Busy (cooking) bee

I've been stuck behind the loom for the last few days, because weaving the blue-green fabric turned out much more difficult and time consuming than my previous project. The yarn seems to be more fuzzy and the threads catch each other all the time and don't want to be lifted or lowered with a heddle easily, so I have to separate them with my fingers all the time. Whew... But I hope to finish it today, so photos tomorrow.

In the meantime, let me share with you something
Straight From The Cauldron of the Green Minded Witch
(yes, because it's a frugal cooking recipe! ^^).
Have you ever got rid of the bananas because they got too ripe to eat? Here is the solution:

Banana Bread

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cup of flour

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

I found the recipe here, and I used two small loaf pans instead of one. I also used three fresh bananas and one froze one (I defrosted it before adding to the mixture, it's a great idea to freeze bananas for later if you know you won't be able to eat them and they might go stale, and then use them in puddings or a banana bread!)

I like it very much and next time I'm going to experiment a bit and substitute the white sugar with the brown one and add some more spices. *^v^*

Another great dish is my favourite Spring vegetable:

Young Cabbage with Dill

1 Spring cabbage, shredded
1 bunch of dill, finely chopped
2 cups of water
salt (about 1 tsp)

Pour the water into the pan, add salt and a shredded cabbage. Bring it to boil, then simmer on a very low heat for about 1 hour stirring occasionally.
At the end, when the cabbage is soft, add dill and some salt to your taste if necessary.
Serve with cooked young potatoes and pork chops or roasted chicken.

Smacznego! ^^