Banana, Pecan & Nutella Swirled Cake Bars

Don’t you just love pecans? Pecans are by far one of the most better tasting nuts. Which is good, but in some ways it’s also a pain. For example, have you ever noticed that supermarkets are almost always out of bags of pecans? Seriously, finding even one bag at my local supermarket is an extremely rare occurrence. It’s kind of depressing. However, while wandering around the supermarket last week, I saw it. The last bag of pecans, hiding behind dozens of bags of walnuts. It would appear that the Banana Week gods were on our side. 

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Banana & Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Day 4 of Banana Week comes to you in the form of cookies, a form we all know & love thoroughly. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love cookies? They just make people happy! Well, they make me happy. There’s nothing better than a good cookie. Especially a good cookie that is actually kinda healthy because it’s jam packed with banana & oats, & only a teeny tiny bit of sugar, butter & chocolate bites. Like I said, kinda healthy. 

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Banana Cupcakes with Nutella & Peanut Butter

Welcome to Day 3 of Banana Week! Before we begin I feel I have to inform you, this one’s a good one. In order to keep things interesting this week, I had to make sure I had some variety, right? So on Day 1 we had the Caramelized Banana & Coffee Cake with a Caramel-Cream Filling, Day 2 was the Maple & Walnut Banana Bread, & now here we are with these awesome cupcakes. I know, you can thank me when I get back from Croatia. 

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Maple & Walnut Banana Bread

Day 2 of Banana Week comes in the form of one of my favourite baked goods - banana bread! It’s a well known fact I love trying out different flavours in my banana bread, in the last month alone I’ve posted two banana breads for you to try out: Banana Orange Bread & Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread. & guess what? This banana bread is even better than those ones. & that means a lot, because I have a passionate love for all things cinnamon. 

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Caramelized Banana & Coffee Cake with a Caramel-Cream Filling

Surprise! Bet you didn’t expect to find me posting anything today, seeing as I’m jetting off to the wonderfully sunny city of Zadar (it’s in Croatia) in the early hours of tomorrow. Alas, I couldn’t leave you hanging for a whole week with no new recipes, what kind of person do you think I am? So I came up with a plan a while back & boy has it been hard not to mention it! Today is the first day of a whole week of banana related recipes that I made ahead & saved for this exact moment in time. Are you as excited as I am?

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Lemon & Blueberry Oatmeal Bars

It appears that I’m going through a lemon phase. Lemon Cream Pie, Lemon & Lime Curd, Lemon & Lime Curd Ice-Cream, & now these Lemon & Blueberry Oatmeal Bars. What can I say, I’m a big fan of lemon! When I had so much time on my hands yesterday it was only natural that I decided to make something lemony. What better ingredient could I have used to celebrate the end of my second year in college & the beginning of my summer? 

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Lemon & Lime Curd Ice-Cream

Don’t you just love having time? I kind of forgot how awesome it was, what with exams & college & work all piled up on top of me. However, things have (finally) changed. As of today, I am officially finished my second year of college. No more assignments, no more lectures, & most importantly, no more exams! I celebrated by taking a lovely long shower & I actually relaxed while I ate lunch. Imagine that, contently eating without feeling like you should rush to get something else done! It was blissful. 

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Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Croutons

Yes, you did read the title correctly, that does say grilled cheese croutons. I know what you’re thinking, I thought the exact same thing not so long ago: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE? I’m okay now though, I’ve seen the light, made these bad boys & redeemed myself. You however have yet to make those life-altering little croutons. & that’s why I’m posting up this simple tomato soup recipe, to give you an excuse to make these cheesy little bites of perfection! Also because it’s a great soup.. Okay fine, it’s mainly for the croutons. 

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Rhubarb Crumble

One of my favourite things about Springtime is rhubarb. Whenever I see it in the supermarket I insist on getting some. It actually makes me kind of excited. I know, I’m an embarrassment, excited by rhubarb. More like, excited by the endless possibilities of extremely tasty goods that can be made with those beautiful long pink stalks. 

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Blueberry, Almond & Honey Porridge

Ever since I began my quest to discover all the best possible porridge flavours & toppings, I have been in love with porridge. My tired morning self doesn’t mind gathering all the ingredients, waiting the minute & a half until it has to be stirred, or even the watching through the microwave door so as to catch the porridge in that split second before it overflows the bowl. That last bit is probably the hardest part. I don’t know about you guys, but my microwave door has a black spotted design all over it & if I look through it too long I feel like I’m going blind & actually can’t see anything anymore. Yep, this is my life. Regular morning blindness, all over a bowl of porridge. 

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Lemon & Lime Curd

You know those days when things just work out? For instance: when Julie Powell magically had all the ingredients for Julia Child’s ‘Potage Parmentier’ & thus started her baking blog. Well, I happened to have lemons that needed to be used up, as well as limes left over from Cinco de Mayo that needed to be used up. Okay, so it’s not as big a deal as Julie Powell’s discovery, but it did result in the most delicious curd ever. Possibly in the whole world. 

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Lemon Cream Pie

I have a confession to make: I am a lemon lover. To the extreme. What’s that you said? Cake stuffed with lemon pulp, drenched in lemon syrup & covered in lemon frosting with lemon rind grated on top, with a side of lemon juice? I’ll take two slices please.

The more lemon, the better. ”Too much lemon” is not a statement that registers in my mind.

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Mango, Pineapple & Banana Smoothie

The blog has really grown so much in the last month. Quite frankly I’m amazed at the amount of people who are interested in what I have to say. It’s a pretty awesome feeling, so thank you! With that in mind, I was looking back over the blog & noticed that I accidentally allowed a horrible thing to happen. I’d understand if all you lovely people were disappointed. As of today, it has officially been eight days since I posted a smoothie recipe. I know, I’m such a failure. 

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Blueberry & White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

The last few days have been pretty awesome for me: I got my first exam over & done with (only three more left until summer starts!), the weather here has been amazing, & don’t get me started about the amazing deal that I got on a huge bunch of bananas. But I have to say, the topping on the cake of awesome that my life has been, is that last night I booked flights to Zadar! Yes, the Zadar in lovely lovely Croatia. & I’m going in just two weeks time! Can you hear the high pitched excitement in my voice? So I figured I’d share around some happiness by posting about these delicious cookies I made last week. 

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Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits

You know those moments when you rush through taking the photographs so you can just start eating already? That’s what happened here. I was clearly in such a desperate need to eat that I seemed to overlook the fact that the pictures look like i bled all over the table  a little unpleasant. I don’t know what happened. My brain must have fallen out when I caught sight of all the strawberry goodness oozing out of the glass. There is no other possible explanation. You’ll just have to have faith in the old saying: don’t judge a book by it’s cover. In this case: look past the bloody intriguing exterior of these Parfaits & trust me when I say they have most delicious interior. 

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