   Humans and banana trees share about 55% of the same DNA.   - Wiki Answer Finally discovered why am so obsessed with Banana's....  Who would have thunk it!!! Banana's for Breakie I have been really busy this week due to a surprise job interview, which kind of threw me into anxiety mode.  The only banana themed meals Iv made this week, have been for breakfast.  My favourite meal of the day.   The reason is all in the name to break  your  fast.   The first meal of the day, since you ate the day before.  So I thought Id share some of my favourite breakfast recipes. Banana Porridge: Breakfast is the time of day your brain cells have still not totally kicked in, so I like to keep it simple.  I find the easiest way to make porridge is to use a measuring cup. You can use a regular coffee or tea mug as well.   (3 parts ...

A few days ago I was having a conversation about my favourite subject FOOD.  Randomly we ended up discussing banana's. Okay maybe not so random, Its the one fruit I always have in my fruit bowl.  Personally I'm a fully ripe banana fan, the blacker the skin the sweeter they are.  If am not eating them as a snack, I'm baking with them to make a snack mmm Can you get addicted to a fruit? Iv never had a problem baking with them, however it seems other people do.  So here are a few of my favourite cook book recipes, that never fail to work.         How to feed your whole family a healthy balanced diet  by Gill Holcombe Full title  ~  How to feed your whole family a healthy, balanced diet with very little money and hardly any time, even if you have a tiny kitchen, only three saucepans ( one with an ill-fitting lid) and no fancy gadgets - Unless you count the garlic crusher.... I bought ...

After making my Oatmeal & Raisin cookies on Monday I couldn't stop baking once I got started.  When I get an idea in my head I tend to want to try it straight away. I'd picked up some marked down blueberry's from Morrison's Seconds shelf.  Nothing wrong with them, they just weren't picture perfect.  De-frosted a banana I'd frozen whole in the skin last week, before they became over ripe.  They don't take long to de-frosted and you hardly need to mash them once you get the skin off.  My idea was to add the blueberry's instead of raisins to my Banana muffin recipe.  And since I wanted to test one of my new baking tins, lets see if they work as a single cake. I love trying out new things in the kitchen, however I don't recommend testing 2 different things in the same recipe.  When I get hyper I find it hard to edit myself.  An Anxiety disorder side effect, and the reason I no longer drink caffeine....

Iv had a great weekend so far, my mum came for an over night visit on Saturday.  Was great catching up with her and thankfully I was able to empty the bottom drawer of my freezer of her baked goodies.  As a fellow baker, my mum is chief taste tester.  If my mum enjoys my dairy free recipes, then I know I'm onto a winner.  I think it's important for non dairy eaters to be able to share the same food as full dairy eaters. It's more sociable and a lot less stress. My mum lives nearer the north of Scotland so I haven't seen her for a couple of months.  (We keep in touch by texting and blethering on the phone often)    You can bake a lot in 2 months, which is why when I waved her goodbye this morning she left with the following. - Lemon Loaf cake - Banana, coconut & chocolate chip whoopee cushions - Spiced parsnip cake - Blueberry Muffins  - Taste test approved - Chocolate Orange cake - Chai Tea loaf  - Tas...