I still haven't gotten over my muffins for breakfast mood... So last week I decided to use up the overly ripe bananas on the counter to make some banana muffins. When I started mixing up the batter, I intended to make my standard whole wheat banana bread based on ...
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It's Friday! That means it's time for my Friday Favorites and time for me to share with you a third way you can enter to win the shiny red grill I'm giving away... All week I have been promising you another entry in the giveway, so here it is!
Food safety is super important during ...
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I am happy to announce that I have not let my RSS reader get out of control again this week. In fact, for about 5 minutes during the middle of the week I achieved the ultimate RSS reader goal - ZERO unread items. It was very short-lived, but I ...
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Tags: banana, bean, caramel, chili, corn, crab, donut, irish cream, lime, muffin, mushrooms, saving money, tacos, truffles, vegetarian
My hubby has been asking for some of my banana chip muffins for breakfast lately. So, I dug out some of the ripe bananas that I have stashed (or should I say stockpiled) in the freezer with full intentions of making some muffins. When I got started, though, ...
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Sit down... Have a slice of cake!
Believe me, you need to try this delicious Lime Banana Coconut Cake from Reeni @ Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice. I hosted the Blogger Secret Ingredient challenge two weeks ago, and Reeni's cake was the winning recipe. In addition to ...
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This week's MIssion: Lime is officially complete... Thanks so much to everyone who participated! I had a great time hosting this week's Blogger Secret Ingredient. It's been fun to discover a few new blogs and read all of the great recipes! I am always amazed and inspired by the ...
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Tags: banana, beef, black beans, blueberries, BSI, cake, cilantro, coconut, cookies, corn, lime, lime curd, orange, panna cotta, quinoa, salad, salmon, scones, shrimp, spinach, vinaigrette
Every week at the grocery store, I buy a large bunch of bananas. About 4 days later, I always have 2 or 3 bananas sitting on my counter that are too ripe to eat. You would think that, after countless weeks of having overly ripe bananas left over, I would ...
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Happy Friday, everyone!
I am having difficulty focusing today because my new DSLR (Canon 50D) is scheduled to be delivered today! According to the UPS site, it was put on the truck for delivery at 7:08am this morning.
I am really excited to finally have an SLR again. I took photography in ...
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Tags: banana, cauliflower, chickpea, chocolate, corn, grill, healthy, pasta, pine nuts, salad, whole grain
I must apologize for the tardiness of my Friday Favorites post this week. I was extremely busy with the Share Our Strength bake sale on Friday and Saturday and didn't have much time to read or write any blog posts.
I am happy to say that the bake sale ...
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Tags: bake sale, baking, banana, bread, cake, caramel, chocolate, cinnamon rolls, nutmeg, pecans, Share Our Strength, tiramisu
When I asked my husband what he would like for breakfast on Saturday morning, he told me that he would like banana pancakes. So, I decided to make banana nut pancakes with a caramel sauce (instead of the usual pancake syrup or maple syrup). I used walnuts, but these ...
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