Banana Bread with a Chocolate Twist

HOLLA.

Who doesn't love a good 'ol banana bread? So seeing as I had 3 bananas starting to turn, I made myself a batch of my fav banana bread, but with a new little twist.

A chocolate twist that is.
So yum.

Just looking at this pic makes me want another slice.
But I shall resist. Or at least I will attempt to resist.
I have to go to the gym at 11.

Well let's get started! Here's what you need!

• 2 cups of white flour
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• dash of salt
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup of skim milk(or milk of your choice)
• 1/3 cup of olive oil
• 3 bananas mashed
• 1/2 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips

Step one:

Mix all the wet ingredients together. Flour, baking soda, baking powder & salt.

Step two:

Mix up the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Sugar, bananas, egg, oil & milk.

Step three:

Mix the wet and the dry together until it's evenly mixed.

Yuuuuuuummm.

Step four:

Take 1/2 cup of semisweet chocolate chips and put them in the microwave for 35 secs. If it's not totally melted put it in for another 15 seconds. Feel free to use more chocolate if you want. ;)

Add a little bit of milk to get it to make it a little less thick. 

Step five:

Put the banana bread goo into a greased bread pan. Now pour the chocolate on top. Use a knife or spoon and swirl the chocolate around. 

Are you getting hungry yet?

haha

Step six:

Bake for 1 hour at 350F.

Enjoy!

What are your plans for the week? I will be working, planning for our spaghetti fundraiser lunch at our church this Sunday and I will be planning for my friends who are coming for a visit!!

I am like beyond excited. My friend Chantelle and her husband are driving here to come visit us next week. They've never been here & I can't wait to show them all that Saguenay has to offer! 

Also a few days after they leave my friend Haelee is coming to visit! We actually met here in Saguenay in a French course, but I am so stoked that she's coming back for a visit. 

So much joy. 

I will post pics from my friends' visits! I feel so blessed.

Okay well I am off the gym!

xo

-Britt

Spaghetti Casserole

Good morning friends!

I promised this recipe a few days ago & I am here (finally) to share it!
We've made this recipe...well..countless times! We make it to share with friends because it's so easy & it's a crowd favourite.
It's also from the Guindon Family Cookbook.

*It's not baked in this picture.*

Here is what you need!

• 1 box of cooked spaghetti (454g)
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 lb of lean ground beef
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 can of diced tomatoes with herbs
• 1 cup of grated cheese or more. We used more than a cup for sure ;)
• 1 can of mushroom soup

Step one:

To start you fry the onions, garlic and lean ground beef. Don't forget to drain the fat! 

Step two:

In a casserole dish add all of the cooked spaghetti.

Now add the cooked beef on top.

Now the can of tomatoes.

Now the can of mushroom soup.

Lastly the cheese! MMMMM.

Bake at 350F for 1 hour.

Enjoy!

I promise you will love this.

It's a fun twist to your normal spaghetti dinner!!

I hope you guys are all having a really great Saturday!

XO

-Britt

Lemon Garlic Chicken Bake

Howdy Friends!

How are you guys doing? I am doing mighty fine, thank you!
So...I kinda forgot that I am a food blogger. My bad.
No worries though, I have a recipe today!
We ate this for dinner last week (see I am always late on posting my recipes) & we really liked it. The nice combo of the lemon and garlic was super tasty. MMM.

Here is what you will need:

• a whole chicken, butchered. OR you can use 4 chicken breasts, or thighs. Pretty much use whatever chicken you want. ;)
• 4 potatoes, cut up into bite size pieces
• 2 onions, chopped
• 5 cloves of garlic (I actually used 4 minced and I put a few extra cloves in whole. BECAUSE I LOVE GARLIC)
• 3 tbsps olive oil
• 5 tbsps lemon juice
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• Assorted veggies. I used some green beans and carrots from a frozen bag. I recommend it.

STEP ONE:

Put the chicken, potatoes,onions and veggies into your baking dish.

Look at how cute this thing is! Dan got me this little owl for Christmas. 

OWL OBSESSED.

STEP TWO:

Mix the oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper and garlic powder together into a little bowl.

Now pour the mixture over the chicken and veggies.

STEP THREE:

Bake at 450F for 50 minutes. When that is done take the chicken out and bake the veggies and potatoes for another 10-15 minutes so they will be nice and soft! 

ENJOY!

Here are some pics of my life as of lately!
We had our youth group over for a fondue dinner & a games night 2 weeks ago! It was so much fun. These kids have a lot of energy ;)

My latest DIY project. Window mirror.

Today I had a lovely day with my friend Marylene. We ate chocolate, drank coffee (of course) and we did pedicures!

#bubbles

I am about to go to a job interview! So wish me luck (or blessings)!
XOXO
Have a great night friends!

-Britt

SAN DIEGO PART DEUX

Hello HELLO!

Well here I am, almost a month after my trip with PART DEUX! I hope you are all doing well on this snowy Thursday afternoon. Well...at least it's snowy in my neck of the woods. I don't know why everyone is complaining so much about the snow. It's not even officially spring yet guys! I personally like it ;) But I guess I also didn't suffer this winter as much as the rest of you because I was in CALIFORNIA! haha

While in San Diego we spent a day at the World Famous San Diego Zoo!
It was pretty much one of my fav things about San Diego! I loved it! I saw so many animals that I had never seen before & animals that I didn't even realize exist!

Me at the petting zoo. I want a goat so bad.

Dan and jumbo turtles! 

Dan wanted to bring a turtle home! He was like "imagine our children riding the giant turtle in the backyard! how fun would that be?" 

hahaha yeah right!

Those pink things in the back are flamingos!

This gorilla was just lounging in the sun! So adorbs.

Mr. Giraffe Man.

LOOK AT THIS LITTLE DUDE!

I don't even know what he is, but he's cute! Like a little chubby deer.

I loved this guy.

Then we went to see a 4D Ice Age movie!

PANDA>

I just wanted to snuggle him. But I am sure he wouldn't have liked that.

Another day, Dan and I went on a tour of the USS Midway Cold War Aircraft carrier.

Dan was so happy that whole entire day. :)

MOI.

Camo F18

Love him.

That concludes the pictures of our trip. I mean.. I have probably 50 selfies that I could share with you, but that would be awkward. ;)

I hope you all have a fab rest of your day!

XO

-Britt