Nutella Banana Bread

Oh sweet goodness, YES!

Hodgepodge Pilot's Wife

Nutella. I love the stuff. Smeared on a bagel, a piece of toast or even a scrumptious slice of banana bread. Whatever you put it on, it’s good. No, it’s great. This hazelnut spread adds instant deliciousness to just about anything, especially banana bread…

Ironically, this realization hit me like a big double decker bus in the middle of my workout (go figure): if I bake Nutella into my homemade banana bread, there’s no need to smear it on! Pure genius, I know.

This recipe originally comes from the Better Homes and Garden cookbook. I added the three heaping teaspoons tablespoons of Nutella. Trust me, it completely revolutionizes this classic.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (roughly 5 medium)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup…

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The Peanut Butter/Nutella Quesadilla: A Simple Slice of Paradise

Peanut butter is one of those foods people either love or hate.

Those that hate it seem to be either violently allergic to it or just have a significant distaste for it.

I, however, am in the love camp. Peanut butter is among the greatest foods ever. It’s just so versatile I can’t really think of any other topping that goes from stirfry to dessert to snack food so effortlessly.

In what turned out to be a very good decision, I even picked peanut butter over a boyfriend, in my younger dating years. It wasn’t a conscious decision, but after showing up too soon after eating peanut butter and nearly giving him a huge reaction … twice, I decided if I really cared about him I’d probably would have remembered to stay away from the M&Ms, trail mix and peanut butter bars.

It is a great protein source especially for people who are lower income.

And this evening I created, what could actually be, the greatest snack ever. I managed to eat it in entirety even before remembering that I was going to take a photo of it. I’d make another, but honestly I wouldn’t be able to resist it and it’s not exactly the most low-fat snack in the world.

It’s simple and fantastic with a glass of milk — A Peanut Butter and Nutella Quesadilla.

Before anyone has a fit, quesadilla isn’t really the greatest descriptor as there is no cheese, but it’s the easiest way to describe it.

1. Grab a tortilla
2. Fold it in half and reopen to its original shape, so there is a line down the middle
3. Spread one half with Nutella, the other with peanut butter
4. Close
5. Place in fry pan (no greasing required)
6. Wait till crisp or even browned
7. Turn it over and wait until crisp again.
8. Cut into sections
9. Eat (and by that I mean completely devour)
10. Follow with a glass of skim milk
11. Smile and experience paradise

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