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The Archives of October 2009

Triple Chocolate Banana Cake

Monday 12 October 2009
My family and friends love going camping, so I wanted a treat to use up bananas before they went bad. Had german Chocolate Cake mix and came up with this recipe with my daoughter’s help. Nothing is better then chocolate and bananas together. Since, we might be in the heat I use powder sugar instead of icing. ENJOY!
INGREDIENTS

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package german chocolate cake mix
  • 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 3 mashed banana
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13 X 9 inch pan.
  2. In a medium bowl, stir together the cake mix and instant pudding. Add the eggs, oil, water and mashed banana, mix with an electric mixer until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour evenly into the prepared pan.
  3. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan then add powdered sugar to make pretty.

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Fall is Here!

Friday 9 October 2009

I know a lot of people do fall cleaning which means time to deep clean, update/refresh the home. So have the family help get rid of things you don’t need: go through your clothes, toys and decorations. Renew your house by  going to yard sales. Don’t forget to have your own yard sale to make money from your fall cleaning. Advertise for free where you can. Have the kids help make signs and you post them. Use the extra money for things the family needs and perhaps wants or save it for a rainy day. Now after all your hard work reward everyone with a trip to the park and bring a picnic lunch.

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Kiebasa and Rice

Thursday 8 October 2009

Well tonight I made a new dish I created thanks to hubby. He complained we have been eating to much pasta and he was tired of it. This of course is after I made sure to have mash potatoes and meatloaf this week. Got to love my husband.  I came up with this tasty dish that even the kids loved.

2 lbs Kiebasa

14.5 oz can of diced tomatos with basil,garlic and oregeno

8 oz pepper stir fry (frozen food: green, red, and yellow peppers and onions)

3 cups instant rice

3 cups water and juice from tomatos

2 beef boulion cubes

Bring water, juice, tomatos and boulions to boil then add rice.Remove from heat and simmer for 5 minutes. In the mean time, Cut and cook Kiebasa after it starts to brown add pepper stir fry and cook to remove all liquid. Then combine rice and kiebasa together. Enjoy!

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