Food

Table of Contents

  1. Banana Cake
  2. Spinach Balls
  3. Country Style BBQ Spareribs
  4. Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Banana Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 5 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Optional:

1 cup blueberries

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch dish.
  2. Beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add bananas, flour, walnuts, eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and salt; mix thoroughly. Pour batter into the prepared dish.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Cool completely, then frost as desired.

Spinach Balls

Spinach balls are a family favorite and only brought out for special occasions a few times per year. They can be eaten hot or cold. Either way you choose to indulge, you’ll be popping them like potato chips.

Ingredients:

2 boxes of frozen spinach (10oz each)

2 cups herb stuffing

½ cup grated cheese

1 small onion, minced

8-10 tbps butter

4 eggs, lightly beaten

Dash of garlic powder

Pinch of salt

Steps:

Defrost spinach.

Preheat oven to 350ᵒ.

Melt butter and cool in refrigerator for 15 minutes.

Mix all ingredients together.

Roll into one-inch balls and place on cookie sheet.

Bake for 30 minutes.

Spinach balls should be slightly browned around the edges.

Batter and Ready for the Oven:

Country Style BBQ Spareribs

Ingredients:

2-3 Pounds Country Style Pork Ribs

1 Cup Chopped Onion (sliced not diced)

1 Cup of Ketchup

1 Cup Water

2 Tsp Salt

2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

¼ Cup White Vinegar

¼ Cup Brown Sugar

2 Tsp Dry Mustard

1 Tsp Paprika

Directions:

Mix all ingredients (other than ribs) in a bowl, and set aside

Brown ribs in a pan on top of stove

Place ribs in 13″x 9″ casserole dish, fatty side up

Pour prepared sauce over ribs

Cover with foil

Bake at 350ᵒ for 90 minutes

Remove cover, and cook 30 minutes

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients:

3-4 Ripe, Mashed Bananas

1 Stick Softened Butter

2 Large Eggs

2 Cups All-Purpose Flour

1 Cup Granulated Sugar

½ Tsp Salt

1 Tsp Baking Soda

1 ½ Tsp Baking Powder

2 Tsp Vanilla

1 Cup Semi-Sweetened Chocolate Chips

Steps:

Mix all ingredients together (except chocolate chips).

Stir in chocolate chips.

Bake uncovered for 1 hour in loaf pan.

Toothpick should come out almost clean when finished.

Cool 10 minutes and move to wire rack for further cooling.

Batter: