Yesterday J woke up feeling a lot better so he & P went off to the 'cholesterolfest' aka 'church mens' breakfast'. At this function they consume bacon, eggs, sausages, toast, baked beans etc etc & then they go home with a Yorkie bar. Why a Yorkie bar? Because it says on it 'not for girls'. Pathetic or what? (If you detect any hint of jealousy on my part you're imagining it, anyway I don't like Yorkies).
After all that masculine overeating yesterday, today we had the monthly church lunch which today had a 'fair trade theme' ie we were meant to use fair trade ingredients. I must say my banana bread turned out really nice & it was so easy to make. Here's how I did it:
Sat at table & said 'I want to make my banana bread but I'm feeling a bit tired would you mind weighing out ingredients for me?'
'Ok,' said P.
'Oh dear I don't think I feel up to mixing it.'
'No prob, I'll do it.'
And there it was - made!
Anyway if you're interested in the recipe (it really is very nice), here it is:

225g (8oz) self-raising flour
100g (4oz) butter
150g (5oz) fairtrade caster sugar
450g (1 lb) fairtrade bananas (the gooier the better)
1/2 tsp salt (actually we left this out)
2 eggs
175g (6 oz) mixed dried fruit

Pre-heat oven to 180 C/350 F/Gas Mark 4. Peel & mash bananas, then mix all ingredients except dried fruit together, by hand or in food processor. Add dried fruit. Spoon mixture into 1 kg (2 lb) non-stick loaf tin (we used silicone one, worked a treat), spread out evenly then bake for 1 1/2 hours. Done when skewer pushed in middle comes out clean. Cool on wire rack before slicing.

There you have it.

Church lunch was preceded by parade service, church was seriously packed. J didn't want to wear his cub uniform but he just had to. Now he's gone round Adam's to play & I'm sitting here typing while P whizzes his model helicopter round my head.