Bananabread

before i'm leaving for a 2 week vacation i'm giving away one of my most reliable recipies: i bake a loaf of bananabread almost everyday, sometimes two, since i'm selling it in my coffeeshop.

it's an easy to digest, full of energy and teasing the taste-
buds deliciousness. customers have it for breakfast, take it 
to the office, enjoy it with their afternoon espresso or bring 
it home to cheer up their mates, or have a midnight snack.

3-4 very ripe bananas, depending on their size - ca. 400grs 
(brown is good)

1/4 cup vegetable oil (i use canola)

2/3 cups of brown sugar (demerara from Mauritius) more or less acc. to the sweetness of the bananas...

a pinch of salt, a pinch of vanillapowder

3/2 cups of flour - from regular to wholegrain or spelt, 
there are many options

1 package (14grs) of baking powder

peel bananas and mash with a fork inside a bowl, add the 
oil, mix well, add sugar, salt and vanilla, stir together, 
sieve together flour and raising agent, add to bowl, mix it.

pour into a slightly greased loaf tin, 
bake for an hour at 175°c (350°f) - enjoy!

too lazy to bake it yourself? come in and have a slice.
my coffeeshop is open monday to friday, 07.30 to 17.30

1190 Wien, Grinzinger Straße 139 in Vienna, Austria

the bus 38A coming from Heiligenstadt stops in front of my shop
the bus 239 coming from Klosterneuburg and the tramline "D" from Hauptbahnhof/Ringstraße/FranzJosephs Bahnhof stop 20 meters away

Berries, selfpicked, fresh & nutritious

i don't eat breakfast every day and eating habits differ widely, so no announcement here in favor of "the most important meal of the day", but if you have brekkie try to make sense. 

my morning usually brings something warm, like grits, müsli, rice, polenta, millet, or the like, combined with a walk through the garden. in summer it's often as easy as picking fruit, whenever you walk past a bush or tree offering the freshest and most natural form of medicine available: berries! 

full of antioxidants, phenols, minerals and not the least: taste. make it a habit to look for fresh fruit. now, that exempts the supermarket and most stalls, where the produce often has traveled a looong way, being picked prematurely to withstand the handling and the days of waiting on transport, in the storage or on the shelf itself. 

what are the possibilities of finding fresh produce near you? if you are fortunate enough it may come from your own garden, backyard, terrace, balcony or even windowsill, if you have been thoughtful enough to make room for it in favor of a few bloomers or the easy to tend to 5mm golf lawn.

other chances include: asking your neighbor if he is really using all of his or her abundance, taking part in a community garden project, or simple find trees, bushes, corners and places out there. a little more difficult if you live in a big city, but possible.

where i live for example we have two websites indicating fruit trees on public grounds, where you are free to help yourself, when time has come:

mundraub.org

frucht-fliege.blogspot.co.at

these days as you can see black and white mulberries as well as small black cherries add to my brekkie of oatmeal, done with a rice and coconut drink and chopped almonds. simply yummie! enjoy!