Easy Yummy Banana Bread

This is a recipe my Mom gave me from a lady in Tropic. I have added the changes that I do to the side of the ingredients. I have made this a lot and it is easy, fast, and always turns out soooo yummy!

I took the picture on my phone so it's not the best picture...

3 ripe mashed bananas (I usually use 4)
¾ C. butter (I split this in half and use 1/2 butter and 1/2 olive oil)
1 ½ C. sugar
2 eggs will beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
¾ tsp. salt
½ C. buttermilk (I never have buttermilk on hand so I make my own by just putting 1/2 cup of milk in a cup and adding a Tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice. Let it sit about 5 min. and then you have buttermilk.)

Cream butter & sugar blend in bananas, eggs, vanilla. Sift flour, soda, salt (all dry) then add this mixture alternatively with the buttermilk. Bake @ 325 for 1 hour.

Tin Foil Dinners

This is not a fancy recipe but this is a dinner that we love to eat and sometimes I forget about it. I also like it because you can put really any vegetable or meat that you have on hand.

1 hamburger patty (I like to break the meat up)
1-2 potatoes cut into chunks
Handful of frozen peas
Salt/Pepper
Steak Seasoning

I put this all on a piece of aluminum foil and sprinkle the seasonings then I roll it up and wrap it in another sheet of foil and then place in the oven. I cook them at 425 for about 1 hour and 10 minutes. I just check to make sure the potatoes are soft and the hamburger is all the way cooked.


Possible Variations:
Chopped Onions
Chopped Carrots
Any other Vegetable
I have also used chicken instead of hamburger.

Easy White Bread

This is from Sister Elison in my Mom's ward. It is the easiest (yummiest) and makes four loaves so we always give a couple away or we end up eating all four in two days and have a carb overload.

Ingredients:

sit until foams

5 c very warm water

2 T dry yeast

1/2 c sugar (I add a little more)

add

2 t salt

1/2 c oil

add

aprx 15 c flour

(I start with 8 heaping cups and then continue to add until dough is firm - usually around 10-11 cups)

Knead well (5 min)

Put in greased pans and let raise until 1 inch above pan. Bake at 350 for 22 min.

Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo

This is out of an old ward cookbook that I altered slightly.

Ingredients

1-2 chicken breasts

montreal chicken seasoning

1/2 pkg fettuccine noodles (cook according to directions)

1/3 c butter

3/4 c hvy whipping cream (room temp)

3/4 c parmesan cheese (worth it to buy fresh and grate it)

up to 2 oz cream cheese (depending on how thick you like it)

salt and pepper to taste

Sprinkle chicken with montreal chicken seasoning, cook, and slice.

In medium saucepan melt butter and cool to warm temp, slowly add whipping cream stirring entire time (Sometimes I speed this step up by melting butter in microwave and then combine it with cream before placing on stove). Add parmesan and cream cheese and wisk (bringing to a low boil) until creamy. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Toss sauce and cooked noodles. Top with chicken and grated parmesan.

Blackened Lemon Fish

Ingredients:

White fish fillets (I used tilapia loins)

Butter

Lemon

Blackened seafood seasoning (zatarain's)

Place fish in lightly oiled pan. Butter lightly in areas fish looks a little dry. Sprinkle with seasoning (however spicy you like it - I use less on the girls fillet). Slice lemon in discs and place on fish. Cover with tinfoil and bake at 400 for approximately 35 min or until fish flakes apart.

Serve with fresh lemon wedges. I also usually just steam some veggies to go with this and my fam loves it (even if the girls eat ketchup on theirs - gross I know!)