Blueberry picking

I put a twist on my banana bread this week and the family loves it. No I did not go blueberry picking I had blueberries delivered.  Along with my eggs McV Farm delivered some farm fresh blueberries to my front door yesterday and here is what I came up with.


Blueberry Banana Bread

• Preheat oven to 350

• Grease a 5 x 9 loaf pan

2 ripe organic bananas

1c. low fat sour cream

1/4c. Butter

1 ½ c sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 organic farm fresh eggs

2c. flour

1tsp baking soda

1tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp nutmeg

1 tblsp flour

1/2c. Blueberries

1. Mash the bananas and combine them with the sour cream, set aside.

2. Cream the butter and sugar until smooth, add vanilla and one egg at a time continue beating until blended.

3. Add the banana mixture to the sugar mixture stir until blended.

4. Combine the 2c. flour, baking soda and powder, salt and nutmeg.

5. Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and stir until well blended.

6. In a small bowl dredge the blueberries in the 1 tablespoon of flour remaining and fold in to the mixture.

7. Pour into the prepared pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
I put a twist on my banana bread this week and the family loves it. Along with my eggs McV Farm delivered some farm fresh blueberries to my front door yesterday and here is what I came up with.


Blueberry Banana Bread

• Preheat oven to 350

• Grease a 5 x 9 loaf pan

2 ripe organic bananas

1c. low fat sour cream

1/4c. Butter

1 ½ c sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 organic farm fresh eggs

2c. flour

1tsp baking soda

1tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp nutmeg

1 tblsp flour

1/2c. Blueberries



1. Mash the bananas and combine them with the sour cream, set aside.

2. Cream the butter and sugar until smooth, add vanilla and one egg at a time continue beating until blended.

3. Add the banana mixture to the sugar mixture stir until blended.

4. Combine the 2c. flour, baking soda and powder, salt and nutmeg.

5. Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and stir until well blended.

6. In a small bowl dredge the blueberries in the 1 tablespoon of flour remaining and fold in to the mixture.

7. Pour into the prepared pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Kid tested – Perfect 10, the little one loves it!!!!! My nephew loved it and he is a tough one to please!

What else is going on I am making fairy costumes and I am so excited I hope to start selling them soon!






Kid tested – 10 the little one loves it!!!!!

What to do with all those eggs?

As I mentioned before I get my eggs delivered straight to my front door each week. A dozen a week anyone tried to each/use a dozen eggs in one week? Well unless you are someone who eats an egg sandwich every day it is tough, trust me I cook a lot and some weeks I still have eggs leftover, fresh eggs of course. I came up with the recipe below and after many variations this is the one the hubby likes the best. I make 5-6 of these wraps every Sunday and Wahla my eggs are nearly down to a manageable amount and my hubby has breakfast every morning. If I can find avocado on sale or I have extra lying around I throw it into the mix below…I pick the onion and peppers up at the local farmers market.
The Local Yocal Breakfast Wrap
Makes 5-6 wraps

6 – 10” Jalapeno Cheddar Wraps or 10” wrap variety of your choice

6 – farm fresh organic eggs (from a local farm)

1/2C. – 1% organic hormone and antibitotic free milk (also from a local farmer)

½  red pepper diced

½  onion diced

½  green pepper diced

1.5 C. hot salsa

1 C. shredded Cheddar

1 tsp. cayenne pepper

1-2 tablespoon EVOO for cooking

1. In a large skillet drizzle the EVOO into the skillet and over medium high heat sauté the onion, red and green peppers until onion is translucent.

2. While the onion and pepper mixture is cooking whisk the eggs, milk and cayenne pepper together.

3. Once the onions and pepper mixture is cooked add the egg mixture to the pan, scramble the eggs with the onion and pepper mixture, continue cooking until the eggs are no longer runny and then add the salsa.

4. Continue cooking mixture until majority of the liquid is absorbed about 3-5 minutes and remove from heat.

5. Lay wrap out on a flat surface, drop ~1c. of the egg mixture on one edge of the wrap, sprinkle with cheese and roll up. Repeat until egg mixture is gone.

Kid tested - TOOOOO hot for the little one maybe I should come up with a mild variation.

Getting Creative and Having Fun

Exciting times, I am finding more time to do stuff I like to do now that Samuel is startign to enjoy playing on his own and taking naps YAY for naps.  I have learned how to use my Singer Fashion Mate sewing machine after nearly a year of it sitting on my table in the corner... I learned to make tu-tu's pictures to come my 6 yr old will get the first one.  I have been hitting up a farmers market each weekend and ordering from SoW Fresh organics so despite the fact that I did not plant a single thing this season I am still eating fresh and Friday nights dinner was a wonderful blend of all the goodies I collected at the Coventry Farmers Market,

This is a great way to get your greens and you can make it your own by choosing how you like your steak cooked, the type of lettuce and dressings you use, make this fun! I also like to lay the ingredients out and let the family assemble the salads themselves, makes it fun for the kids.

Market Fresh Salad

Makes about 4 servings

6C. organic farm fresh lettuce (2 varieties of your choice)

4 organic plum tomatoes quartered

2 C organic farm fresh green beans blanched and set aside

Marinated mushrooms - Norms Best (locally made Putnam, CT)

¼ c. Feta cheese

¼ c. Super Seedz (gourmet shelled pumpkin seeds sea salt variety)

1.5 lbs NY Sirloin grilled to your liking

Annie’s organic Goddess or Dressing of your choice

To assemble;

- Lay a bed of greens in each plate, around the perimeter of the plate place the tomatoes and marinate mushrooms.

- Top with green beans then steak and sprinkle with feta and pumpkin seeds

- Top with dressing of your choice!

Kid test – 7 out of 10 the little one loved everything but struggled with the lettuce, how do you get kids to eat lettuce?

Meatless Monday and other fun stuff to kick off the week

Another name change, yes and I am sticking with this one this time, because I said so! It describes how I feel these days and there is no end in sight.  I feel like the pace I keep these days is of it's own magnitude and although I like it, I am constantly looking for ways to increase "my time" that is time to do fun things in life.......

One way I plan to do that is by doing some of my grocery shopping on this new website!  My friends opened a new web based business.  It opened last week and I love the concept so I had to share.  to sum it up....They will run around to farms and local businesses to pick up all these organic fresh yummy goodies that you would normally have to go to 5+ different places to buy and for a small fee they will deliver them to you, what is better than that???  Check them out!!!

http://www.sowfreshorganics.com/


I also found this lovely little grocery/meal planning list

What is on the menu for Mandatory Meatless Monday you ask?

Grilled cheese and Vegi with a side of pasta salad - stay tuned for the recipe.

kid tested - tbd