menu monday. {and a sweet treat!}

Monday ... Monday ... How do you ALWAYS come so quickly!?!

Thanks for your sweet comments yesterday about my store ... It's my little pride and joy! We had a great day yesterday ... Lots of people turned out for the open house and I had lots of positive feedback on my space {along with a few sales! :)}

On our menu board this week: 

~ Monday: burgers & sweet potato fries

~ Tuesday: sweet potato gnocchi with brown butter and asparagus

~ Wednesday: huevos rancheros

~ Thursday: spaghetti with meatballs

~ Friday & Saturday: hubs is going out of town for a guys weekend :( which means I will be eating a lot of this ...

It's a pretty easy week in the kitchen this week! I'm so excited for the gnocchi ... It's by far one of my fave dishes! :) 

Now onto a sweet treat for y'all ... 

Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread 

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Ingredients

2  cups  all-purpose flour

3/4  teaspoon  baking soda

1/2  teaspoon  salt

1  cup  sugar

1/4  cup  butter, softened

1 1/2  cups  mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)

2  eggs

3/4 cup plain yogurt, Greek or regular

1/2 cup  semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 chocolate covered almonds, or other add-in of your choice

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.

3. Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add banana, eggs, and yogurt; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist.

4. Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly. Add 1 cup batter to chocolate, stirring until well combined. Spoon chocolate batter alternately with plain batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch greased loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Swirl batters together using a knife. 

Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. 

Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

This bread turned out delicious! 

I didn't have chocolate covered almonds so instead I used some sunflower seeds! YUMMMM! 

Now I promise before y'all think I buy bananas only to let them over-ripen so that I can bake with them ... this was a rare occurrence! :) 

Happy Monday Y'all! What's on your menu this week?  

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