Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

~ Posted on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 7:07 AM ~

I first tried this recipe a few months back after seeing some leftover very ripe bananas on our kitchen counter and I decided to bake a banana bread. Turns out hubby likes it so much and asked why I never bake this before... oh wow, I don't know he is a big fan of banana bread... I baked it few more times since then, and the previous baking was sampled by my sister in law and her daughter who commented it is so delicious (I still don't believe them though!).

Just yesterday, hubby told me he bought some bananas and mentioned ever so gently (aka hinting) that I could use the bananas to make banana bread. Oh-kay... I get the hint, man!

Now I am so sorry I can't find back the original source for this recipe but oh well, for my 4th attempt today, I've tweaked it to include chocolate chips in the banana bread and since my best buddy's boyfriend commented the other day that I have not been posting recipes stuff on my blog for some time now, I think it's high time I slot in a recipe post in my blog now hahaha... So here it goes:

PREPARATION TIME: ABOUT HALF AN HOUR

* 20 minutes to prepare the mixture
* 5 minutes to pre-heat the oven
* 1 hour for baking process

Ingredients / Tool Required:

* 4 Bananas; peeled (I sliced them to about 1/3 inch in thickness)
* 1 cup Sugar
* 1 teaspoon pure Vanilla 
* 1 1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder 
* 2 Eggs 
* 1/4 cup Butter
* 2 cups Flour  (I used wheat flour)
* 1/4 teaspoon Baking soda
* Chocolate chips (up to you how much you want to put in!)

What to Do?

* Sliced the bananas based on your preferance, you can also mash bananas with fork until smooth but I prefer ours to have the bananas chunks ;)
* Combine with all other ingredients and mix until smooth.
* Pour into a large greased loaf pan (I use olive oil to grease the loaf pan)

BAKING PROCESS

* Pre-heat oven at 180℃ (about 5 minutes)
* Bake for 1 hour. 

THE RESULTS

 

REACTIONS FROM MY "GUINEA PIGS"

ME
"Wow! The crust is a bit hard but then the crunchiness gives the bread some oomphff! The color is a bit too chocolatey since this time I added chocolate chips but overall, not bad!"
BEN & ALYSON
"Mmmm somemoreeeeeee!"
HUBBY
"MMmmmm... Taste like fruit cake!"

So there you go.... my BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD recipe!

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Third Order From iHerb

~ Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 8:26 AM ~

Few months ago, I shared about my latest online hobby of buying baby food and snacks via iHerb. In this post, I'll be sharing what I got for my 3rd order hehehe...

Now if you plan to purchase from the website, do copy my coupon code below to use for your first purchase, I repeat, ONLY FOR FIRST PURCHASE! You can get up to USD10 off your first iHerb order!

My coupon code is: FOZ116

Please note that I get 4% commission from your 1st purchase and there are further commission range when the people you referred to with your own unique code started buying from iHerb too, so you save, I save, everybody save, yay!

What you need to take note when you order from iHerb are:
- Make sure your total items are below 1.8kg so that you can choose the cheapest shipping methods (USD4)
- Choose the most worth it to buy items if it is your first purchase since you can only use the referal code ONCE for your first purchase
- Don't forget to select a freebie item from the website as well (you get 1 freebie for each order)

Do feel free to ask me if you have any questions with regards to purchasing from iHerb.com! Will try to share my feedback if I can! I'll be adding my product review feedback on my iHerb.com page at: http://www.iherb.com/mypage/imafulltimemummy

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Ham Egg Toast Mini Cups

~ Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 7:25 AM ~

This is my 1st attempt of making: HAM EGG TOAST MINI CUPS.

I am making this based on the original recipe and I excluded the following: bacon, cheese, salt and pepper. I replaced bacon with a slice of chicken ham, I totally forgot the cheese (Arghhh!!!) and I skipped the salt and pepper as I'm making this for my kids and want to skip the salt as much as I can. Also, instead of the original recipe which uses actual size muffin tray, I use my mini muffin tray because I only have 2 mini muffin trays, partly because I think it's cute to bake in small size and child bite size hahaha...

Btw, you can also substitute the bread with rice or spaghetti, well, that's my personal opinion, feel free to try and experiment!

PREPARATION TIME: ABOUT HALF AN HOUR

* 5 minutes to cook ham, another 10 minutes to prepare the mixture
* 5 minutes to pre-heat the oven
* 15 minutes for baking process

Ingredients / Tool Required:

* 1-2 eggs (at room temperature)
* Some butter to oil my mini muffin tray
* 1 slice of ham
* Cheddar cheese grated (as much as you want)
* 3 slices of wheatgerm bread (may be less or more depends on your muffin case size)
* A spoon to scoop beaten egg into mini muffin tray
* A small round container or glass (to cut circles on the bread) - get one around your muffin case size

What to Do?

* Cook ham slice.  Remove from heat while it’s still soft, but mostly done. Cut the ham into slices (about 1 cm width and 1 inch in length) I also cut some into small slices in cubes and sprinkle onto each muffin casings.
* Spray a muffin pan with cooking spray.  (I just use butter to oil each of the muffin casings)
* Press the rim of a container into each slice of bread to cut circles. 1 slice of bread can make 4 circles (hence I use 3 slices to fit my 12 mini muffin casings)
* Place bread circles in the cups of the muffin pan as base.  You may need to press them a little to get them to fit. It’s okay if it juts out. 
* Curl the ham around each slice of bread, wedging it between the bread and the muffin pan to secure. 
* Sprinkle the cheese evenly between all the muffin casings. 
* Crack an egg, I also beat it first before using a spoon to scoop it into each cup.   
* Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste if you want. I skipped this step as I'm making this for my kids and I try not to use salt.

BAKING PROCESS

* Pre-heat oven at 180℃ (about 5 minutes)
* Bake for 15 minutes, or until the eggs are set to your preference. 

THE RESULTS

REACTIONS FROM MY "GUINEA PIGS"

ME
"Need salt and pepper if I'm eating it next time!" and "Argh!!!! I forgot to put in the cheese!!!!!"
BEN
"Mmmm nice!"
HUBBY
"What is this?" (followed by weird look... bah, shall not let him try next time...)

So there you go.... my 1st HAM EGG TOAST MINI CUPS attempt!

I'm so angry with myself for totally forgetting the cheese! Arghhh!!!! Other than that, I'm pretty please with my alternative recipe hahaha... To view my other recipes, feel free to hop over to my Recipe Library page for more info!

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* I'm submitting this recipe to the Delicious Dish Tuesday recipe linky via Mama Chocolate

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