Archive for January, 2010
Photographic Study: Pink Gerber Daisy
My boyfriend Keith bought me these flowers to give me something to photograph as it’s just too cold to take the baby outside.
I would appreciate your thoughts, comments, even respond with a photo of a flower!
archived under: Photography
Vlog: WordPress is NOT a Trend
My thoughts on a message board thread that labeled WordPress “trendy to use”
archived under: Vlog
Recipe: Keith’s Banana Bread
This is the ultimate banana bread that my awesome boyfriend bakes often. My oldest son and I just can’t get enough! So delicious!
This recipe will make 3 loaves of fantastic banana bread.
Ingredients
- 6 C unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 C sugar
- 4 1/2 TSP baking soda
- 1 1/2 TSP kosher salt
- 14 bananas, mashed (he uses a potato masher as you want lumps)
- 3 sticks of butter (oh yes, real butter!), melted
- 3 TSP real vanilla extract
- 1 TSP rum extract (he says this is optional)
- 1/2 TSP ground cinnamon
- 9 TBSP sour cream (which is 1/2 C + 1 TBSP)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In the largest mixing bowl you have, mix the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt) using a whisk to aerate and combine. In the second largest mixing bowl you have, mix your wet ingredients (melted butter, bananas, vanilla extract, rum extract, and sour cream), until just barely combined. You want those tasty banana lumps!
Pour the wet ingredients into the “dry” bowl, stir to just combine, making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl often. Let batter sit for ten minutes then pour into your greased loaf pans.
Bake for one hour at 350 degrees, test with a toothpick. If it comes out gooey, bake for an additional 5 minutes until the toothpick comes out 95% clean as the bread will continue to bake internally as it cools.
After bread is done, remove from the oven, and release bread from the pan onto a cooling rack. Cool for thirty minutes before slicing and topping with butter. Awesome butter.
archived under: Recipes
A Blogging Schedule
I had the oh so brilliant idea after ranting and raving to Lisa Marie, to create a “strict” blogging schedule.
Here is what I’ve come up with so far!
Sunday
An entry about wordpress, blogging, design, etc. May be a screencast.
Monday
I will post a recipe every Monday, generally I try to make sure recipes I post are generally healthy, or at the very least minimally processed.
Tuesday
Nothing yet, feel free to suggest something!
Wednesday
This one is simple, Wordless Wednesday. It’s so hard this time of year for me to take any photos and this meme sort of “forces” me to grab my camera… even if it’s of the same thing every week.
Thursday
Nothing yet, feel free to suggest something!
Friday
Perhaps a vlog.
Saturday
Progress on becoming healthier, recap of what I’ve done during the week, etc.
Do you have a schedule, even if it’s just mental, of what you blog during the week? Would it be something you’re interested in doing?
archived under: Blogging
Vlog: Online/Offline Resolutions
My first “vlog” aka video blog. Please be gentle!
I am aware of the bad camera positioning and such but for a first try… I don’t think it’s TOO bad. Please comment and boost my ego. Suggestions would be nice… if you want me to do this more often let me know that as well (topics couldn’t hurt either!).
archived under: Vlog
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