Banana Bread

What to do when you have bananas ripening in your fruit basket, and you can't eat them all? Make banana bread of course!

This recipe (from Veg Recipes of India) is very very easy to make. On top of that, it is absolutely delicious. I made it on Sunday (Oct. 12th) for the first time, then quickly made another one for the next day's Hallway dinner. It's that easy to make!

The first time I made it, I topped it with walnuts. The second time, with cashews. Instead of having it plain, I mixed in chopped dried figs into the batter for extra texture and flavor.

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RECIPE

  Ingredients

• 3-4 ripe bananas
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• nuts and/or dried fruits, chopped (optional)
• cinnamon (optional)

  Procedure

1. Mash bananas (a fork works well enough).
2. Add oil, sugar, and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda.
4. Fold in well, then fold in nuts/dried fruits is using.
5. Pour into prepared pan and sprinkle with nuts if using.
6. Bake at 180°C for 40-45 min.

Easiest Pasta

Here's another super simple recipe. It involves 2 ingredients (+ seasoning), plus whatever else you want/have around.

All you have to do is the following:

1. Cook any type of pasta to desired consistency.
2. Mix in some mayonnaise (vegenaise if you want it vegan).
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Add some extra stuff (in this one, cashews and tomato).

For step 4, you can really put whatever you want! The first time I've had this type of pasta salad, it was just toasted pine nuts. The second time? Canned corn. I've done it with some carrots, other vegetables, etc. Realy easy for when you want pasta but are too lazy to make a sauce, or if you just don't have a lot of ingredients around. What's best about this recipe is how versatile it is!