Adventures in cooking

I love trying different recipes...here are some I made yesterday:

Homemade Applesauce This recipe came out great! It's not as sweet as what I'm used to from the grocery store, but that's a good thing in my opinion. My aunt sent me home with tons of leftover apples from her son's (my cousin's) wedding and since I don't like apple pie and eating plain apples upsets my stomach, I decided to try making applesauce. It was super easy and made the house smell so yummy! I recommend blending the cooked apple mixture in a food processor rather than with a mixer--that way you don't get apples all over your kitchen.

I also made Honey Banana Bread. Again, just to get rid of my stash of bananas in the freezer. If your bananas get to the point of no return, just freeze them and use them for banana bread or the like later. There's no point in throwing bananas out when they can still be used. It's a "healthy" recipe, so it's not the best banana bread I've ever had, but it's still pretty good.

For dinner I made Thai Noodle Salad. If the boyfriend going back for seconds is any indicator, I'd say this recipe was a success! Very easy and took no time at all to make...I wish now that I had timed it. I had my boyfriend chop the green onions and bell pepper (from my garden!), so that cut down on the time. Using canned chicken knocked the ease factor up some more. I might actually make this recipe again...hopefully the grocery store has cilantro next time.

Happy cooking!