June

June started out by sipping kumkwat mojitos...

One of Kris' beautiful mojitos

We had to celebrate father's day early because Ainsley will be at summer camp for 2 weeks. 
She picked out his favorite flowers and a card. He also got a wonderful surprise performance of L.O.V.E., which he loved. She's such a great singer.

Kris' father's day gifts

My favorite thing on the weekend is to have a new cooking project. Kris really loves Starbucks' banana bread, so I decided to make it. I've already made it twice it's so good.

Borrowed from Food.com.

Starbucks Banana Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 1/8 cups sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 tablespoons buttermilk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 ripe medium-large bananas, mashed

You can also add 1/2 cup walnuts, but we left those out.

1. Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan and dust with flour.

2. Blend the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

3. Mix the egg, sugar, and vegetable oil until combined.

4. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and when blended, add the buttermilk, vanilla, and mashed bananas; mix well.

5. Bake for 45-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

I baked it for about 50 minutes and then tested it with a knife. It was still very gooey. I ended up cooking it for about 1hr 20 minutes total before it was cooked through.

After 50 minutes. Not done.

Looks so yummy, but not ready yet

Ah, finally!

Mmmm banana bread

It was a huge success. Kris even said one day that the Starbucks bread doesn't taste good anymore, now that he's had mine. Whoops.