Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread....yummmm

Baking is one of my most cherished hobbies growing up and still is :). I love to bake. There will probably be many more desert recipe posts on here in the future. Anyways, today I took one of my mom's favorite recipes and added a little twist ;). I added chocolate chips to her fabulous banana bread recipe...yummmm. After all ladies, everything IS better with a little chocolate! Is it not?! By the way, this is the best banana bread you will every have. I may be slightly biased but still, it's pretty delicious. 

I remember my sister and I would always argue over who would mash the banana. Of course we did. That's what sisters do!

Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread

(Makes 1 loaf)

Ingredients: 

2 large eggs

2 cups of self rising flour

3/4 cup of brown sugar

1/2 cup of vegetable oil

1/2 cup of milk

1 banana (mashed)

1 tsp cinnamon powder

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup of chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Blend the eggs, vanilla, oil and milk together first. When those are well blended, add the dry ingredients and banana. After you have a nice thick mixture, gently stir in the chocolate chips. Spray your loaf pan with baking spray and pour your batter into the baking pan. 

Bake for 35 minutes. 

Pumpkin Patch 2013

Happy Monday!! I hope everyone had a great weekend getting ready or pre celebrating halloween :)! We definately did! We took the kiddos to the pumpkin patch on Sunday and boy was it a hit! They not only had a spectacular pumpkin patch but they had a petting zoo and mini-pony rides. Perfect for our toddler!

 

 

 

 

Little Gus went on his first pony ride! Above is a sequence on my husband convincing little Gus that it's okay to get on the mini pony. Poor little guy was terrified! My husband was so patient with him. After he realized it was okay, he did great! I was a proud mommy! :)

 

 

 

What did you and your kiddos do this weekend?

 

 

xoxo

 

Elda

Fashion Fever// 20x20 Style Challenge

I am so excited to be linking up with Andie from Sweet. Southern. Spirited. and Kristin from The Little Princess Diaries for the 20x20 style challenge. For the 20 weekdays in November, starting Nov. 4th, you have to mix and match pieces out of your closet to create a different outfit everyday. Essentially, creating 20 different outfits. This should be fun!

 

November 4th I will be sharing the 20 pieces that made the cut for the challenge!

If you would like to link up with us here are the rules:

THE OFFICIAL RULES

• Join us for a style challenge for the twenty weekdays in the month of November.
• Pick twenty items from your closet - this includes tops, pants, skirts, dresses, shoes and any other items you might want to wear during the challenge. Accessories are FREEBIES and you can use as many as you like. Come by on November 4th to link up and share your 20 items.
• Commit to styling your outfits for the month using ONLY the items you've selected. We'll be mixing and matching our items to create twenty different looks this month!
• Use accessories to help remix your items and create new looks using the same twenty pieces from your closet - think scarves, belts, jewelry, handbags, tights and outerwear.
• Snap a photo of your look each day and share on Instagram using the hashtag #20x20style. It will be great to see all of our looks in one place.
• Blog each Monday about your previous weeks' looks, link up with us and be sure to visit other blogs participating for lots of inspiration.

The challenge starts on Monday, November 4th- we will all share our 20 items. From 11/11 to 12/2 we will have a linkup every Monday to share your looks from the previous week.   If you want to see Andie's official post with all of the  information head on over to her blog!