Archive for October, 2009

Looking for a great banana bread recipe?

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

bananabread…then try this recipe from Watirose. I made it once again recently and it goes down a treat.

Ingredients:

100g organic butter, softened
175g Waitrose Organic New Zealand Forest Honey
2 organic eggs, beaten
2 large ripe organic Fairtrade bananas, roughly chopped
½ tsp organic ground cinnamon
225g organic self-raising flour
50g pack organic walnut pieces
50g pack organic Brazil nuts, roughly chopped

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 1kg loaf tin and line the base and ends with a long strip of baking parchment.

2. Place the butter, honey, eggs, bananas, cinnamon and flour in a food processor and blend until smooth. Alternatively, beat by hand with a wooden spoon. Add the nuts, and pulse or mix until just combined.

3. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Bake for 35-40 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre of the loaf comes out clean, and the bread is golden and well risen. Allow the loaf to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out. Remove the baking parchment and cut into slices. Delicious served warm or cold, spread with butter.

Take the vow

Monday, October 5th, 2009

itakethevow-but-lgI went to see Deepak Chopra the other day, which I will blog another time, but I wanted to get this important message out first. He started a site last year which I would like to promote. takethevow-badge-lrgOf  course I’m all up for world peace and the more of us that take a vow of non-violent thoughts, speech and actions, the closer  we will get to a peaceful planet and a powerfully positive collective consciousness. Go on…take the vow.

Join me at a photographic studio opening

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

images by markoIf you’d like to hob knob with the Mayor and be a guest at the opening of Marko Dutkas portrait studio, please join me (where I’ll be doing some massage of course) next week Tuesday, for some refreshments, entertainment and an opportunity to gaze at Marko’s fine photography.

Wednesday 7th October 2009.
6pm until 9pm.
2 Dorset Close, Bath, BA2 3RF

Please RSVP to Marko Dutka.
01225 428881 or info@imagesbymarko.com
imagesbymarko.com

Marko says: “We are proud to announce the opening of our new portrait studio in Bath and to invite you to participate in our opening evening. The studio will officially be opened by the Lord Mayor of Bath at 6.30pm.

As well as a showcase of Marko’s work we will also have a variety of linked businesses there on the evening to entertain and inform you.

At present these are:
Claudia Spoto of Claudia Lucia Hair & Makeup.
Bronwen Grover of Bespoke Finery.
Leora Sharp – Holistic Massage and Bodywork
Tracy Rowbotham of Cherrri Burelle Floristry.

Images By Marko will also be making a special Portrait Photography offer to all guests on the evening.”