DIY: Bake your own Banana Bread

14 July 2015

We usually have bananas in the house but the problem is that if you don't eat them quickly, they can turn rotten so easily.  So rather than let them go to waste, I thought I'd try my hand at making banana bread out of them.  :)  Naturally, I scoured Google for an easy-to-follow recipe and I found one here.

This recipe was very simple.  I don't have a blender or a masher so everything I've done is by hand.  If you have the equipment then feel free to use them :)

Ingredients:

4-5 medium-sized bananas (you can add more if you want)
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs

Procedure:

Step 1:  Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl then set aside



Step 2:  Mix the butter, sugar and eggs in another bowl.  Set aside.


Step 3:  Peel the bananas then mash them.


Step 4:  Mix the mashed bananas with the butter/sugar/eggs mixture.  After that, put that mixture with the flour/baking soda/salt and just blend them together. Put it in a loaf pan (in my case a baking pan since I don't have a loaf pan).  Oh and don't forget to spread some butter on the surface of the pan to prevent the bread from sticking.  


Step 5:  Put the pan in the oven (preheated at 350 degrees F).  In the video I looked at, the baking time was 60-65 minutes.  With the pan that I used, it only took 30-35 minutes.  You can check if the bread is done if you stick a toothpick in the middle and when you pull it out, nothing sticks to it.  That tells you that it's done.




We let it cool out of the oven when it was done.  Here are my assistants enjoying our success :)











Family: Luke's Christening

12 July 2015

After 3 days of "No Classes" because of three consecutive typhoons in the Philippines, we were all happy to get out of the house and attend Stevie and Toni's baby boy Luke's Baptism.  We all trooped to the Christ the King Church in Libis.  The venue for the reception was also within the church's grounds (very handy!).

Cars: Full Throttle on the Road to History (press release)


Full Throttle on the road to History

Full Throttle is the pioneering local TV show to air on History Channel Philippines, bringing with it a fresh and vibrant take on the motoring industry both here and abroad.

“Local motoring TV programs are too formulaic and staid, with some retaining the same format they’ve had for decades,” said Rommel Dizon, the show’s program manager and one of the founders of the production company behind the show, Beyond Wheels Production. “Full Throttle promises to change all that.”