Today's recipes: Beef Stew & Banana and Yogourt Bread

In the hopes of starting to get back to a more normal life, I have decided to get back to what makes me happy. Cooking and baking are on the list for today.

I prepared a double recipe of beef stew, which makes enough for one meal plus tomorrow's lunch for the kids at school.

Beef Stew

2lbs beef cubes
1/4 cup beef bouillon powder
1/4 cup beef gravy powder
4 red potatoes, in cubes
2 onions, in cubes
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 celery ribs, sliced
2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
parsley, oregano, ground pepper to taste

Combine everything into a pot, cook at 350* for 3 hours. This recipe is so simple to double or triple and everyone loves it. Well, except ds#2 who refuses to eat much beef but he does eat the vegetables. Sometimes, I add frozen peas and corn to it, more garlic, or even some noodles. I always prepare a couple loaves of French baguettes or English muffins with this, it goes so well with the gravy.

Banana & Yogourt Bread

2 bananas, mashed
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup vanilla yogourt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cup flour

Pre-heat oven to 350*. Mix together bananas, vegetable oil, yogourt, eggs and vanilla extract. Mix well. Add the rest of the ingredients. Pour in a greased bread pan and bake for 45 minutes. Once baked, the cake stays very moist. Adding some butter to it makes every bite even more delicious.