One of my favorites...

I love this video. I really don't care for the song in its original form, but as a piano solo, I think it's beautiful. The pianist is Maxence Cyrin whose music is worth checking out - he mostly covers pop songs in a very original/unique way. The movie clips are from The Mysterious Lady, a silent film from 1928 starring Greta Garbo.

Peel!

I cleaned out my freezer the other day and was surprised to find 15 bananas hiding out in there. When I buy bananas and they get too ripe for my taste (I like them most when they are still pretty green,) I freeze them to use later in banana bread. Obviously I hadn't made any in a while, so I decided to use some of them up today.

I'm proud to say it turned out really well. I made two loaves, so if anyone wants some, come and get it!


Here is the recipe I use. It is by far my favorite banana bread recipe. I came across it a few years ago, and haven't used any other since. It's called Banapple Bread because it uses a mixture of mashed banana and applesauce.

Banapple Bread
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (I don't ever use nuts with this)
3 1/2 cups flour
4 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla
3 ripe bananas, mashed well
add enough apple sauce to make 2 cups total

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans. Fill pans with equal amounts of batter. Bake 1 hour or until done.

Today, for a little variety, I added a couple of teaspoons of Chinese Five Spice Powder. Yummy.