Healthy Banana Bread

This week I made a very yummy banana oat bread. For those nursing mothers, this recipe has many ingredients that may boost your milk supply! But for any men or non lactating women reading this, don't worry, these ingredients are still good for you and won't make you make milk.


8 very ripe bananas smashed
8 Tbsp Olive Oil
3 Eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup brown sugar
 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup flax seed
4 heaping Tbsp brewer's yeast
1 cup whole oats

Mash together bananas, beaten eggs, oil, baking soda, baking powder, salt, flax and brewer's yeast. Then mix in brown sugar and flour. Lastly mix in oats. Pour into a loaf pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before turning out of loaf pan onto cooling rack to completely cool. Slice and enjoy!

-Adapted from a post by a sweet mama posted on baby center.

Yield: 4 mini loafs and about 15 mini muffins.

Do you remember in the original Sabrina movie, the Duke at the cooking school tells Sabrina that, "a woman happily in love burns the soufflé, a woman unhappily in love forgets to turn on the oven"? That is how I feel about the mini muffins. A little to well done. : )

 

Now, I couldn't find "Brewer's Yeast" anywhere. I went to whole foods and they said it was the same thing as Nutritional Yeast, which they did carry in the bulk section. A few internet sources said that they are two different things. Does anyone else know if they are? The nutritional yeast cooks really well at least! 

Bumbo!

Yesterday we were loaned a bumbo seat to use until Gloria has grown out of it!

What's going on, mommy?

She acts a little confused when she is in it, but I think she likes sitting up to pet the cats. Maybe if I put her in this, I'll get more baking and sewing done!

 

She even feels like she needs something to hold her balance!

Cute Onesies

One other thing I've worked on for Gloria before she was born: dyed onesies with freezer paint stenciling. I received a ton of white onesies, but wanted a bit more color. I did hearts, a rose (which I really love) and a bird! The bird and rose are my favorite, but were also the most time consuming.

Grumpy face!

For my next pregnancy, I want to get a right maternity t-shirt and freezer paint stencil a big heart on my bump! This would also be super cute with a spot for my due date on it. (Vivienne, forget that you read this.) Next time...

The Blanket

About two years before Gloria was born, I fell in love with this blanket from Made.

I knew all of my children needed one. So, in my early pregnancy I took a look at my fabric stash and started to piece one together. Let me tell you, it took FOREVER. To make this blanket, you take three layers of fabric and sew 1inch lines all the way down the blanket over the whole surface. Then you cut 2 of the three layers, each single line you sewed. With all the moving, this blanket almost took me nine months to make, but man was it worth it. Now we have this baby rolling all over the blanket. 

She was much younger in this picture. Maybe about 2 months?

And on the other side?

Bright RED Polka-Dots!

We've used this for tummy time, but I dream of it being the blanket she carries with her EVERYWHERE. What project did you work on for your little ones when you were expecting? Or what projects do you want to start when you are expecting?

Introducing Gloria

First of all, let me introduce Gloria.

She's the cute one on the right.

She is now 5ish months old and the 2nd love of my life. She loves the cats, she wants to crawl, and is just generally a very cute and happy baby.

I have so much fun with her! We are learning how to baby wear, we cloth diaper, and cuddle. A lot. She goes every where I go. A cute little mini me.

She doesn't give me to much time to sew (as I've said, she likes to cuddle a lot). However, tomorrow I will show you some projects I worked on before she was born! 

Life As I Know It

Today I got the itch to blog again! So much has happened since August of 2011.

Here was our 2012:

• Well. First, on New Years Day of 2012 we found out we were pregnant!
• Then, we decided to move to San Diego to be close to family with the baby. We made the move (and drove across the country) in May.
• In June, my husband was accepted into medical school with 2 weeks notice. So we packed up (and drove across the country) again.
• On September 12th, 2012, my "mini-me" was born. A beautiful, tiny, sweet baby girl. Her name is Gloria.   

 So. Those are my excuses for not blogging for over a full year!  Forgive me?

We now live in Nashville, Tennessee and we are loving it here!

Tomorrow I will post some pictures of the road trips, the baby, and some projects I've worked on since then!