Banana Bread…
So, it is almost mid-January, the temperatures are hitting new lows - it was – 22 when I woke up this morning- and I am still hunting for my first PR gig. But despite the weather and lack of a job, there is one thing that always brightens my day – banana bread!
It is my favorite thing to bake. The receipt I use I think I got from my mom, where she had it scribbles on a piece of paper in a cookbook, but I cannot acuratly remember if that is this reciept or not. This receipt is not very figure friendly, which may explain why I have never come across a similar version, but it is better then any banana bread I have purchased (Seriously, I love Starbucks but its banana bread is just plan gross!)
This receipt is one of those things you can really customize to meet your needs. For example, I love mine with chocolate chips and walnuts. But the reciept is equally as delisious plain. Or you could even sprinkle a few chocolate chip on top, if you don’t want to comitte to making a whole chocolate chip banana bread. For extra presentation point you could even melt some chocolate chips and drizzle the chocolate on top!
Here is the recepit:
- 1 cup mashed bananas (this is about 2 or 3 bananas)
-1 cup mayo (any kind will do I usually use merical whip, but you could even use a vegan mayo if you choose)
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Beat bananas, and then beat in sugar and mayo. Add remaining ingrediants and bake at 350 f. Back about 1 hour for a loaf and 20 munutes for muffins.
It’s simple. It’s delious. It’s the prefect way to use up those old banana.
Happy baking!
Recent PR grad looking for first gig….
Recent I completed an internship and submitted my final paper to complete my post-grad certificate in public relations. So, now what? I begin to look for my first gig.I am still looking for something in PR/communications, but I am keeping my options open. But this is not what is post is about. It’s about all the other stuff that goes along with being, dare I say it? Unemployed.
Not having to get up and go to work everyday was my dream when I was in school, when I was working my dead-end retail job and when I was working seven days a week at my internship and my dead-end retail job. But now that its all over and I have quite my dead-end retail job (wanted to go home for Christmas for two weeks and the only way I could get time off was to quit), the reality is not quite living up to expectations.
I am a person who likes, no LOVES to be busy. Not having a billion and one things to do drive me crazy! Yes, I am updating my portfolio and searching for jobs, but I feel like this is not enough! I have started trying out new receipts and knitting again. So, yes, there is a bright side to my boredom. I have started doing the things I love again! I bake, I cook, I knit! I am starting to look at all the amazing design potential for my apartment!
So, if you too are finding yourself with extra time, or just staying in on a Saturday night because, well, its Canada and its damn cold outside, then try to look on the bright side. Find out whats been missing in your life. If you still up come empty then knit the purl beret – its super cute, fun and will help keep you warm on those cold Canadian night when you do venture outside. Get the pattern:
http://www.purlbee.com/beret-purl/
