Banana bread with caramel sauce and blueberry muffins

Coppe left yesterday. We spent most of the day in the airport together, as his flight was delayed. That sort of thing cheapens saying goodbye. It makes something that should be sad almost a relief. But I'm going to miss him a lot.

Life is so different when we are together. We make lots of tasty food! Normally when I'm on my own I eat awfully. It's all frozen vegetables and pre-made veggie sausages and toast. This time, though, I'm going to eat well.

We started making a meal plan last week, to get into the habit, and I'm going to continue it. It really makes life so much easier. When I get home from a long day at work, or when my blood sugar is low (I get very testy when I'm hungry), I don't want to look through cookbooks. Now I can just look at my meal plan and cook it.

This will be especially important as I now have a full time job, and a casual job on top of that. I'll be so busy! I now work at a tea house and a chocolate shop. It will be tough work, on my feet all day, so I have to eat well. I don't want to be scrambling to put together a lunch the morning before work, or microwaving rubbish when I get home. Hopefully I'll also be healthier.

I'll definitely not be eating either of these things from now on.

In the last week that Coppe was here, we made tasty food and watched movies. Coppe made banana bread and I made caramel sauce so eat during the documentary The Fog of War. It was seriously tasty, and the film was good too.



Bananas and caramel are such a natural pair. Coppe used the banana bread recipe from the PPK. I used the fantastic caramel sauce recipe from A Vegan Ice Cream Paradise. Yummy.

Later on, we made Blueberry Muffins from the omnivorous cookbook 500 Cupcakes by Fergal Connoly. I've otherwise been a bit dissapointed by this book, as many of the cupcakes I have made from it failed. Overall, the ratio of fat to solids is a bit off. Many have too many eggs, too much butter and too much liquid. Normally I use half the number of egg substitutes needed and fudge the liquid a bit. The muffins work fine, though, and there are some interesting flavour combinations.

These were definitely tasty. I used frozen blueberries, and tossed in some frozen mixed berries as well to make up the weight. I'm embarrassed to say we ate them with caramel sauce as well.


I'm afraid the run of good photos will end in a few posts, as Coppe is no longer taking them. Unfortunately you'll have to go back to my blurry, dark photos.