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𝙈𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮
𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲🍌
𝙄𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨
• 2 to 3 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) very ripe bananas, peeled (about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups mashed)
• 1/3 cup (76g) butter, unsalted or salted, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (not baking powder)
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 cup (150g) sugar (1/2 cup if you would like it less sweet, 1 cup if more sweet)
•1 large egg, beaten
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•1 1/2 cups (205g) all-purpose flour
𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙙
1. Preheat the oven and prepare the pan. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), and butter an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan.
2. Mash the bananas and add the butter - in a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas.
3. Mix in the remaining ingredients - mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.
4. Bake the bread - pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes at 350°F (175°C), or until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. A few dry crumbs are okay; streaks of wet batter are not. If the outside of the loaf is browned but the center is still wet, loosely tent the loaf with foil and continue baking until the loaf is fully baked.
5. Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for a few minutes. Then remove the banana bread from the pan and let cool completely before serving. Slice and serve. (A bread knife helps to make slices that aren't crumbly.)
Wrapped well, the banana bread will keep at room temperature for 4 days. For longer storage, refrigerate the loaf up to 5 days, or freeze it!
𝘽𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙛𝙪𝙡 because no matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
𝘽𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 because if you start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.
𝘽𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 because no matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.
𝘽𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 because you cannot change reality, but you can control the manner in which you look at things. Your attitude is under your own control and staying true to yourself is important.
𝘽𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 because no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
𝗣𝗶𝘅𝗶 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 🌱
𝗟𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽.
With Winnie now starting Primary school and my eldest now at Secondary School it's really reminded to me has fast it goes... How one second we are going through the motions of the night feeds, how we are looking forward to those first steps, to weaning, to potty training - the first day's of motherhood is exhausting and you lose yourself in the day to day. You lose what was once your identity and changed into a new person - for me it was the better of course (cliché to say I know) The first step into motherhood is scary, I questioned my sanity each day, it felt isolating at times, there's the post partum phase, the everything phase. Then they start school and making steps without you and it's like you have to discover yourself all over again. The parenthood guilt of not being the best 𝘺𝘰𝘶 you can be is there each day - the failures I've had and how it's affected them will be everlasting and at times consuming.
The past few months I've felt lost without the toddler groups (weird right?!) and my little sidekicks shopping with me or cooking with me (I even miss one of them kicking off and laying on the floor at the concept of entering a supermarket, or pushing a sleeping baby in a trolley)
Motherhood is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, I was a single parent from the get go and without family support I don't know how I would've got through it but I did, we got through the nappy changes & the initial development and now we are onto the next step of life. Oscar still sleeps in my bed, he's my little mamas boy and Winnie still wants hugs and stories but my 12 year old is becoming her own person... And yeah I guess I miss the days she'd climb into my bed and tell me about her day and snuggle. Growing pains I guess.
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𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲 - 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗱𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 “𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘀” 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 - 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼!
