Smooth Chocolate Dream
After cooking for a couple hours after working all day, I didn’t feel like baking brownies or making a proper dessert. Vita-Mix to the rescue!
I put in one ripe banana, 1 cup vanilla rice milk, 1 oz unsweetened chocolate, broken, and mixed that on speed 10 for a minute. Then, added a splash of heavy whipping cream, on to speed 10 again, and there you have it- a Smooth Chocolate Dream dessert in 2 minutes.
Best Banana Walnut Bread
I am very proud of my banana bread. I worked hard at creating a recipe since I try to personally create each recipe on my blog. The first try at banana bread was a baking failure, but I got it right the second time and this is officially going to be the only banana bread recipe I bake from now on. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 2 very ripe mashed bananas
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda (a little less if at altitude)
- a pinch of sea salt
- 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup oat bran
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 (375 if at altitude). Lightly oil a bread pan with butter or walnut oil- I prefer to use mini-loaf pans because it is easy to store one or two loafs in the freezer. They also bake a lot more quickly.
In your KitchenAid stand mixer, turn your cream into butter. How? Pour the cream into the bowl and with the wire whisk (and hopefully your splash guard) turn to speed 10 and whisk a couple minutes until it is fresh butter. Then switch to the paddle blade and start adding the ingredients, one by one in the order listed, mixing a little in between each one.
Pour into your bread pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. It took 20-25 minutes for the mini loaves. I would estimate 45 minutes or more for a large loaf. Please let me know if you try this at home just how long a large loaf takes to bake. Enjoy.
Coffee, Banana, Rice Milk Shake
I promise… this is delicious.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup coffee (hot, warm, or cold)
- 1 very ripe banana
- 1/2 cup Rice Milk (I prefer to make my own, but the 365 brand vanilla flavor or plain will work also)
- cinnamon
Combine the coffee, banana, and rice milk a blender or, if you are so fortunate, a Vita-Mix. Blend. Pour into a glass and sprinkle with cinnamon. It will naturally get frothy on top. Enjoy.
I don’t drink milk, but I’m sure this will also work with the milk of your choice.
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