tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50341219802316286882024-03-12T17:35:56.831-07:00Eats by GrammyMs. Fiddlestickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10676351360633475418noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034121980231628688.post-60883617056381926602010-02-03T19:32:00.000-08:002010-02-03T19:32:33.167-08:00The very best banana nut bread.<strong>Banana Nut Bread</strong><br />
3 bananas, ripe<br />
1 cup of sugar<br />
2 eggs (slightly beaten)<br />
1/2 cup of vegetable oil<br />
1 teaspoon of baking soda<br />
1 and 1/2 cups of plain flour<br />
1/2 or more chopped nuts (I like walnuts)<br />
<br />
Mash bananas. Cream sugar, eggs, banana and oil. Add flour and baking soda. Mix well and add nuts.<br />
Spray pam on baking pan. Bake at 300 degrees (preheat oven) around 40 to 50 min in regular loaf pan or shorter time in 3 small mini pans. Use a butter knife to check middle of bread, done when it comes out clean. The time on this is a little iffy since I usually use the small pans. Will update when I bake again and check correct time for large loaf.<br />
<br />
This is the very best recipe ever.Ms. Fiddlestickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10676351360633475418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034121980231628688.post-9594069306032957282010-01-30T20:46:00.000-08:002010-01-30T20:46:45.212-08:00Brownies from scratchThese are the <em><strong>best brownies</strong></em> and you probably have everything in your cupboard.<br />
<br />
Heat oven to 350 degrees<br />
<br />
1/2 cup of vegetable oil<br />
1 cup of sugar<br />
2 eggs<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla<br />
1/3 cup of cocoa<br />
1/2 cup of plain flour<br />
1/4 teaspoon of salt<br />
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder<br />
3/4 cup of chopped walnuts <br />
<br />
Mix sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs well. Add cocoa, stir well, add the rest of the dry ingredients, mix and then add nuts. Stir until all is mixed well. <br />
<br />
Spray vegetable spray on 8 inch square pan, pour in batter. Bake for about 23 minutes. Let cool in pan, cut and eat. Yummy. Now you can bake brownies anytime. No need for a box mix. Ms. Fiddlestickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10676351360633475418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034121980231628688.post-45377708245259375402009-11-01T09:05:00.000-08:002009-11-01T09:08:23.440-08:00A great day for tea and cookies.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UEyCLkzkoDZgTY6jq9XBpgaChBybK00MbRdXtoO-KkWrczSaTT4pKnWYz3BCl_FlY-cqQfU6X5qGA5HNYVPIFXn2nIkSWJqQwcLrH1uYEn2kiC4hY_1tvqaG2ciKPzuyOljY-LOgq4U/s1600-h/101_5167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UEyCLkzkoDZgTY6jq9XBpgaChBybK00MbRdXtoO-KkWrczSaTT4pKnWYz3BCl_FlY-cqQfU6X5qGA5HNYVPIFXn2nIkSWJqQwcLrH1uYEn2kiC4hY_1tvqaG2ciKPzuyOljY-LOgq4U/s400/101_5167.JPG" vr="true" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #4c1130; color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My favorite cup is a bone china coffee cup with a Mackintosh design made in Scotland found in a thrift store.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"></span><span style="color: white;"></span><br />
</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"></span><span style="background-color: #d5a6bd;"></span><br />
</div><br />
A friend said Kroger was having a great sale, so I went on over. It was OK. I found baking hens for 99 cents a lb. Bought just one and a whole chicken which was smaller. I will do something with that later today.<br />
<br />
I found a new tea called Lady Grey Tea by Twinings. It is a fragant, bright and light black tea scented with bergamot, citrus notes of organces and lemons (stated on package). Also I found windmill cookies by Archway. Well I love the tea, it is not too flowery but just right and the cookies are big, crunchy and yummy. I have always loved windmill cookies. For those of you who have never had windmills; they are spicey with bits of almonds and shaped like a windmill. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ0H6jJ3w8eqGTP_ClibSKfL872d760MMtsRfHZ334vLRtxwm2b5pwf0SiaFZ3CSe3Ri6Qq14UcueGrxr17oTI-y_X355Ho71OSm8T_iumBoqe_Sc_KkWbbKF2bqR-O0d2gSimaOLIeQ/s1600-h/101_5166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ0H6jJ3w8eqGTP_ClibSKfL872d760MMtsRfHZ334vLRtxwm2b5pwf0SiaFZ3CSe3Ri6Qq14UcueGrxr17oTI-y_X355Ho71OSm8T_iumBoqe_Sc_KkWbbKF2bqR-O0d2gSimaOLIeQ/s400/101_5166.JPG" vr="true" /></a><br />
