What do with black bananas!

MAKE BANANA BREAD or LOAF...(same difference)

I had way, way, way too many bananas in my bowl and what made it worst was the fact that I bought more a week after because they were cheap. I do not know why I bought so many; it is not as if I have a pet monkey. However, after watching the bananas rapidly deteriorate in colour, I brooded over my stupidity of buying in excess and put it down to my inability of purchasing for one. Since moving out and fending for myself, I have realised I cannot buy things in masses because:
1. You spend more than you need to
2. Your food will go off before touch it
3. As a result of no. 2 you waste your money

Yes! I think it will take a bit of time before I settle and adjust to living on my own. In meantime, while I am in this transition phase I guest my mates will be my extended family and enjoy the fruits of my labour.

Further to justifying my lack of self-restraint to buying bananas, I believe with great affirmation that I bought the bananas in a mad frenzy due to the banana drought we had early 2007, when bananas were like $20.00 kilo. That went for a good six months and I thought I would never eat a banana again.

Now I have too many!!!

So what to do with black bananas?

Make yummy moist banana bread....

INGREDIENTS
2 ½ cups of organic self raising flour
½ cup sugar
½ cup honey
1 cup milk
2 eggs lightly beaten
2 ripe bananas
1 cup shredded coconut
½ cup of crushed walnuts
1 cup rolled oats

EXTRA: rolled oats & Walnuts to sprinkle on top

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees
2. In a bowl mix eggs, sugar, honey, bananas, milk.
3. Then add in flour, coconut, rolled oats and walnuts and fold with large spoon. Do not over do it.
4. Butter loaf tin and pour mixture in. Sprinkle rolled oats and walnuts on top.
5. Place in oven for approx 45 mins or test by poking a knife in the middle and if knife comes out dry then it’s done.

Slice it up warm/cold or even toast it and spread a generous amount of butter/margarine and enjoy with a good cup of tea.