Banana Coconut & Pecan Bread

Banana Coconut & Pecan Bread
What To Do With Over Ripe Bananas!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 45-50 minutes

Ingredients

4 large ripe bananas, smashed

1 banana, slice in half

1 3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup coconut oil, melted

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp allspice

1 tsp vanilla bean extract

1 cup sweetened coconut flakes

1/2 cup chopped pecans

2 eggs

Pam cooking spray

Cooking Tools

Large mixing bowl

Small mixing bowl

12 count muffin tin or

1 bread loaf pan

Muffin liners (optional)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. Smash the bananas in a small whisking bowl. Mix dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder,cinnamon & allspice. Whisk in the rest of the ingredients until blended well. Spray muffin tin or bread loaf with the cooking spray. Pour batter evenly into loaf or muffin pan and place either sliced banana on top of batter or banana slices on top of each muffin. Bake in oven for 45-50 minutes. Eat warm or at room temperature. Top with coconut flakes if so desired.
Yields 1 loaf or 12 muffins 

Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake

Blueberry Lemon Coffee Cake
A Perfect Slice With A Cup Of Hot Coffee!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

Duncan Hines Lemon Supreme Cake Mix

3/4 cup coconut oil, melted

juice of half lemon

zest of half lemon

1 cup of water

1 tsp almond extract

3 eggs

2 cups fresh blueberries

Pam cooking spray

Cooking Tools

Bottom release pan

2 medium mixing bowls

Pastry cutter

Whisk 

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. In a whisking bowl, whisk together cake mix, oil, lemon juice, zest, water, extract and eggs.  whisk batter until smooth,then fold in fresh blueberries.  Spray pan with Pam cooking spray evenly.  Pour batter into pan and top with Crumble Topping (recipe below) evenly over cake batter.  Bake in oven for 40 minutes, can broil to for the last minute to a golden brown.
Cool then release from pan.

Crumble Topping
Ingredients
1 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter, diced 

Directions
Place ingredients in a mixing bowl and use a pastry cutter to cut butter into the flour mixture until crumbles form.  You can also use your hands to create larger crumbles. 

Caramelized Pork Banh Mi

Caramelized Pork Banh Mi
A  French Inspired Vietnamese Sandwich!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients
1 lbs. cooked pulled pork
2 french baguette or sub bread
pickled carrots & daikon radish (recipe below)
sprigs of cilantro
6 fresh basil leaves
4 green onions
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp Gachujang sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp Mirin
1/4 tsp sesame oil
Maggi sauce https://www.amazon.com/Maggi-Seasoning-6-7fl-oz-200ml/dp/B0000E2PX6

Cooking Tools

Large fry pan/ skillet

Small mixing bowl 

Directions
Heat cooked pork on medium heat.  Add; soy sauce, Gachujang, sugar mirin, sesame oil and cook until sauce start to caramelize. Prepare buns and cut length wise without cutting through the hinge.  Pull out some of the bread to create room for the rest of the ingredients.  Heat buns in oven until slightly toasted.  Fill buns with pork the dash some drops of the Maggie sauce on the inside bun.  Add layer of the cilantro, basil leaves, green onions and pickled carrots & daikon.

Pickled Carrots & Daikon

Ingredients

1 carrot, julienne

1 small daikon, julienne

1 cup white vinegar

1 cup sugar

Directions
Place vinegar and sugar in a small mixing bowl and whisk.  Add in carrots and daikon and pickle at least 1 hour or overnight.