DAY 23 RECIPE: OAT BRAN BANANA MUFFINS

James took us out for dinner tonight, so obviously, I did not have a dinner recipe for tonight. It was nice to go out though! So I made some very delicious muffins today and I thought I could share that recipe on here. I hope you all enjoy it too!
DAY 23 RECIPE:

OAT BRAN BANANA MUFFINS

INGREDIENTS:

½ Cup Butter or margarine

1 Cup Sugar

2 Eggs

3 Very Ripe Bananas, mashed

1 Cup Flour

¾ Cup Rolled Oats, Ground

¼ Cup All Bran Buds, Ground or crushed

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1 Tsp Baking Soda

 

DIRECTIONS:

Pre Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Line muffin tins with paper liners, or spray with PAM.

Cream butter and sugar together.

Beat in eggs one at a time, beating for one minute after each addition.

Add Mashed bananas beating for 1 minute.

Stir in oats and bran buds, and let stand for 10 to 15 minutes.

Now stir in flour, baking powder and baking soda. Stir just to moisten.

Put about ¼ cup of batter into each muffin liner.

Bake about 20 minutes. Test by inserting a wooden toothpick in centre. It should come out clean. Watch closely these are best if not over cooked.

 **You can add chocolate chips, nuts, or even dried fruit when you add the flour for a nice twist.

 

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DAY 22 RECIPE: CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE

Well, Here it is! So Yummy, So delicious! Decadent and not too difficult. I did not feel like making a big dinner of any sort, really I just didn't feel like cooking tonight and dealing with all that comes with that. SO, we had some nice snack type food. Cheese, crackers, deli meat, lots of veggies and dip. Very nice.So the recipe tonight is not a dinner recipe, but a dessert recipe (my favourite part of dinner). The only thing is, if you are going to make this, I would try to make sure you have whipped cream. I did not have any tonight, so I was so sad, but definately up lifted and happy to eat this deliciousness anyway! The whipped cream is a nice garnish, so would be some mini peanut butter cups....mmmmm. ENJOY!
DAY 22 RECIPE:

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHEESCAKE PIE


INGREDIENTS:


CRUST:
1 Cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
¼ Cup Sugar
¼ Cup Butter or margarine, melted
¼ Cup Crushed Peanuts

FILLING:
8 OZ Cream Cheese
2 Tbsp Butter or Margarine
½ Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Tbsp Milk
1 Tbsp Flour
½ Tsp Vanilla
½ Cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips, melted
2 Tbsp Peanut Butter

DIRECTIONS:

CRUST:
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar and peanuts. Pour in melted butter and mix until everything is fully incorporated.
Press into an 8” Pie plate.
Bake for 7 minutes.

FILLING:
Beat cream cheese, butter and sugar together for 1 minute.
Add eggs, milk, flour, and vanilla. Beat for another 2 minutes.
Melt chocolate chips in microwave.
Take 1/3 of batter and transfer to another bowl. With a spoon mix peanut butter in until smooth.
In the remaining 2/3 of the batter, add melted chocolate chips and stir until fully incorporated.
Pour chocolate filling into pie shell.
Pour peanut butter filling on top of chocolate filling and mix in just a bit, making sure to pull the peanut butter batter to the sides in at least 5 points.
Bake for 25minutes.
Let chill for at least 4 hours.

DAY 21 RECIPE: BREADED PORK STRIPS WITH CHILLI LIME DIPPING SAUCE

Had an interesting time making this one. For some reason when coming up with the recipe for the sauce I thought it would be a good idea to use a 1/2 cup of hot sauce instead of 3 Tbsp....Needless to say that sauce didn't quite make the cut! Poor James! I swear I could see the steam coming off his head!  Haha...This is the revised version, Hopefully it will be a bit better suited to all! Still Spicy, but not dangerous!
I suppose this recipe would be more like an appy, but sometimes that is what we do around here for dinner!!!
DAY 21 RECIPE:

BREADED PORK STRIPS WITH

CHILLI LIME DIPPING SAUCE

INGREDIENTS:
1lb Pork Steak, cut into thin strips
4 Tbsp Flour

½ Tsp Each Salt, Pepper, Cumin, and Cayenne Pepper

2 Eggs

2 Tsp Hot sauce

½ Cup Oil

SAUCE INGREDIENTS:

¼ Cup Ketchup

3 Tbsp Hot Chilli Sauce
3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
Juice of one Lime
Zest Of one Lime

DIRECTIONS:
First start the sauce. In a small sauce pan whisk together all sauce ingredients.
Place on low heat and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring often.
Remove from heat and let stand until pork is ready.
Now for the pork strips:
In one bowl, combine flour, salt, pepper, cumin and cayenne pepper.
In another bowl whisk together egg and hot sauce.
Put bread crumbs in one last bowl.
In a non stick fry pan heat oil over medium high.
While oil is heating, dredge pork strips through the flour, then dip in the egg, then coat in bread crumbs.
Put an even single layer of pork strips into the hot oil. (You will probably have to do this in two batches.)
Cook for 5 to 6 minutes on each side.
Remove from pan and place on paper towels to absorb excess oil.