Gluten Free Easy Banana Bread

Morning Sweet Friends,

How was your weekend and Monday??
Hope you enjoyed it......

We had a good weekend,  and then Hubby was off
work on Monday which was nice.......since we hadn't
done a lot of work over the weekend,  he took down the
 tree and outside lights as I packed up the christmas
things that were all over my dining room table since
Friday and Sat morning.  So I am happy to say it is
all packed away nicely until next year.  Sure did en-
joy it I have to say,  but was ready when I finally 
took it down. 

 The house looks rather sad right now.........
and was hoping to work on that today,  but the dentist
 office called me with a cancellation so I took it, since I
 had to cancell mine last week due to all my residual
coughing from that virus I had right before Christmas.
The cough has just finally cleared up the last few
days.......Thank Goodness!

Boy, is our lil darling gonna be bored tomorrow
with everything so blah,  cause I had all sorts of
stuffed animals and Plastic Christmas balls and
stuff she could play with.  I try to do that with 
every season,  and I will find some to do that
with for Winter too,  once I get started.

I made some Banana nut bread on Saturday
as well as some Southwestern white bean
chili......it was cold and a good day for cooking.
I enjoy cooking so much more in the winter
months,  do you???

So thought I would share the recipe with you
especially if you are trying to eat Gluten Free.
Think you can probably just use reg. flour if
not......................

Got this recipe online,  it is a Betty Crocker Recipe.

Gluten Free Easy Banana Bread

2/3 cup of sugar

1/3 cup of butter, softened

2 eggs ( I used the equivalent in Egg beaters)

1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas ( 3 medium)

1/4 cup of buttermilk (personally don't think it

is really needed, think milk would do just fine)

1 tsp of gluten free vanilla (I used reg. vanilla)

2 cups of Betty Crocker all purpose Gluten free

rice flour blend. (I couldn't find it, so I used

 Pillsbury's best gluten free multi-purpose flour blend)

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired

Directions

1.  Heat oven to 350 F,  Grease botton only of 9X5

 or 8X4 inch loaf pan

2.  In large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric

 mixer on med. speed until light.  Add eggs; beat well.

Stir in bananas, buttermilk and vanilla; blend well.

Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened.

Then stir in walnuts and pour into the pan.

3.  Bake 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted

in center comes out clean.  Cool 5 mins. in the

pan on a cooling rack.

4.  Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from

pan, and place top side up on a cooling rack.

Cool completely , 1-2 hours, before slicing.  Wrap

tightly and store at room tep. up to 4 days or

refrigerate.

Makes 12 servings (1 slice each)

Enjoy!!

Warning:  Don't do what I did and set the timer

and then forget to turn it on once it was in the

oven............lol  Thank goodness, it turned out

alright, but it was a lil bit dry.  I had made it

before and knew I liked it or I would not have

shared the recipe,  just so you know!

Well,  have a great evening with

 your family, friends or furry friends.

Happy you could come by today!

Will be posting the recipe for the

Southwestern white bean chili

tomorrow, Lord willing!!

See ya then,

Love, Hugs and

Banana Bread Blessings,

Nellie

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Thankful Thursday - January 15, 2015, Winter Table from 2011

 For the word of God is living and active
 Sharper than any double-edged sword,
 it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,
 joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts 
and attitudes of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12


Evening Sweet Friends,

How ya been?  
I've been busy as a bee......

Taking down the Christmas decorations,
so it is mostly down, but the tree and
walked into the guest bath a few mins.
ago and thought of yea, forgot about
 this room.  lol  Tomorrow I will start
packing it up.  Needed to run to the
grocery store so had to stop...but
there is always tomorrow.  lol

Since I am so late I am just gonna
start right in..............

I am thankful

#1

that we got to see a sweet young lady
that grew up in our church who is married
now and has a baby, but lives in Ga. - she
was here visiting her parents.  She is just
such a neat girl and we always love to see
and talk to her cause she is such a
 sweetie.


