Banana Raspberry White Chocolate Chip Bread

I'm back! And I have a recipe to post. We love banana bread in this house and we LOVE raspberries. When I found this recipe on For the love of cooking I knew it would be a hit with our family. I've made it quite a few times (which is hard to do because raspberries are usually eaten within 10 minutes of being washed) and each time we really enjoy it. The weather is a mess, rain, snow sun, extreme wind, so this bread with a nice cup of tea is perfect for a crazy weather afternoon. However, there is no photo of the finished product I was so excited to get the bread in the oven, I didn't grease the pan so some of the loaf stuck therefore making it very un-photogenic.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 bananas, mashed
• 1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup raspberries
• 3/4 cup white chocolate chips

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour loaf pan to ensure bread does not stick.

Combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl combine wet ingredients. Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet. Once combined fold in chocolate chips and raspberries. Bake 55-60 minutes, until done. Cool in pan 15 minutes, remove and cool on wire rack.

Spinach and Strawberry Salad

I LOVE this salad, as does the rest of my family. I am not usually a fan of mixing fruit and veggies together but for some reason the strawberries go together really well with the spinach (the dressing helps too). The recipe is from The Best of Bridge cookbook series. I highly recommend it.

Ingredients

• Spinach - however much you need for your family
• Strawberries - same as above
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoon onion, minced

Wash spinach place in large bowl, wash and cut strawberries in half add to spinach and toss gently.

For the dressing combine the remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour over salad and toss to coat the spinach and strawberries. Enjoy!

I'm back!

Hi all,
It's been a long time since my last post. Along with the usual holiday going ons we were also very excited to find out we are expecting our third child this summer. Needless to say tiredness had taken over but now that is passing blogging will return with new recipes!

Stay tuned!