Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Spinach Balls with Mustard Sauce -classic

I love this easy, yummy appetizer!  The mustard sauce is perfect! Here is that text so we don't lose it!


  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. In a large bowl combine ingredients. Shape into walnut-sized balls and place on a baking sheet.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until heated through and browned.



Banana Bread --Carribean style Cold Weather cookbook Sarah Leah Chase

Documenting here so I never lose this recipe.  I love this recipe! It's the ONLY banana bread I've ever liked!  

The crust is so good, a little chewy, the inside moist, but also slightly crumbly (not dense).

It's sooo yummy served with black bean soup, warm from the oven with butter on top!

Place in a small saucepan simmer on low until rum is evaporated and raisins plump and juicy
1/2 c. golden raisins
1/3 c. spiced dark rum (or any you have)

Meanwhile in a mixing bowl
1 egg, whisked

Lightly stir in with wooden spoon or spatula (no over mixing)

1/2 c. butter softened
1/2.  c. brown sugar
1 egg 
2 t. vanilla

Mix these dry goods in another bowl then lightly add to above

2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
2 t. gr ginger
2 t. nutmeg

Then lightly stir-in:
3 very ripe bananas, smashed well on a plate with a fork
  
1/2 c. shredded coconut, toasted in a pan and cooled

2/3 c. macadamia nuts whole or cut in halves, toasted or not

The cooled rum raisins

Pour into bread loaf baking pan, buttered and floured
Bake 350 
for about 1hour (depending on how ripe those bananas were)