I just can't help myself, I always have to be doing something, and this week I had a few bananas turn ripe too fast. Well, ya gotta know that baking was the next best thing to using over ripe ones.
Banana Bread/Muffins
Cream Together:
1 stick butter melted
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
Sift Together:
2 cups of white flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. of salt
Add:
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts if desired
Bake at 350°F. for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Note: Also, I doubled this recipe and had an apple that I chopped up and added to the mixture.
This is such a simple recipe and I've yet to have anyone tell me that they didn't like the bread, lol.
I like to make single portions for hubby, so I always put the mixture in muffin tins and freeze them for him.
This made 24 muffins and I had enough left over for a small loaf pan. That of course was taken to our elderly neighbor who always loves fresh baked goods.
They look good, right? I actually had one when they were still warm with butter, oh yeah! That was so good.
Banana Water
When we have bananas in the house, hubby eats them and saves the peels for me. He puts them into a bag in the freezer for me, and when I have a lot of them, I make a banana water for fertilizing my plants.
I just chop them up into pieces and put them in water to simmer for a while to make a tea. Or you can soak them in water for 48 waters to release the potassium. I choose to simmer the peels. The peels are super-rich in Potassium that builds strong stems and richer foliage, plus it has trace minerals too.
Once the tea has cooled, I save it in gallon jugs for later use. Another great fertilizer is Rice Water. Whenever I make rice, I rinse it 2-3 times saving the milky water and simmer it for 30 minutes.
The rice and banana water should always be diluted with fresh water in a 1:1 ratio before use. I pour the banana and the rice water onto the soil before I plant the veggies in the garden to help build up the nutrients and microbes in the soil. Then I fertilize the vegetables every three - four weeks during the growing season with both along with fermented eggshells and fish emulsion. I rotate them all and so far, my plants have responded wonderfully.