</div><br />
Well today is so sunny, a little windy, the leaves are moving all over the trees, just a perfect day (temperature is 55 but feels warmer). I like including the weather in this food blog because weather is a big factor in our moods and we sometimes eat because of those moods. Comfort food on rainy days, salads when it is hot, or should I say ice-cream. You get the picture.Ms. Fiddlestickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10676351360633475418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034121980231628688.post-69178994942620453332009-10-31T10:03:00.000-07:002009-10-31T10:06:26.938-07:001st recipe for my new Recipe Journal on a Saturday in October<span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Today is the first post of my food blog. It is a rainy fall day but that is what I like sometimes. The leaves are falling and the temperature is dropping a bit from the 72 degrees this morning. On a day like this I think of pumpkin bread. Found a good recipe online</span>.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: orange;">Pumpkin Gingerbread Loaves</span><br />
</div><br />
3 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 2/3 cup water 1 (15 ounce) can <br />
<br />
<br />
pumpkin puree 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon <br />
<br />
ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons <br />
<br />
baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder <br />
<br />
I added pecans, chopped. I love nuts in lots of my food.<br />
<br />
Directions<br />
<br />
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf <br />
<br />
pans. <br />
<br />
In a large mixing, combine sugar, oil and eggs; beat until smooth. Add water <br />
<br />
and beat until well blended. Stir in pumpkin, ginger, allspice and cinnamon. <br />
<br />
In medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and baking powder. Add dry ingredients <br />
<br />
to pumpkin mixture and blend just until all ingredients are mixed. Divide batter <br />
<br />
between prepared pans. I used my 3 mini loaf pans and 2 small round ones. <br />
<br />
Bake in preheated oven until toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour (the mini pans takes less time, you be the judge starting out about 40 min).<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGu1I7Nn2RiUHhO_lybyu58BaR5thFYrQab3-2VdRlkPm5JYnag9wvRKcYNjKZX7G6KW2eBEnZtGwiPq267Tfqg_tyf5Fw9m3WMN2PItbV-UWWLKt0I4K-FdUWKMNijCGgYorgofZX_Q/s1600-h/101_5109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGu1I7Nn2RiUHhO_lybyu58BaR5thFYrQab3-2VdRlkPm5JYnag9wvRKcYNjKZX7G6KW2eBEnZtGwiPq267Tfqg_tyf5Fw9m3WMN2PItbV-UWWLKt0I4K-FdUWKMNijCGgYorgofZX_Q/s200/101_5109.JPG" vr="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe_-wUEKoxB8RwNqjKFmIPxTylMT_v_sq_QMZa8kwHnFMS9Tahnvo18na1Wop1Qoc6LiK9BFXSasTlSf2BC5BZDlV7GoyTJtYUbxZgYtHUNnwxzoiyDOIUj7MY6uw1WrwiMFi6VgxDZU/s1600-h/101_5108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe_-wUEKoxB8RwNqjKFmIPxTylMT_v_sq_QMZa8kwHnFMS9Tahnvo18na1Wop1Qoc6LiK9BFXSasTlSf2BC5BZDlV7GoyTJtYUbxZgYtHUNnwxzoiyDOIUj7MY6uw1WrwiMFi6VgxDZU/s200/101_5108.JPG" vr="true" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Cooling loaves. I dug into one, yummy. I will share 2 of these with friends and maybe freeze the other two.<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRh64sZIvzdEkuHEKlte7FZ9ukB01wlvgJYLNO_-fUI6z3QCE4P-OQTwxu0QelU7WHPoBL4qV07RmzozhRbM8FCCEtwLRtVh4BYKZyRRykflSY1VWeIhU6IHqPHVBD62ijrZVa3tGouX0/s1600-h/101_5110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRh64sZIvzdEkuHEKlte7FZ9ukB01wlvgJYLNO_-fUI6z3QCE4P-OQTwxu0QelU7WHPoBL4qV07RmzozhRbM8FCCEtwLRtVh4BYKZyRRykflSY1VWeIhU6IHqPHVBD62ijrZVa3tGouX0/s400/101_5110.JPG" vr="true" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Looking out my kitchen window. Lots of wet leaves.<br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Ms. Fiddlestickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10676351360633475418noreply@blogger.com3