#2
that I have been working on setting up 
my card shop finally, and it is quite
time consuming,  but in due time I
will get there.  lol

With posterized affect


#3

that in the last months we have been
able to get a lot of good shows that we
didn't used to get, like pioneer woman, 
and a lot of the HGTV shows like property
 brothers, and love it or list it, and nanny 
911, and now we can get them thru Roku
don't ask me how, glad hubby knows how
 to do that stuff, but I am glad, and it
 didn't cost us a penny.  Works for me!!


#4
that we had some time this week to have

 some young friends over on the spare of
 the moment for pizza and salad.
and
we are so glad we did....it was great to 
have some time to catch up with what
is going on in each others lives these
days, as it has been quite awhile since
we have been able to do that, and her
hubby is in the Nat'l Guard and will be
going away in February for a long time.

#5

for the fun time we had with Brooklyn
on Wed............she just gets more
hilarious all the time. Think most of her
teething must be over cause she is just
in such a great mood all the time now.
She just brings us so much joy and
happiness. Know I say it all the time
but it is just so true and we are just
so thankful for her, and that she is
just such a happy lil sweetie, and
just can't Not say it.

#6

that I finally finished the Modani post
 as fun as it was, but it has sort of been
 a long time in coming.  So glad it is 
posted, and I can contact them,  and
if you have no clue what I am talking
 about but would like to know just
click here, or scroll down.

#7
that I have had some nice long chats

with Dee this week and that they have

a lot of potentially neat things going

on lately, that are exciting so we are

gonna be waiting on the outcomes.

#8
for homemade chicken salad, made
some today (actually yesterday when 
Ityped this.  lol) and it was so yummy.
I use Bumble bee canned chicken,
add chopped celery, scallions, sour
 pickles and fresh spinach, a small
squirt of mustard and lots of mayo.
 Also some black pepper........and
 sometimes I add pecans too.

YUMMO............

#9
for so many good nights of sleep in the last
 month or so.  Am hoping I am coming out
 of that cyclical sleep phase that only lets
 me sleep 4 hrs. and then I am wide awake.
I have only had a few of those nights this
 month,  which is a huge improvement. 
 I think it is a hormonal thing, so maybe
 my hormones have changed again, 
 yeah......for that......


#10
for the word of God and all we can learn 
from it every single day.  It is truly active
 and living as it says in my
 blog header verse.

#11
for the fun of going to the grocery store
 and then coming home and sampling
 any new finds or old finds you haven't 
had for awhile. I love that!!
Guess it reminds me of when I was a kid, 
cause that is what we did when my Mom
 would come home with groceries.


#12
that I found some Gluten free boxed
 cookies that taste pretty good, most
I have tried are pretty bad.....unless
it is a gluten free cookie mix you
make yourself.  Course, I am not
 much for premade boxed cookies
 anyway...so maybe that is the
problem.

Well, there you have it Sweeties..............
another week at our place.

Glad you stopped by and hope it made you
think about your blessings.....cause they
really are all around us......we just gotta
look for them.
and hope you enjoyed the Winter Table
as well.........
If you would like to see the whole post
click here


Have a Beautiful Weekend
 with those you hold dear.

Love, Hugs,
and Fruitful Blessings,

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A Stroll Thru Life

Modani Fun Faux Shopping Expedition Online

Hello Sweet Friends,

So how is your week going??

Can hardly believe we are the 

middle of the January. Wow,

 that sure went by quickly......

Watching our lil darling today so while

she is napping trying to get this post

done that I was asked to do back in

December, by Modani Furniture. They

contacted me, then sent me some pics 

  and asked me to choose the things that

 I liked the most for a living room or

 family room, and to do a post on it, So

was not familiar with them, but went to

their website, and they are a Modern 

furniture store located in Fl, GA, TX, 

Il, and NY and Canada.

that carries lots of accessories too. You

  can check them out here if you would

 like. Modani.com or click here

Thought it would be fun (to shop without 

spending any money) so told them I would 

love to do it, but it would have to be after

 Christmas. 

Just so you know............

 I am not being compensated in any way,

nor can I vouch for the quality of the

 furniture or anything about their store.

But do think things look great.

 As you can see I didn't get it finished

 yesterday.........

So I am finishing up today.  Hope you

enjoy it.  Sorry but it did turn out to be

a longggggg post!  Hoping you have

fun with it............I did............

