So I finished up with work this afternoon around 4:30, ran to the store, and started cooking at 5:30. I just now finished everything at 9. Yeah, cooking marathon!!!
So here are the results of my endeavors:
I've been obsessed with beets for a while now, so I decided to roast my own and make some good old fashioned borscht. This traditional European beet stew always makes your kitchen look like a murder scene (note my splattered bowl). But thanks to a handy-dandy stick blender, this soup turned out really well.
What's that garnish, you ask? Apples, dill and sour cream.
I also happened to have a bunch of bananas going pretty spotty and complete mush, so what better use for them than banana bread? So I made three loaves, and I have breakfast for weeks. :) So "healthy" too. Yeah right.
But I can't just have one kind of banana bread! I made two different batters:
1) Spiced banana bread with walnuts and ginger beer
2) Sweet banana bread with pie cherries, orange zest and vanilla
Then, just for fun, I mixed them together for the third loaf (best one).
Breakfast of overweight Southern champions. Add more butter.
Tune in next time for adventures with fennel!
Cheers,
Claire
