We have been hit with our first major winter storm. It started snowing during the night a little and then again just before we had to leave for Sunday school. People were driving fine on the the road behind our house so we didn't think it would be bad on the streets.
The road behind our house is straight but hilly. When we have winter storms, we spend lots of time looking out the back door watching the vehicles trying to get up the hill, some successful, some not. We go a different way to church and those streets weren't too bad either until we got on the road in front of the church. It was covered with snow and was difficult driving on. We stayed for Sunday school, but decided we should not stay for church but go back home.
Once again the road in front of the church was still covered and very icy at the intersection with another street where there is a downward slope with a light at the bottom. Cars were trying to turn and come up the hill with their tires just spinning. They all finally managed to clear the intersection and we had the full intersection to make our turn to the left. Once we got home, we knew we were in for the rest of the day and probably Monday too.
We spent the afternoon watching the Chiefs play the Broncos in the snow and as soon as the game was over we heard our neighbor's snowblower...Jerry, our neighbor across the street, was having fun with his winter toy. Their drive is short - only long enough for two cars so he has been clearing our driveway for a number of years. I haven't always, but I try to often bake something and take to them as a thank you.
I was completing one of my sudoku puzzles, when we heard more noise outside and Wayne noticed our new neighbor Sally was out clearing the sidewalk with a snow shovel. They just moved in a few weeks ago and we haven't really seen them too much to do more than introduce ourselves. Wayne went out and thanked her and I decided I needed to go to the kitchen and make something for both neighbors.
I picked up a cookbook I recently got at the thrift shop to see if I could find something in it that sounded good. Lisa Lillien's Hungry Girl Just Desserts has 200 recipes that are under 200 calories. I looked in the section of brownies and found this PB Banana Brownies recipe. I had four very ripe bananas that I needed to use up so the recipe sounded perfect. It was made in a 9 x 13 - inch pan so I could cut it in half for each of them. It was supposed to cool for 1-1/2 hours but I couldn't wait quite that long because it was getting dark. They weren't completely cooled, but close. They were both quite surprised and appreciative.
PB BANANA BROWNIES
1 box moist-style devil's food cake mix
1 cup canned pure pumpkin
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/4 cup creamy reduced-fat peanut butter (I used natural peanut butter)
2 tablespoons light vanilla soymilk (I used fat free milk)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 13 - inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pumpkin, and banana.
Stir with a wooden spoon until smooth and uniform.
Spread batter in pan and smooth out the top.
In a small bowl, stir the peanut butter with milk until
smooth and uniform.
Spoon the peanut butter mixture over the batter, and
use a knife to swirl it in.
Bake for 20 to 22 minutes until they test done.
Let cool completely in pan on wire rack,
about 1-1/2 hours.
Cut in serving pieces.
The road behind our house is straight but hilly. When we have winter storms, we spend lots of time looking out the back door watching the vehicles trying to get up the hill, some successful, some not. We go a different way to church and those streets weren't too bad either until we got on the road in front of the church. It was covered with snow and was difficult driving on. We stayed for Sunday school, but decided we should not stay for church but go back home.
Once again the road in front of the church was still covered and very icy at the intersection with another street where there is a downward slope with a light at the bottom. Cars were trying to turn and come up the hill with their tires just spinning. They all finally managed to clear the intersection and we had the full intersection to make our turn to the left. Once we got home, we knew we were in for the rest of the day and probably Monday too.
We spent the afternoon watching the Chiefs play the Broncos in the snow and as soon as the game was over we heard our neighbor's snowblower...Jerry, our neighbor across the street, was having fun with his winter toy. Their drive is short - only long enough for two cars so he has been clearing our driveway for a number of years. I haven't always, but I try to often bake something and take to them as a thank you.
I was completing one of my sudoku puzzles, when we heard more noise outside and Wayne noticed our new neighbor Sally was out clearing the sidewalk with a snow shovel. They just moved in a few weeks ago and we haven't really seen them too much to do more than introduce ourselves. Wayne went out and thanked her and I decided I needed to go to the kitchen and make something for both neighbors.
I picked up a cookbook I recently got at the thrift shop to see if I could find something in it that sounded good. Lisa Lillien's Hungry Girl Just Desserts has 200 recipes that are under 200 calories. I looked in the section of brownies and found this PB Banana Brownies recipe. I had four very ripe bananas that I needed to use up so the recipe sounded perfect. It was made in a 9 x 13 - inch pan so I could cut it in half for each of them. It was supposed to cool for 1-1/2 hours but I couldn't wait quite that long because it was getting dark. They weren't completely cooled, but close. They were both quite surprised and appreciative.
PB BANANA BROWNIES
1 box moist-style devil's food cake mix
1 cup canned pure pumpkin
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/4 cup creamy reduced-fat peanut butter (I used natural peanut butter)
2 tablespoons light vanilla soymilk (I used fat free milk)
Cut in serving pieces.
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