Quick Apple Curry and Green Bananas

I have to thank Debbie for teaching me how to cook Green Bananas, they are so amazing. We really enjoyed them paired with the Quick apple curry.

Green Bananas

Bring a stockpot of salted water to a boil. Cut both ends and score a slit down the length of 8 green bananas. Add prepared bananas to boiling water. Cook until the peels are brown, bananas have somewhat split open and the insides are soft. Drain bananas. Mash them with a potato masher and add 1 tbsp fresh parsley, 1 tbsp butter and salt and pepper to taste.

Quick Apple Curry

This recipe is designed to use some left-over meat from a roast. If I do not have that I just steam two frozen chicken breasts or use chickpeas.

1 onion sliced
2 garlic cloves minced
1 yellow bell pepper chopped
2 tbsp butter
chicken
2 tbsp flour
1 1/2 cup hot broth or stock (I steamed my chicken with lime, so I used the left over broth from the steaming)
1 green apple sliced
1/2 cup golden raisins

In a large skillet melt butter, slowly cook onions, garlic and pepper until the onions are opaque. Add the cooked chicken to warm it. Add the curry and cook for 1 min. Sprinkle the flour over the chicken and veggies and cook 1 min. Slowly add in the broth and stir scraping the bottom until the sauce thickens. Add the apples and raisins, cover and cook for about 5 min to cook the apples. Serve the curry over the mashed green bananas.

Lentil Dahl (in a crock pot)

This dish is insanely easy to prepare, and it comes out sooooo well. I got a bag of Naan, traditional Indian bread, at Trader Joes for $2, and we ate out of a common bowl together. It was a fun family meal and everyone gobbled it up.

Dahl

1 cup lentils
3 cups water
1 onion chopped
2 garlic cloves

1 tbsp chili powder
1/4 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp cumin
1 cup chopped stewed tomatoes
1 can chick peas
salt and pepper

I dumped all of this in my crock pot, and in 3 hours it was ready to eat. Enjoy!!

Easy Brown Bread (goes well with empty the fridge soup)

I found this recipe because I needed a healthy option to go with chili and I didn't have any yeast. It works with such simple ingredients, and it is super quick. Great family favorite.

Easy Brown Bread
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp veggie oil
1 cup milk or almond milk

Preheat oven to 450. Grind oatmeal in food processor or blender. In a large bowl combine oatmeal flour, wheat flour baking powder and salt. In separate bowl dissolve honey into veggie oil, then add in milk. Combine both mixtures until soft dough is formed. I usually mix this well and then turn it out onto the pan to make a round loaf, it is REALLY soft. It can be reshaped easily with wet fingers, and bakes well on a baking stone or an oiled cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes. We love this bread with soup.