Did the above collage during the Christmas Season but it

 did not encompass all the catagories they sent me, so I

 wanted to look around again, and did go online to their

store,  and picked some other favs I liked .

Think they have added some things.  So that was nice

too..............I do love the pattern of the rug above

but would like it in a more lively color, like lime, or

turquoise or hot pink.

I was a very modern decorator when I was in my 20's ,

then as I had children and  got into my 30's and up

 I began to mix my decorating ...cozying it up a bit....

but I will always love the look of modern,  love those

 nice clean lines and the simplicity and design........and

now that I am an empty nester I find myself draw to

the more modern look again,  not entirely, but find

myself really loving modern again and am enjoying

adding in some of those touches here and there.

Added new curtains this past years with the

modern look.  Here's a look at the fabric. Some

of you probably remember that.

The fabric is actually a greyish blue and 

vanilla color, know it looks grey and white

 here.  Have to say I have so enjoyed them,

and think they would look good with

these sectionals below.

Loved this light grey sectional above but liked the style

 and possible comfort of the darker grey one Below too.

So this darker grey

sectional might fit the bill even better.

Love the texture and color of this blue throw to

warm things up a little, but might like this bright

color better but not sure...............

Also love the color yellow and think it is really

pretty with grey and that turquoisy blue.  So

chose both these patterned pillows along

with these solid ones below.

Now for a rug............this was hard

cause there weren't a lot of choices....

However I do love this one.........

but don't think it will go with the other

choices, but think it is.....

 such a pretty rug.

Personally,  I would like a fluffy

shag rug like this black one but

only in a light grey toned white

Now for a coffee table....I like both

of these............

Love the crisscross design and the one

below has nice clean lines,  so I like it

as well, and it is a lil easier on the 

pocket book..............

I would put some books or magazines

on the coffee table along with about

2 of these pretty chrome candlesticks.

with this chrome apple as a grouping.

They also have the apple in white.

and I was gonna say this vase with

fresh flowers in it..............

but it is enormous.......about 4-5 feet

tall,  perfect to fill an empty corner, but
definitely not for a coffee table.  lol

But adding a nice white vase with some
pretty yellow flowers would look great!

Since I couldn't think of what to use

as a header picture,  I decided to play

a lil and see if I could come up with

a pretty vignette or 2 or 3 or 4,  lol

that I might put on those coffee tables,

since they said I could use some of my

own things too.  Had forgotten about

that actually.............

 same as header picture.  Thought using the white

basket would add some texture and the blue napkin

would add color and softness.

 Dont' have a lot of yellow flowers around so these 
had to do..........also had this pretty bowl and
a book in sunny yellow, so added in a bit more
 yellow and like the curvy lines for more softness
and of course,

candle light in all of them for atmosphere and
a feeling of warmth.

 More Blue with touches of yellow, but this vignette
 has texture, and plenty of softness with all the 
curvy vases and pear, and
the white and blue along with the 
magazine cover make it look summery.

This was my least favorite, but it adds in the

chrome look with the white. Just thinking I

 might like this one with no napkin in there

 at all.

 Since I still had everything out decided to go try
 it without blue napkin and really liked it.

This could be for someone who loves the neutral

look with all the whites with a lil bling!!  This
might just go on my living room coffee table.  lol

Absolutely love this yellow chair.

The color and style,  also explains

those yellow throw pillows I chose

above.  lol

I would probably choose these pictures

 to put on the wall behind the sofa

as well.

Because they would be meaningful to both hubby and

 I, as we lived overseas when we were first married

 and we got to go to Paris France.  So love all these

photos...........

Well, probably could have chosen some other things

like a table and lamp,  but am realizing this is

already a very long post,  so will refrain.

So anyway, I thank Modani Furniture for inviting me

on this fun faux shopping expedition,  and hope you

as a reader enjoyed it as well.

Thanks for stopping by and

hope you come again soon.........

I am off to start taking down my

Christmas decorations.....cause I

am finally ready.

Also working on Thankful Thurs-

day but probably want get it

finished till tomorrow. So see

ya then..............

Love, Hugs and

Middle of Jan. Blessings to YOU!

Nellie

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