Banana Bread

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

Hummus and pita bread

Ingredients: 1 clove of garlic

1 cup ( 19 ounces) garbanzo beans 

4 table spoons of lemon juice

2 tablespoons of sesame paste

1 tsp salt

black paper to taste

2 tb spoons olive oil 

In a blender, chop the garlic. Pour garbanzo beans into blender, reserving about a tablespoon for garnish. Place lemon juice,  chopped garlic and salt in blender. Blend until creamy and well mixed. Transfer the mixture to a medium serving bowl. Sprinkle with pepper and pour olive oil over the top. Garnish with reserved garbanzo beans.

Creamy Vegetable Medley

• 1 (10.75 ounce)  Condensed Cream of Celery Soup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups broccoli florets

• 2 medium carrots, sliced
• 1 cup cauliflower florets

1. Heat the soup, milk, broccoli, carrots and cauliflower in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat to a boil, stirring occasionally.
2. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.

Fresh Salsa

1/2 green pepper

8 roma tomatoes

1 white medium onion

1/2 jalapeño pepper without seeds

1/2 anaheim pepper without seeds

1/2 bunch of cilantro

Dice all these ingredients together and mix together. 

2 TBS sugar

1 1/2 TBS vinegar

1 TBS salt

juice 2 limes or one really big lime.

mix all these together and pour over veggies. 

Root beer Float cookies

1 c sugar

1 c brown sugar

1 c butter

1/2 c butter milk

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

4 c four

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp root beer extract

mix sugars, butter, milk and eggs then add extract and vanilla. add rest of ingredients- beat on low speed until mixed. bake 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees

frosting: 

1 c powdered sugar

2 tsp butter

1 TBSP milk

1 tsp root beer exact

combine ingredients to make frosting then frost cookies. 

Little Turkeys

1 package oreo
1 package Reese
1 package whoopers
frosting
candy corn

Take 1 oreo apart. This will be the base.
Place the whole oreo on its side on the base, so that it sticks to white of the oreo.
In front of the oreo on its side, place a malted-milk ball for the turkeys head.
Place candy corn, points down, in between the oreo cookie that is standing on it's side.
Use icing for eyes and waddle if you want.

Triple Chocolate Chunk Muffin ( healthy style )

heathy fun yummy snack :)

1 3/4 c oats

3 egg whites

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup plain Greek Yogurt

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup hot water

1 cup sugar substitute  ( or real sugar)

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or any other type of chips.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin pans with foil or cooking spray.

In a blender, mix all of the ingredients together except for the chocolate chips. Blend until oats are ground and mixture is smooth. 

Place mixture in a bowl and gently stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips. school mixture int o muffin tins. Place muffins in to the often for 10 minutes. After ten minutes, remove from the oven and distribute the other half of the chocolate chips. then put back into oven for another 2-5 minutes. 

Take out and enjoy!

* 58 calories per muffin!