1.Banana Bread
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs,beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl,combine flour,baking soda and salt.In a separate bowl,cream together butter and brown sugar.Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended.Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten.Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes,until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes,then turn out onto a wire rack.
2.Chicken Curry Salad Recipe
INGREDIENTS
2 Tbsp（*tablespoon) olive oil
1 1/2 lb skinless chicken breast,cut into 1 inch cubes
Salt
1 yellow onion,roughly chopped
2 heaping Tbsp yellow curry powder
1 cup raisins
1 apple (tart or sweet,your preference),peeled,cored,and diced
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (just lightly packed)
2 green onions,sliced
1 Tbsp mayonnaise optional
DIRECTIONS
1 Heat olive oil on medium/medium-high heat in a thick-bottomed sauté pan.Add chicken pieces and cook,stirring frequently until just cooked through,about 5 minutes.Sprinkle some salt on the chicken pieces while cooking.Check doneness by removing the thickest piece and cutting it in half.If it is still pink in the middle,keep cooking.Try not to overcook the chicken or it will be dry.Remove chicken pieces with a slotted spoon,set aside in a bowl.
2 Add yellow onion and cook.After a few minutes,when the onions are beginning to get translucent,add 2 heaping tablespoons of yellow curry powder.Cook a few minutes more,stirring frequently.If the curry sticks to the bottom or the mixture gets dry,add a bit more olive oil to the pan.As you stir,scrape up the stuck curry bits.Add raisins,and cook,stirring another minute.(If adding optional mayonnaise,remove curry from heat and mix in mayo.) Add raisin and onion mixture to chicken and mix well,coating the chicken pieces with the curry infused olive oil.Refrigerate until cool.At this point you can make the salad a day a head of time.
3 When you are ready to serve the salad,mix in the apple,green onions,and cilantro.
Serves 4.
3.Egg salad sandwiches
1 large hard-boiled egg*,peeled and chopped
2 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 Tbsp chopped green onion
2 Tbsp chopped celery
Curry powder
Salt
Pepper
1 leaf of lettuce
2 slices dark rye bread,toasted
DIRECTIONS
*To make hard boiled eggs,place a few eggs in a saucepan,cover with water.Add a half teaspoon of vinegar to the water (if the shells crack while boiling,the vinegar will help keep the egg in the shell).Cover and bring the water to a boil.As soon as the water is boiling,remove from heat and let sit,covered,for 12 minutes.Drain water,add cold water to cool the eggs,let sit a couple minutes longer.
Mix together the chopped hard-boiled egg,mayonnaise,onion and celery.Sprinkle with salt and pepper and curry powder.Mix.Spread on the rye bread,add lettuce,and cut in half.
serve one
4.French Toast Recipe
5 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup Triple Sec
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
8 thick slices of day-old bread,better if slightly stale
Maple syrup
Fresh berries
Butter
DIRECTIONS
1 Beat eggs and milk together.Add the Triple Sec,orange zest,and cinnamon.Whisk until well blended.Pour into a shallow bowl.
2 Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture,allowing bread to soak up some of the mixture.Melt some butter (or use vegetable oil) over a skillet on medium high heat.Add as many slices of bread onto the skillet as will fit at a time.Fry until brown on both sides,flipping the bread when necessary.
3 Serve hot with butter,maple syrup,and fresh berries.
Serves 4.