Jun 17
Banana Bread
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http://www.banana-bread.biz features lots of Banana Bread recipes and tips for making the perfect Banana Bread! AWESOME BANANA BREAD!!! This recipe is awesome! It makes a moist banana bread with a fabulous flavor! Just wait until you smell it baking? pure heaven!!! PREP TIME: 10 Min COOK TIME: 1 Hr READY IN: 1 Hr 10 Min SERVINGS: 12 INGREDIENTS * 2 cups all purpose flour * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda * 1 teaspoon baking powder * 1 cup white sugar * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1 egg * 5 tablespoons milk …

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Jun 16

Use to have a card for Banana Cookies from Great American Recipes collections. Lost it. Does anyone have it and is willing to post the recipe? Many thanks.


BANANA COOKIES

3 very ripe bananas, mashed

1/2 c. butter

1 c. brown sugar, packed

4 egg whites

3 c. oats

2 tbsp. flour

1/4 c. milk

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla or banana flavoring

Chocolate chips and/or nuts (as you wish)

Mix first 3 ingredients together in a bowl.

Add egg whites and mix.

Add remaining ingredients except nuts and/or chocolate chips.

After dough is mixed add nuts and/or chocolate chips.

Batter will seem too liquid but drop on cookie sheet anyway.

Bake at 350 degrees F. for 12 to 15 minutes.

Jun 15

People Arriving in Uganda for the first time will be struck by the sheer volume of Bananas that dot the side of the road on bicycles, piled high in trucks on their way to market, eventually creating the mountains that adorn them. The banana, Musa accuminata and musa balbisiana, is perhaps one of the most important crops grown in Uganda.

The Grate Lakes region has become the second centre worldwide for the world’s largest herb second to India – never mind the fact that India ‘s population is approximately fifty times that of Uganda! Uganda alone produces more than 11 million tones per year, the majority of it locally consumed. Though hard to measure, it is estimated that the average Ugandans consumes more than 400kilos of Bananas each year!

There are many theories that try to explain the origin of the Banana. What is Known is that musa accuminata originated in Malaysia and musa balbisiana came from India .At some point, perhaps seven well before Mohammed’s followers took refuge in Abyssinia the present Ethiopia during the sixth century, these two species of banana mixed and created a wide diversity of different species.

The majority consensus is that the banana was brought to East Africa via the Swahili culture’s trade routes from the orient to the East African coast. This also partially fits with the Baganda’s belief that their ancestral father, Kinto brought the banana from foreign lands trekking towards the Great Lake from the Northeast.

Historians clearly acknowledge that the rise of the Baganda civilization, which endured centuries of propensity was largely due to the pivotal role the banana played in political, social, cultural, spiritual, medicinal and economic element of Baganda. Since then, the banana has become a cultural core of many different people throughout Uganda particularly the southwest

To the untrained eye, there is the Yellow dessert banana, the big ones, and the small ones. There is also matooke, which most people commonly mistake for plantain. In truth, there is more than a hundred different species of banana in Uganda, a dozen of, which are endemic, therefore, unique to this particular region.

The Banyankole people of Uganda believe that the ownership of a banana plantation is a symbol of a man’s passage to manhood and thus his capacity to marry .Social prestige is derived from he ‘proper’ state which he keeps his plantation it must be ‘smart’ . A thick wad of steamed matooke on a dinner plate signifies that the meal is worthy of being called ‘food’.

One Muganda man describes matooke(green bananas) as,”….a special food. When you eat it, it is soft and hot; it feels nice in the mouth. It makes me think that I am eating the best. If there is a special function, and there is no matooke, I would not go. The taste of matooke is smooth in the mouth, in the throat, and I feel satisfied when I eat it.”

Though many foreigners beg to differ regarding these perceptions, the majority of the people who have perceptions, the majority of the people who have been eating it for more than a thousand years vouch for its quality!

The edible part of the banana is used not only as food, but also as ceremonial gifts and for making locally distilled alcohol called waragi. The actual plant and its parts passes unique qualities and traits.

Many cultural beliefs are derived from them. The banana plant is used in a vast bed of local agro-ecological knowledge including medicinal remedies. Ailments for which banana plant and it’s various parts is a remedy include, upset stomachs, swelling, ulcers laceration, pain reduction, burns, for inducing labour, for expelling the placenta when it has failed to come out after giving birth, reducing flatulence, curing yellow fever, and even expelling evil spirits which have invaded someone’s body. However, don’t expect to find these remedies at Dr. Stockley’s surgery.

When you stroll through the local market and set your eyes upon another stock of Matooke,(Green Bananas) take a moment to reflect on its cultural and historic significance in the land you have now set foot in. Uganda sits on an elevated plateau, not one of the most agriculturally rich regions of the world. With two natural rain seasons, volcanic soils, and many other positive factors agricultural production should excel.

However currently, the banana faces overwhelming threats from pests and diseases. The traditional banana growing areas of the northern lakeshore are no longer capable of producing banana as they once did due to environmental degredation and socio-cultural debilitating constraint, such as the inequitable way women are faced with too much work ad few livelihood strategies to provide for their families.

