Cooking - Banana Bread

So this week we decided to use up our abundance of bananas by making a yummy loaf of banana bread. Sugar free so perfect for a snack or as picnic food. Why not give it a go and let us know what you think!

 





Ingredients:

2 cups of flour

(we used one of plain and one wholemeal)

Squeezing the orange

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 tablespoon cinnomon

2 large ripe bananas

Handful of raisins

1 egg

Juice of 1 orange









Adding raisins

Put the flour, baking powder, raisins and cinnomon in a bowl and mix. Mash the bananas well and mix them together with the egg and orange juice then add to flour mixture. Mix together then put into a bread tin and cook for around 30-50mins on 180oC.

 

Simple and yummy, enjoy!

A Box (or two)

Last week our neighbor was getting rid of some very large boxes. We asked if we could have them, and so the fun began.  
I never knew how much you could do with an empty piece of cardboard but we have had a full week of fun which culminated in an outdoor activity ready for recycling day today.

To start we decided to enter in one of the big boxes. We played hide and seek and talked about the dark and light. This inspired us to make a second box into a tunnel and use the cut out pieces to design a castle façade. We put cushions inside the big box and read stories there all week. It was very cosy on the coldest days of the year!

When we were bored of the tunnel and castle we opened up the boxes and made a slide for the cars, trucks and trains and pretty much any toy that would go down. This even turned into a human slide for a few hours which had us using up some physical energy before bed!

After we were done with the slide the boxes made their way to the kitchen floor where we got out our pens and crayons and started big drawings of anything we could think of. We drew around each other and made funny faces on the outlines.

Finally our box fun could move outside as the weather warmed and we had a fun afternoon feet painting. Our boy just loved putting his feet and hands into big plates of paint and watching his footprints as he ran down the boxes. I was surprised by his reaction to the paint which I thought he may find cold and uncomfortable but which he seemed to enjoy very much. The mess was minimal and I had the baby bath ready next to him so he could jump in for a warm wash when he had finished. He spent a good half hour in the bath enjoying the experience of being outdoors with the rabbit even deciding to join in!

So, a bit of packaging sure went a long way in our house this week and today our very well used boxes have found their way to the recycling. We will definitely be keeping any boxes that come our way again.

We hope we have inspired you to have some box fun and as always if you have any ideas for us we would just love to hear them :)