So far, my banana bread is my number-one requested food in real life. My people really like this, so I keep baking and baking the same thing; because I love validations. I think we all need them sometimes. My banana bread is probably tasty beacsue; One, no added sugar — If you use 4 ripe bananas, you really don’t need to add sugar. It’s already very sweet. And two, lots of flavors — Adding some extra cinnamon and brandy do the trick And three, less butter — Just for health … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Stay away from Nutella!
It was a love at first bite when I had Nutella for the first time in my life. So I almost hated myself when I unfortunately googled "Nutella" and discovered its harmful ingredients. The scariest thing that people don't know about Nutella is that it contains monosodium glutamate (MSG), also known as E621. It's cleverly hidden inside an artificial flavor called vanillin which is labeled on every Nutella jar. It also contains the toxic GMO emulsifier soy lecithin and palm oil whose extraction is … [Read more...]
Healthy Homemade Nutella
Believe it or not, I've never had Nutella in my life until recently. I was raised by traditional Japanese parents who's breakfast was never-changing "rice and miso soup" for all their lives. My family is old-fashioned, meaning we don't really touch foreign food. So when I had Nutella for the first time last year, it was a huge deal for me. I felt like I finally opened the pandora's box. I remember I couldn't believe what I was eating. Nutella was SO GOOD. I couldn't stop dipping my fingers … [Read more...]