Chinese sweet potato

this is my breakfast version of a Chinese favorite:)

Ingredients:
half of a sweet potato
2 eggs
3-4 pieces of bacon
2 green onions

peel and dice up the sweet potato into small pieces
slice the  bacon up into slivers.
thinly slice the green onion.
scramble up 2 eggs in a seperate bowl

start cooking off the bacon in a skillet.  Once cooked through, carefully scoop the slivers out and lay them aside.  now stir fry the potato in the bacon drippings.  you should have a good amount of them left in the skillet. 
once soft add back the bacon.  now move everything away from the center and add the eggs.  When they start to set, carefully swirl them around in the middle and then start mixing in the rest of the pan.  keep mixing and turning until the eggs are cooked through then add your green onions.  once you can smell them your dish is done!

*toddlers love this dish!  of coures anything cooked in bacon is good;)

End of the week Banana Bread

Its the end of the week, and you are out of eggs, you bought too many bananas and they are already brown.  That means its time for some banana bread:)

Take 3 old bananas and mash them up in a bowl.
In another bowl cream together a cup of sugar and a stick of butter.
Add dry ingredients:
     2 cups flour
     1/4 tsp salt
     1 tsp baking soda
using a hand mixer or stand mixer is best.
once blended (it will seem super dry) add the bananas and beat till smooth and fully incorporated.

optional:  add 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans

pour into well greased loaf pan.  I love my silicone one from Target because the bread pops right out when it's done.
optional:  add more nuts to the top of the loaf and sprinkle with sugar. 
                this gives it an almost crumb cake top.  yum!
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 min to an hour.  whenever an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

once out of the oven let it sit and cool for about an hour before you cut into it so that it can firm up.

*now give half of it away before you eat the whole thing!! :)

DIY Taco Seasoning

Found a great one with no MSG or corn flour. I can't believe that I used to use that crap.
For 1 lb of ground beef:

1 tbs chili powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
Onion powder
Red pepper flakes
Oregano
1/2 tsp paprika
1 1/2 tsp cumin
Salt and pepper.

If you decide to make a huge batch of it to save for future use, then use 2TBS of the mix per pound of ground beef.