Banana Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin, banana, pumpkin, banana. Which should I do? How about both? I have never even heard of pumpkin banana bread. I don’t see how that is possible since I am baking banana things and pumpkin things all the time. I was looking for some pumpkin recipe I think (maybe banana) and saw banana pumpkin bread. I was shocked there was such a thing. I looked at it and we had all the ingredients so I said, ‘I’ll try it’. Sure enough, I was at my little counter the next morning making some bread. And what’s better is the taste is AMAZING!!! (BTW, I doubled this) I want it all the time. I got this from AllRecipes, . Here it is.

       Banana Pumpkin Bread

5 bananas, mashed

4 eggs

2/3 cup oil

22/3 cups fresh pumpkin mush (puree)

1 cup honey

1 cup white sugar

5 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 Tablespoon and 1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

·         In a large bowl, combine the mashed bananas, eggs, oil, pumpkin, honey, and sugar.

·         Preheat oven to 163C (325F). Grease 2 loaf pans.

·         Combine the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, Pumpkin Pie Spice, and cinnamon, stir into the banana/pumpkin mixture til’ just combined. Pour in the prepared pans.

·         Bake for 90 mins. Cool loafs in the pans for 10 mins.

Taco Pasta

I helped my make this one evening when we were having a couple over. We had never made it before. NEVER. But it turned out great (thankfully). They loved it and so did we. It’s Mexican so of course we loved it! I wish we would make it again, BUT we went on this thing where we stopped eating beef for awhile. We finally started again! (YES!!!) We got this from http://www.lynnskitchenadventures.com/2011/02/gluten-free-taco-pasta.html. And here is what we did.

        Taco Pasta

½ kilo (1 pound) ground beef

1 package taco seasoning

2 cans tomato paste with enough water to make 15oz

1 package of cooked and drained macaroni noodles

1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese

·         In a skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain and add taco seasoning and tomato paste/water mixture.

·         Preheat oven to 190C (350F).

·         Stir in cooked macaroni. Place in a greased 9x13. Top with cheese.

·         Bake for 30 mins or til’ heated thoroughly.