Week 15: Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

April 27, 2012

Starting with a recipe from Allrecipes.com (Banana Muffins II), we reduced the sugar and added chocolate chips!

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large bananas, mashed
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup butter, melted

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat muffin pans with non-stick spray, or use paper liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
Combine bananas, sugar, egg, and melted butter in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture, and mix until smooth. Scoop into muffin pans.
Bake in preheated oven. Bake mini muffins for 10 to 15 minutes, and large muffins for 25 to 30 minutes. Muffins will spring back when lightly tapped.

A fantastic dessert muffin.

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Week 14: Morgan’s Pantry-Clearing Vegetable Curry Soup

April 26, 2012


Ingredients:
6 cups chicken broth
1 large onion, diced
6 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
2 large carrots, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes, including juice
liquid from 1 can of green beans
1 cup red lentils
1 tablespoon mild curry paste
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon salt

Cook under high pressure for 6 minutes, let pressure come down naturally.

Add:
1 can of green beans

This soup was quite good (luckily, as we were eating it for a week) but it was all one flavor and had little variation in texture. I feel that it could have been improved with some sausage.

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Week 13: Pizza Mac Casserole

April 10, 2012

From Allrecipes.com:
1 pound ground beef
2 cups elbow macaroni, cooked, drained
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 (14 ounce) jars pizza sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
In a skillet, brown beef; drain. Add the macaroni, onion, green pepper and pizza sauce. Pour into a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle with cheese. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until the cheese is melted.

We reduced the cheese slightly, added some mushrooms, but mostly kept the recipe as written. And you know what? It was tasty, but tasted nothing at all like pizza. Nice casserole, false advertising.

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Week 12: Mexican Brownies

April 10, 2012

A boxed brownie mix, enlivened by:
1/4 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c. mini chocolate chips sprinkled on top

Delicious!

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Week 11: Rye Bread 2

April 10, 2012


Another bread machine rye; this one favored by the household but not by me, as it was too soft to slice easily.

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