Banana Bread with Pecan

My family love to eat banana but sometimes we don't get a chance to finish the banana and so it gets too ripe ...and once the banana has a few spots on them..my kids refuse to eat them...so I make banana bread ;)
I made one last week but it had walnut and shorten in it..today I went back to my old recipe with butter and sour cream.

Ingredients:
1 stick of butter (room temperature)
1 cup sugar
2 large egg
1 1/2 all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking SODA
1 teaspoon salt
2 ripe banana (smashed and set aside)
1/2 cup SOUR CREAM
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup pecan (lightly crushed)


Preheat oven to 350 F

In your mixing blender cream together the sugar and butter until its smooth....and incorporated.
Next stir in your 2 eggs and sour cream...then vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl...mix all your dry ingredients together...APF, baking SODA, cinnamon, salt...using a fork to mix it all together.


Take your 2 banana and smashed it lightly with a fork...don't over smash it...you want some clumps in them.

Next you slowly pour in your dry ingredients into your sugar/butter mixture. Then you add your smashed banana and nuts...

Pour battered into a GREASE loaf pan and bake for 1 hr ...depending on your stove you might have to bake for 1:10 minutes or so....if your toothpick comes out clean then its ready....serve with a pat of butter and a cup of coffee ;)

ENJOY!!!

Mini Sliders

For the Labor Day Holiday ..we had a little get together and I wanted to make something that the kids LOVE to eat and adult can enjoy also. My kids LOVE the mini sliders so I was gonna make a batch of these little beauty to go with some other easy side dishes  for them to enjoy...Happy Labor Day!!! Hope you had a wonderful mini break ;) 

Ingredients: 

2 lbs of  Ground Beef (I like to use the 80/20) 

1 pack of Lipton onion mix 

1 onion (finely diced) 

2 eggs (beaten) 

1/2 teaspoon of cracked black pepper 
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder 

1 teaspoon of Tony Chachere's seasoning 

1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce 



Instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine the beef with all the ingredients. Mix until just combined, being careful to not overwork the meat. Using a medium ice-cream scoop...scoop into your hands and a lightly shape the patties. Make an indention in the top of each one. Add a few grinds of pepper  on top of eat patty.
2. Prepare a hot charcoal or gas grill. Grill the burgers for 4 to 5 minutes per side, depending on how you like your burger...try to flip only once.
3. Let the burgers rest and covered with foil before serving to allow the juices to redistribute.

Make a little topping bar that includes:

sliced roman tomato (perfect size for these mini sliders) 

lettuce

cheese (cut the slice into 4) 

mayo

ketchup

mustard

pickles 

BACON ;) 

Everything is delicious with BACON 

Green Beans saute with Ground Meat

When I have a crazy busy schedule and wants something easy and quick to eat that is a 1 pot meal and ...that the KIDS love ...I usually make my green beans with ground meat...and serve it over jasmine rice..


Ingredients:
1 lb of french green beans (I usually blanch them first before I add them to the ground meat)
2 T oyster sauce
4 cloves of garlic (diced)
1 small onion diced
1 lb of ground meats (I have used turkey and beef---both are very good)
1/2 teaspoon of crack black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
2 teaspoon of sliced green onion (garnish)


First you blanch your green beans then set it aside.

In a saute pan ...you add your oil, garlic and onion. Once the onion is translucent you add in your ground meat. Cook it for about 5 minutes..breaking up all the little pieces and bits. Season with oyster sauce, garlic powder, sugar and pepper.  Cook for another 10-15 minutes then toss in your blanch green beans and give it a good toss...turn off the stove and garnish with some sliced green onion and some more crack pepper.
Serve over jasmine rice...
ENJOY!!!

Barbecue Beer Crockpot Chicken

Crock Pot Meal 

Barbecue Beer Crockpot Chicken

6 large chicken breast
1/2 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon Tony's Chachere
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon  black pepper
1 bottle of  beer ---not a dark beer
2 cup BBQ sauce  (I used Sweet Baby Ray )
1tablespoon of  flour or cornstarch

Sprinkle the chicken fillets with the onion powder, seasoning, garlic & black pepper & lay them in the crockpot. Pour the beer over and 2  cup of the barbecue sauce. Low for 8 hrs

After 8 hours, remove the chicken from the crockpot and shred with two forks.  In a small bowl, mix the flour with 4 T cold water..mix well so that the mixture dissolved.... Pour the mixture back into the crockpot.  You want the sauce to thicken up a little...serve on little hamburger buns or Hawaiian sweet bread...YUMMY 

ENJOY !! 

Banana Bread with Walnut

Ingredients:

Banana Bread

• 1/3 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon (if you like it more cinnamon...you can add 1 1/2 teaspoon) 
• 2 cups APF
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoons salt
• 3 large mashed bananas
• 1 cup of walnut

Instructions:

Banana Bread

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Beat the shortening, in a large mixer bowl, until creamy. Gradually add the white sugar and brown sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla, beating until well incorporated. In another separate bowl...mashed the bananas until smooth. 
3. In another  bowl, mix  the flour, baking powder,cinnamon, salt and 3/4 cup of walnut(saving the 1/3 for topping)  
4. With the mixer on low, gradually add the flour to the creamed shortening mixture, then add in your mashed bananas. Combine well.
5. Then pour batter evenly into a greased loaf pan.
6. Sprinkle the remaining  walnuts on top and bake for 50-55 minutes or until done. (A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean.)
7. You can also used a muffin pan ....just remember to grease it and bake for only 20 minutes. 
8. Let this cool for about 10 minutes before removing from the pan