Cooking Night 2

Location: Pacific Beach

Recipe: Bean, Corn, & Avocado Salad

Ingredients:

-1 cup cherry tomatoes

-1 tsp salt 

-1 tsp olive oil

-1 med white onion cut 1/4 in slices

-1 jalapeno 1/3 cup cilantro

-1/3 cup lime juice 

-1 can of black beans

-2 avo

-3 ears of corn

Directions:

Put tomatoes skillet 10 min with 1/2 tsp salt

Brush corn, onion, jalapeno evenly with oil place veggies on grill rack until lightly charred, turn after 6 min.

Grill onion and jalapeno 8 min.

Cut kernels from the cob, chop onion, jalapeno, tomatoes, add ingredients to mixture top with avo.

Recipe:

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

-2 cups all purpose flower

-3/4 tsp. baking soda

-1/2 cup sugar

-1/4 cup butter softened

-2 large eggs

-1 1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas

-1/3 cup plain yogurt

-1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

Pre heat oven to 350.

Lightly spoon flower into dry measuring cups.

Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt stir with whisk.

Place sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixture at medium.

Add eggs, beating well.

Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla, beat.

Add flour mixture, beat until moist.

Spoon butter into loaf pan, coated with cooking spray,

Bake @ 350 for an hour.

The experience: My friends and I usually go out to eat because it is fast and convenient  for our nights out. One night, instead of going out to eat,we made a healthy meal and dessert. The meal was a simple salad made up of  bean, corn and avocado salad which was a perfect blend of veggies. After the salad, we made delicious melt-in-your-mouth banana bread.