Just a short post to share some of the recent things I've concocted in the kitchen. First up are the cold coffee drinks. Still love to have my caffeine fix when it's hot, but I CANNOT drink hot coffee in the summer. So here are some lovely frappucino type coffee creations you can make at home. (I'm trying to avoid Starbucks because geez they're expensive!)
The first recipe I happened up on is for a caramel frappucino which you can see here. Although I have tweaked it a bit to my own tastes the standard is pretty good.
Next up is a Mocha Cookie Crumble frappucino that I pretty much Squeed over because of the chocolate fix.
And then I found ALL THE COFFEE THINGS and my brain kind of shut down for awhile. But feel free to explore the coffee goodness LOL.
And last but not least, I made some pretty awesome banana bread that was even fairly healthy. Happy Summer cooking, y'all!
Banana - Nut Bread
1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (about 3 small)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg white
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)
baking spray with flour (this stuff was pretty awesome)
Combine first 7 ingredients in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until blended.
Combine flour & next 3 ingredients; stir in pecans. Add flour mixture to banana mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 inch loaf pan coated with baking spray w/ flour. Bake at 350 for 1 hour & 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
