by lorinsantaloci (Member Recipe)
Difficulty: Easy

TIME/SERVINGS

Total: 1 hour 20 minutes

Active: 20 minutes

Makes: 1 loaf

INGREDIENTS
"2 Tblsp flax seed meal "
4 Tblsp water
1 3/4 c. all purpose flour
1 1/4 c. quick cut oats
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 Tblsp brewers yeast sifted
1 tsp ground fenugreek
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 c. butter softened
3 eggs at room temp
1 c. sugar or 3/4 c. agave
1 1/4 c. mashed bananasabout 3 medium or 2 large bananas
2 Tblsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c. chopped pecans or walnuts

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat your oven to 350. Grease a 10 inch loaf pan.

2. Mix together the flax seed meal and water in a small bowl or cup and set aside.

3. In a medium bowl whisk together the dry ingredients (except the nuts).

4. Using a stand mixer on low speed combine the butter, eggs, sugar, banana and milk.

5. Add the vanilla and flax and turn up the speed to medium for about a minute.

6. Use a rubber spatula to incorporate the flour mixture into the banana mixture 1/3 at a time. Stir
in the nuts. Scrape into your greased loaf pan and place in preheated oven.

7. Bake 50-60 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely.

I used a dark bread pan and didn't realize that I shouldn't have reduced the oven temp by 25 degrees. Next time I'll use a little less Brewer's Yeast (it's bitter) and add a little brown sugar.

( Banana bread is loveCollapse )

NY strip steak, Scallop Piccata, broccoli and cheese with a glass of Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages

Friday 25, June 2010


The face in the mirror

"Our inability to see beauty doesn’t suggest in the slightest that beauty is not there. Rather, it suggests that we are not looking carefully enough or with broad enough perspective to see the beauty."

-- Rabbi Harold Kushner

"The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing."

-- John Muir

Sunday 20, June 2010


Seek your limits and beyond

"If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own."

-- Stephen Covey

Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for... life by keeping eyes, mind and heart open to nature, men, books, experience.... What he gathers serves him at unexpected moments in unforeseen ways."

-- Hamilton Wright Mabie

"Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

Kindred - Far Away From Here

I'm tired of broken street glass
Not getting no ass
Unless the babies sleep, but even then seems like we're trying to creep
Tired of paying taxes, sending emails and faxes
Tired of crooked cops, tired of black folk complaining that crime don't stop

I wanna go to a place where lovers go
Do the things that lovers do
No stress, a sweet caress from me to you
I wanna do the things we used to do,
Say the things we used to say
Just lay, everyday (all day)

Far away from here, far away from here, Far away from here,
Just jump in a taxicab, pack a bag, and get away fast. (2x)

I'm tired of late subway trains
Tired of undeserved fame
Tired of watching something, on the TV doing nothing
I'd rather be looking at ya
I'd rather be laying with ya
And I don't want to forget all the love we captured the day we met

I wanna go to a place where lovers go
Do the things that lovers do
No stress boo, a sweet caress from me to you
I wanna do the things we used to do,
Say the things we used to say
Just lay, everyday (all day)

Chorus

Far away from here, far away from here, Far away from here,
Just jump in a taxicab, pack a bag, and get away fast. (2x)

(music playing)

Far away from here, far away from here, Far away from here,
Just jump in a taxicab, pack a bag, and get away fast. (4x)

Thursday 25, March 2010


Refuse to be a victim

"We focus on the negatives, losing ourselves in the ‘problem.’ We point to our unhappy circumstances to rationalize our negative feelings. This is the easy way out. It takes, after all, very little effort to feel victimized."

-- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

"A man may fall many times but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him."

-- Elmer G. Letterman

"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."

-- Steven Biko

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies by Noel Trujillo
27 min | 15 min prep

SERVES 54 , 4 1/2 dozen

* 1 cup butter
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
* 4 tablespoons water
* 2 tablespoons flax seed meal
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups oats
* 1 cup chocolate chips
* 2-4 tablespoons brewer's yeast

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Mix the flaxseed meal and water and let sit for 3-5 minutes.
3. Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar well.
4. Add eggs and mix well.
5. Add flaxseed mix and vanilla, beat well.
6. Sift together flour, brewers yeast, baking soda, and salt.
7. Add dry ingredients to butter mix.
8. Stir in oats and chips.
9. Scoop onto baking sheet.
10. Bake for 12 minutes.
11. Let set for a couple minutes then remove from tray.




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I think this recipe calls for making tiny cookies because I didn't get  4 1/2 dozen. Just a little over 2 dozen. I added about 1 1/2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips. I'm still trying to figure out when a cookie in the oven is JUST RIGHT so I don't over bake it.

Friday 12, March 2010


Be, do and have

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you love to do, in order to have what you want."

-- Margaret Young

"Who does not thank for little will not thank for much."

-- Estonian proverb

Tuesday 9, March 2010


We can't escape

"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."

-- Orison Swett Marden

"The Lord is a good psychologist: he knows the way our minds run. Turmoil can be the Lord's way of tapping us on the shoulder and saying, 'Don't forget me.'"

-- Eknath Easwaran