Sunday, June 24, 2012

Banana Nut Muffins

I baked some fragrant moist and tender muffins today.
1/3 c. oil
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
1/4 c. sugar
1 c. mashed banana
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
3 c. Bisquick
1/4 c. honey
1/2 c. sour cream
1/2 c. toasted walnuts
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of loaf pan or use muffin pans with liners. Beat all ingredients vigorously with spoon for 30 seconds. Bake 55 to 65 minutes for loaf pan; 15 minutes for mini muffins; 20 minutes for regular muffins. Cool 5 minutes.Next time I will add some chocolate chips or blueberries or even some ginger.

What I like about this recipe is that I can make muffins or just tea bread.

Pasta with Vegetable Ragu

So easy just mushrooms, yellow, red and green peppers, shredded zucchini, fresh garlic, olives, fresh basil, italian seasonings, freshly grated pepper a good hand full of parmesan cheese and a good bottled sauce. Cook all the vegetables until tender then add the sauce and cheese it thickens up the sauce. In a separate pot boil up some water with a little olive oil and a dash of salt and cook some pasta I used penne but you could use any that you might have on hand. I combined the pasta and sauce together and layered the pasta with yellow and 1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese and then another layer of pasta and the final top layer just cheese. Heat until warmed thru and bubbly. Just for a little added crunch how about some italian bread crumbs on top. Serve with a salad and bread sticks. DINNER