HIV takes its toll on the labour force; soil erosion and genetic mining exacerbate the situation. Pests such as nematodes and weevils stunt the growth of the Banana. Fusarium wilt, black and yellow sigatoka disease, and the horrid bacteria wilt devastate banana plantations across the region, threatening the existence of countless species of banana.

Though the growing areas in the southwest have not been hit as hard yet, their time is coming .The banana plant and its rich genetic diversity are endangered as never before. Collective action and environmental rehabilitation are required to reverse this devastating trend, otherwise, the globe could lose one of its most unique resources and Uganda may face unprecedented food shortages. Such a tragedy must be avoided!

As you chow down on a bogoya, throw some sukaali ndiizi(sweet yellow bananas) into your picnic lunch, or much on some Gonja at the Karuma pit stop on your way to Arua, remember, you are biting into Uganda’s history and future.

Tanah Hadijah
http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/banana-in-uganda-more-than-just-cereal-topping-64413.html

 

Jun 14
Buddhist Banana Cake video.
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All things are Buddhism to me, so I decided to teach some wisdom while/by baking a cake :^). Hope you enjoy it! How can a cake be Buddhist? Philosophical questions aside, here is the recipe I used: * 5 large ripe bananas. * 1/2 cup vegetable oil * 1/2 cup raw sugar or brown sugar * 1 1/2 to 2 cups wholemeal flour * 1 tsp baking soda * dash of cinammon * dash of nutmeg * a handful of chopped walnuts * creativity & inspiration * note: Banana cakes usually have a tsp of vanilla but I forgot …

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Jun 12

I went to a Bob Evans restaurant this weekend and had the best banana bread ever. It was so moist! I realized that every time I make banana bread it comes out too dry. I don’t cook with lard, so recipes without it would be great. Thanks.

I never use less than four bannanas, and they are very ripe when I use them for bread and my bread always comes out like Bob Evans. Try just increasing the number of bananas in your current recipe and see if that does the trick for you. (if your recipe calls for one or two bannas try adding four to six)

Jun 11


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Banana Loaf Bread Fast & Easy – Recipe

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Jun 10

I would like to know a recipe for a banana cake but I dont wanna use the oven; wanna know is there any recipe similar to panacotta {setting it in the fridge; something of those type}


No Bake Banana Pudding Cheesecake

8 ounces cream cheese (softened)

2 cups cold milk

1 small box instant banana pudding mix

1 (9-inch) graham cracker crust

Using a blender or mixer – Stir cream cheese until very soft, gradually blending in 1/2 cup of milk until smooth and creamy.

Add remaining milk and the pudding mix.

Beat slowly on low for one minute (DO NOT OVER BEAT).

Pour into cool graham cracker crust. Sprinkle extra graham cracker crust crumbs on top (if you have some).

This makes it extra crunchy and looks nice. Chill.

BANANA CHEESECAKE

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

8 oz. tub Cool Whip

1 c. sugar

1 tsp. banana flavoring 1 (9″) graham cracker crust

2 bananas, sliced

Slice 1 banana and arrange in bottom of graham cracker crust.

Mix cream cheese and sugar until smooth consistency.

Add Cool Whip and banana flavoring.

Mix until smooth.

Spread in crust.

Slice remaining banana and arrange on top of cheesecake.

Refrigerate.

Ready to eat in 10 minutes.

Here’s a recipe for banana panna cotta:

http://www.chocolate.com/recipes/banana-caramel-panna-cotta-with-spiced-banana-foam-and-chocolate.html

Jun 9

If you have any easy good smoothie recipes I’d really appreciate it!!

Thank you!

I just break the banana up in a blender, cover with soy milk, add a couple dollops of plain yoghurt w/some honey to sweeten, give that a good whirl, and then just start adding frozen raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, or blueberries, all the colors, in what ever combination you like….and add some mango or pineapple, too. I just keep adding the frozen stuff until it thickens and gets frosty, pour it into a glass, and then enjoy it with a spoon. It makes a big smoothie, but in your condition that shouldn’t matter. Don’t sweat the measurements…when it’s thick, it’s done, easy. It’s screaming with antioxidants and berry-licious!

Jun 8

 

 

 

21 amazing facts about fruit you may have never known.Includes Banana facts

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Jun 6

I tried some yesterday and I’m craving some more..  It was so good…….

here it is..

Number-1 Banana Cake

“This is a very versatile and fast cake recipe. Not only is it moist and delicious, the same batter can be used to make banana bread and muffins. Delicious frosted with chocolate or cream cheese frosting.”

INGREDIENTS:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking soda

1 pinch salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 cup white sugar

3/4 cup light brown sugar

2 eggs 4 ripe bananas, mashed

2/3 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Grease and flour 2 – 8 inch round pans.

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, soda and salt; set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter, white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat in eggs, one at a time.

Mix in the bananas.

Add flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk to the creamed mixture.

Stir in chopped walnuts.

Pour batter into the prepared pans.

Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Remove from oven, and place on a damp tea towel to cool. 2 – 8 inch round layers

PREP TIME 30 Min COOK TIME 30 Min READY IN 1 Hr

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