Amazing Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

I am embarrassed to say, I am 24 years old, and this is the first time I have made banana bread. However, I must say it turned out AWESOME!!! I found this recipe on Pinterest, but added and omitted certain ingredients to better cater towards my preferences---obviously chocolate chips were added :)

Here is the recipe! Hope you enjoy it!!!

Ingredients:

1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup oil

3 1/2 bananas, very ripe and mashed

2 tablespoons sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Chocolate chips - as many as you want ;)

Directions: 

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and line bottom of load pan with parchment paper (or spray with nonstick cooking pray)

Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. 

Beat sugar and eggs with a whisk until light and fluffy. This takes a lot of arm muscle, so hopefully you've done your push-ups lately! 

Add oil, mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla. I used my hand mixer for this part-- my arms were numb from the previous step ;)

Once that is all mixed well together, I added my chocolate chips and poured the mixture into my bread pan. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes, and viola! Delicious chocolate chip banana bread :)

ENJOY!!!! 

XXOO 

Shannon 

http://www.quartercenturychronicles.com  

Holiday Martini-AMAZING

We made these martinis for our holiday party this past December, and it is quite possibly the most amazingly delicious drink I have ever had….and I've had my fair share of martinis :) Think coffee, cookie, vanilla-y goodness!

Equal parts:
Vanilla Vodka
Kahlua
Baileys
Rum Chata

Shake with ice and serve!
So simple-so amazing! Cheers!

Amazing Stuffed Peppers

Jon and I made these peppers a couple months ago and they are by far one of our favorite recipes. I came across this gem on Pinterest, but we ended up improvising and adding a few of our own ideas.

Without further ado, here it is:

8 bell peppers
2 cups wild rice
2 lbs ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced (we used 2T jarred garlic)
3T tomato paste
1t sea salt
1/2t pepper
1 jar favorite pasta sauce

Preheat oven to 350
Clean and remove the tops of the peppers, remove the middle
Lightly boil pepper in pot until soft
Cook wild rice according to package
In a skillet, cook ground turkey on medium heat; add salt and pepper
Drain any grease
Add garlic and onions to skillet and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes
Mix tomato paste and rice in skillet, followed by 3/4 cup pasta sauce
Stuff peppers with mixture and place in an 8x12 pan
Cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes

We have a serious pasta sauce addiction, so once the peppers are done cooking, we add a bit extra on top.

So delicious and we didn't even add cheese!!!! Yeah, I said it - no cheese!