Banana Muffin Update- better recipe

Okay, I may be obsessed with banana's. They taste good on their own, in a smoothie, on a cake, in a fruit salad, dried and baked. What more could you want from a fruit AND they are plentiful around here. I never thought I would get over my 'never want to look at a *@$#ing banana phase' after working on the farm. But, I am glad I did. Previously I posted a recipe I use for my banana muffins. However, I have a simpler and in my opinion yummier recipe that I am making today. It requires less ingredients and I use brown sugar. Here is my amended awesome Banana Muffin Recipe (esp. good if you are short on cooking supplies).
  Awesome Easy Banana Muffins 
-from a friend who wishes not to be named- you know who you are :)

  Ingredients
- 3-4 ripened bananas
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tblsp butter
- 1 egg
- 2 cups self raising flour
 - 2 tblsp milk

  Method
 1. Squash bananas, place in bowl
2. Add all other ingredients and mix.
3. Pre heat oven to 180 degrees celsius, prepare trays
4. Bake for 15-17 mins

 Serve
I normally do not put any icing on however, previously I have dusted with icing sugar or sprinkled with brown sugar. My friend uses cream cheese icing with hers (sorry haven't made this before, perhaps google for a recipe). On a side note these also freeze well (in case you need to make hundreds).

 Happy baking! Here are a few clever banana art pictures I have seen on the interwebs previously. So talented!

Wedding Sewing...the beginning

Well it is time to begin. I have my pattern and now I need to make the matching pair of plushies for our wedding. Thank you again Funky Friends Factory (love the patterns). Here is a sneak peek of what I am doing, I am linking these into where we are having the wedding reception. Each of us selected our own fabric and now I need to start the hand sewing. With the 'help' of my buddies who lay on or steal everything I touch. Lock down in the office :)

Hello World

I have a new fur baby :) He is so cute. Although my other fur baby Delenn is not so happy to see the new addition to our family. I introduce you to D'Argo. He is a sneaky ninja full of energy who attacks anything that moves or anything that doesn't. Fav hobbies include running in circles, climbing everything, watching the fish tanks, attack toys and people. Here is a quick video of him dragging his mouse toy up high.

Wedding Snippets

Well we are in the final stretch of organising the wedding. I have had a few people asking where I got inspiration from and how I did it all. So I thought I would share a few photos that I used to inspire me for my big day. Think rainforest meets the sea.

Happy Easter!

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Easter! Enjoy making many happy memories with your loved ones. Here are the things I think of with Easter. It may be a little bit of a Far North Queensland approach to it but most importantly it is about family.

The Lorax, Tea Ponderings and Cross Stitch

For a birthday catch up I went with a friend to go and see 'The Lorax.' I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. When I was little we had the book and I loved when Mum or Dad read it to us. I did treasure the book so I was a little worried about how they were going to turn it into a movie. But, it was well done. The trees were so FLUFFY! I would love a tree like that in my yard.



I have become addicted to the tea from Absolute Tea (see previous post). I grabbed a sample of their 'Rainforest Magic' because I have always wanted to try but was unsure of the flavour combo. It contains black tea, hibiscus, lemongrass, blackberries and orange. It is beautiful, so fruity. A great morning tea or afternoon tea addition. Plus, the house smells so yummy afterwards.



Finally to finish up, I am so excited about one of the gifts I was lucky enough to get. A good friend got me a copy of Phil Davison's book Twisted Stitches. I LOVE the designs in these. For those who know me, I tend to lean towards the less traditional cross stitch patters. It is so hard to choose a favourite from this book. The patterns seem clear the follow and their are 3 or so I want to do now. I would also recommend checking out the website Urban Cross Stitch if you would like something a little different to flowers, sayings and verses.

Busy Busy! Birthday Bliss...

Hello blogging world. It has been a while I know. Well life again has become very busy but, thanks to my birthday yesterday I got to chill for a bit and not worry about work or the wedding for a day. I rebelled and stayed awake until 4am reading on Sunday night/Monday morning. Scott snuck out to wish me happy birthday at around midnight. It was really sweet.



My actual birthday started later that day becasue I was up like a rebel until almost sunrise. At around about 11ish we went hunting together for fabric so I can make the centre pieces for the bridal table. I am sewing 2 green sea turtles to match our reception location. After that we headed into the city for lunch and a pot of tea. I LOVE Absloute Tea. It is a beautiful place. They serve you the most beautiful tea in lovely Dalton Tea Cups. The off dis scrumptious and then you can take sample packs of a wide variety of tea home to try. It is so hard to choose what to drink. If you are in Townsville and a tea lover you MUST spend some time there.



Once we had recovered from many cups of tea and a lovely lunch Scott and I headed down to Reef HQ to wander and watch the fish. A few rainforest animals were there as well for the school holiday program. I got see some old childhood friends including sugar gliders. They are so beautiful, wish we could keep one as a pet. I have a few video snippets which I will upload separately in an ocean post. Reef HQ is running a program to help injured turtles.



I still hadn't quenched my beach craving after Reef HQ so Scott took me to Rowes Bay and we wandered past the mangroves and chatted. We were accompanied by 2 Jack Russell's who randomly joined us. They were quite happy little fellows, jumping, running, spinning, chasing tails and hiding in the magroves. Jack Russels always just seem so happy. Sheer cuteness would make peoples heads explode.



Scott then gave me my birthday present which was a 1 hour hot rocks massage from Tropical North Queensland Day Spa. Talk about bliss, I felt liked I blinked and it was over. It was a wonderful, wonderful experience. I have let him know that anytime he wants to give me something please consider this. Just wow, I want one every week! I ended up selecting an oil called 'Indulge' it smelt of vanilla, coconut and lime. Very much suited to the tropics I think.



What a brilliant day overall and thank you Scott for making it possible!!!