Baking Up a Storm

While Ryder took his nap today (which he is still taking right now), I got into a Suzie Homemaker mood and decided to bake.
I started dinner in the crock pot-a roast with lots of onions, carrots, potatoes, and RED MEAT-I put different spices in it as well as some Tony Roma's barbeque sauce-it's an experiment so we will see how it turns out.

I also made some from scratch banana bread. I got the recipe from a book my sister in law gave me called "Any Blonde Can Cook" (You can follow Katie's website by clicking here to Catch Up with the Cullens ). It was a big hit. The recipe is as follows:
Banana Bread
1/2 c oil
1 c sugar
2 eggs
1 c all-purpose flour
2 t. vanilla
1 t. baking SODA
1/2 t. salt
3-4 bananas, mashed

1) Cream oil and sugar until light and fluffy
2) Add eggs one at a time-beating completely
3) Sift flour, baking soda and salt
4) Mix into creamed mixture
5) Fold in the bananas and vanilla
6) Bake at 350 for 45 minutes

**You can had chopped pecans if you like the extra crunch-just fold it in with the bananas and vanilla**

*A side note-I use splenda instead of sugar so it's sugar free and there aren't the extra calories from the sugar.*

I'll post the recipe to the blueberry muffins and sugar cookies, later.