Banana Bread

Banana Bread 

This banana bread is super versatile. I’ve added walnuts, cinnamon and chocolate to mine. You can add any nuts you like, and/or seeds or you can completely omit the extras and keep it simply banana. Either way, it’ll be delicious.

Ingredients:

• 210g plain flour
• 1tsp salt 
• 1tsp cinnamon 
• 70g sugar (I used light brown muscovado sugar)
• 1tsp vanilla extract 
• 2 large eggs 
• 4 ripe bananas 
• 220g melted butter 
• 1tsp bicarbonate of soda 
• 70g walnuts 
• 40g dark chocolate chips
• 40g white chocolate chips 

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a loaf tin with baking parchment. 

In a small bowl, mix the flour and salt together then set aside. 

Place the bananas in a bowl and mash them. Add the eggs, cinnamon, vanilla extract, bicarbonate of soda, sugar and butter and mix well. Add half the flour and fold in. Add the remaining flour and fold gently, do not over mix. 

Add your nuts and chocolate, if using and gently mix. Pour the mixture into your prepared tin. I cut a banana in half lengthways and placed on top, then sprinkled some extra chocolate chips. Bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes. I covered my loaf tin with foil after 30 minutes to stop it from browning any further.

Pasta Alla Vodka

Pasta Alla Vodka

This pasta sauce is made using vodka, as you could probably tell by the description! It’s usually made using penne pasta, but I’ve had to use spaghetti as that’s all I can get hold of during the lockdown!

This pasta dish is so quick and easy to make but tastes delicious!

Serves 2.

Ingredients:

• Pasta 
• Salt & pepper 
• 4 garlic cloves 
• 2tbsp tomato purée 
• 2tbsp olive oil 
• 50g Parmesan 
• 120ml double cream 
• 1 shot of vodka

Cook enough pasta for 2 in salted boiling water. Once cooked, drain.

Whilst your pasta is cooking, heat the olive oil in a pan over a medium heat. Once hot, crush the garlic and cook until fragrant. Now add your tomato purée and mix, then add the vodka and mix well. Add your cream, stirring to mix everything together. Add the Parmesan and mix then season to taste.

Add your pasta to the sauce and stir so it’s all mixed well. 

Voila, bon appétit!