Clean up, fix up, put up
@GardenGerty (160952)
United States
December 9, 2018 7:08pm CST
I finally used up those over ripe bananas, without adding them to my stash in the freezer. I used one and made banana pancakes. Three others went into the banana muffins. I made forty two small muffins.
I also made cornbread to go with the beans that I took out of the freezer.
The trash is all out for tomorrow, plus I washed one of the trash cans as the plastic liner had a leak and it got yucky.
So, even though we have eaten leftovers today, I have lots of dishes. I still have to clean up, fix up, and put up the dishes.
I also moved some things to the sewing room, repaired a small lamp shade, put ribbons on some decorative bells for my front door to be holiday seasonal.
There seems to always be plenty to do.
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@andriaperry (117141)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Dec 18
Never ending! The dishes just happen!
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
Someone sneaks in and fills my sink.
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@Tina30219 (82066)
• Onaway, Michigan
10 Dec 18
Leftovers are good . Glad you used up your bananas for all used up and on such yummy food.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
I often put them in smoothies, but the antibiotic hubby was on said "no dairy" and my smoothies are made with yogurt.
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
@Tina30219 He is done with that antibiotic now. I bet bananas frozen and blended with orange juice would be yummy.
@Tina30219 (82066)
• Onaway, Michigan
10 Dec 18
@GardenGerty try orange juice I have heard of them being made with it and being pretty good. Have you tried almond milk? Also if you would like to find ways to make smoothies without dairy check out Pinterest they have tons of them
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@marguicha (223773)
• Chile
10 Dec 18
I am trying to clean up the deep freezer, but I take one thing and put another
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
I did that when the weather was warmer. The freezer is still full, but I am at least rotating some of the older stuff out before adding new.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Dec 18
That is plenty...
And we make banana pancakes too...We call them pitha...When the banana gets overripe
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
@responsiveme I looked online, and saw some pithas that look like pancakes and others that look like beautiful shaped rolls. Thanks for sharing.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
Is there a special recipe for pitha?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
12 Dec 18
@GardenGerty the batter will not include eggs...The closest in name I came to pancakes was pithas
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
There are days when I do nothing. It balances out.
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@ethal2018 (387)
• United States
10 Dec 18
Banana pancakes & muffins sound so good.
Cornbread & beans yummy.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
I have been craving carbs, and homemade breads and treats are the best.
@popciclecold (39512)
• United States
10 Dec 18
You have been busy, but there is always something to do, always.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
Yes, there is. I imagine you find it that way as well.
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@popciclecold (39512)
• United States
10 Dec 18
@GardenGerty I think every woman feels like, a lot.
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@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 18
That's why I never buy more than two bananas at a time -- they get too ripe too quickly.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
@BarBaraPrz I am not either. He has since discovered that a glass of V8 also stops the muscle cramps. That is why he ate two bananas a day.
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@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Dec 18
@GardenGerty I'm really not that fond of them.
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@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
11 Dec 18
You are right, the real thing is feeling like doing it!
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
Yes, that is the trick. Dishes are washing now. Again.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
You call cooking and doing dishes hobbies?
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
@rebelann You are right, cooking is a hobby, at least at times. It probably would not be if I lived alone, though.
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@rebelann (112969)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Dec 18
Not the dishes but fixing things reminds me of a friend who like to tinker around with things to make the work again and I always thought of cooking as a hobby @GardenGerty maybe I'm weird, who knows 
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
I made a turkey stew today. I cooked and froze a whole turkey right after our Thanksgiving. I made a dish seasoned like chicken putanesca out of turkey last week.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
@LadyDuck I do not know the meaning, so now I am curious.
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@LadyDuck (472104)
• Switzerland
11 Dec 18
@GardenGerty I often make Spaghetti alla puttanesca, it's spicy and my husband likes a lot. Puttanesca should be flagged as "bad word", but the English dictionary does not know the meanining.
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@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Dec 18
You were very busy today. I am tired now from reading this.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
Oh, I am so sorry. I often wish I got as much done as you do.
@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Dec 18
@GardenGerty Took it easy the last few days.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
I never understood boredom. I do understand not wanting to do something unpleasant or difficult, though.
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@JudyEv (342077)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Dec 18
@GardenGerty Boredom, procrastination - all have their place in the world I guess. 
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
10 Dec 18
@GardenGerty
You were very busy. I only like chocolate chip pancakes. What do banana pancakes taste like?
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
They taste a lot like banana bread. I also put some coconut flour in them. Little bit of the tropics.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
It would be nice to have a myLot party and have lots of snacks.
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@LilyBeBack (1994)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 18
That's a lot of muffins
It's my son's Christmas party at nursery on Thursday and he's allergic to wheat, dairy, egg, soya, and a few other things, so I'll be making some banana-based muffins for him to take in with him 
I've been saving up my bananas to make sure they're overripe, it takes ages for them to go brown!
It's my son's Christmas party at nursery on Thursday and he's allergic to wheat, dairy, egg, soya, and a few other things, so I'll be making some banana-based muffins for him to take in with him I've been saving up my bananas to make sure they're overripe, it takes ages for them to go brown!1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
If you put your bananas in a bag with apples it speeds the ripening. You must have learned a lot of new cooking techniques. One of my friends was dianosed with those allergies plus some outdoor stuff in her forties.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Dec 18
That was a ton of muffins.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
10 Dec 18
They are the smaller ones, though. The recipe would have made two loaves of banana bread.
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@proseprity68 (331)
• United States
10 Dec 18
I loved reading what you has happened to you and what you have done :-)
It makes me wanna go to the kitchen and look around once again what I might have missed out.
I love being busy myself, rotating things, adding to what already has been thawed and check what is in the deep freezer and think what I might be able to combine with it for next day's lunch or today's dinner.
I love banana bread but I am not sure if you are a little bit crazy about cinnamon? I love cinnamon but I don't put a lot because it might over power the flavor of the banana and I wouldn't like that to happen.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
I did not put any spices in my banana bread this time. Cinnamon might be good, though.
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
12 Dec 18
Actually this was my banana bread recipe, but baked in muffin cups so it is easy to serve.
