Coconut Rice

Hi friends! I wanted to share my Coconut Rice recipe here for easy access for my family and friends. It is one of the best side dishes and one that my entire family loves. It does make a generous amount, however I have had other friends tell me they do double this recipe. So its up to you depending on the rice lovers in your household!

Coconut Rice

Ingredients:

2 cups of Basmati Rice

1 can of coconut milk

2 1/4 cup water

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

1/4-1/2 cup of sweetened shredded coconut (this was my own addition to this recipe, I think it makes this rice extra awesome)

Directions:

Soak the rice in cold water for 30 min. Drain water. Saute the rice in the butter. Add all of the other ingredients except the coconut. Bring to boil and reduce temp for approx 20-25 min. Halfway through cooking, or prior to the water being absorbed add the shredded coconut. Mix well and finish cooking. Enjoy :)

Brenda's Banana Bread

If you have came to a stamp class or worked with me for a while at lululemon, than you have probably tried my banana bread! I thought I would share the recipe with you as I have had a few requests for it recently! I typically make my recipe into these individual servings using this Pampered Chef Brownie Pan. You can however cook it as a loaf and I will include bake times for both. I don’t know what is better in life than some warm banana bread with butter on top! And also note, I do add chocolate chips into my banana bread recipe from time to time and that is what is pictured below.

Brenda’s Banana Bread:

1/2 cup of butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten

4 bananas, mashed

1 1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 vanilla

optional: chocolate chips

Grease your chosen loaf pan (hint, if I don’t have spray I take a paper towel into my butter dish and use that to grease my pan). Add butter to sugar and cream; add the beaten eggs and bananas and combine. I use my potato masher to blend this all together. Separately, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to mixture and combine. Stir in the vanilla. At this point you can add a generous handful of chocolate chips into your batter if you like.

Bake Time: 60 minutes at 350 if you are using a normal loaf pan

Bake Time: 25 minutes at 350 if you are using making smaller loaves