What do you eat when you're alone?

I recently read an interesting blog on The Guardian's Word of Mouth blog. It was based on a book about funny things that people eat when they're at home all by themselves.

check out the article ...its kind of funny.

What we eat in privacy is often alot different than what we allow others to see us eat.

I want my readers to spill their secrets!

What do you guys eat when you are by yourself?

I've been known to eat peanut butter straight out of the jar with a spoon!

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Thought I'd share one of my mom's famous muffin recipes ! Hot out of the oven on a cold day, these are almost equal to heaven.

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line muffin tin with paper muffin cups or grease muffin tin.
Makes 12 muffins (depending on size of bananas)

3 bananas
1 egg
6 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour or 1 cup all purpose flour and 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Mash bananas in food processor or with fork until no lumps remain.
Add egg, vegetable oil, sugar, vanilla and salt. Process/stir until mixed

In a medium sized bowl mix flour with sifted baking powder and baking soda. Add chocolate chips and stir.

Add wet ingredients to dry stirring until just mixed.

Drop dough into muffin cups. Bake for 15 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

MJP's Grilled Cheese

What is more delicious than a grilled cheese that you make for yourself just before midnight?

Only a grilled cheese made by a friend FOR you!
The following is one of my friends specialty grilled cheese recipes

Ingredients
- real marble cheese (create a more authentic taste than kraft singles)
- Fresh Foccacia bread
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Course sea salt

Directions
- Warm the pannini grill and grease with olive oil
- brush the tops of bread with olive oil and lay thin slices of cheese in between
- leave on the heat for approx. 4 minutes or until cheese is melted
- cut on the diagonal and serve with ketchup

Especially great when enjoyed with a new episode of the hills , when what you really should be doing is writing a paper.

Tea Time

A proper afternoon tea is a great luxury. All too often we find only enough time to grab a venti and run out the door without so much as a thought. Here are my personal key ways to the best pot of tea (passed down from my Nana).

1. The water you fill your kettle with should be cold , otherwise your tea will taste funny.

1. For the tea to brew properly, the water must be boiling hot for black tea. For green and white teas, remove water from heat just before it starts to bubble.

2. Warm the tea pot by running it under hot water for a couple seconds, this will help insulate the pot and keep your tea warm for longer.

3. Add the milk just before you pour the water. It mixes in better this way.

4. If you like sugar , add it right away and stir until it is all melted , otherwise the bottom of your tea will syrupy or gritty.

Enjoy with a piece of shortbread and a friend !

I missed dinner

Due to my tuesday night class begining at 6:30, I regularly skip out on eating enough before hand (I know, tsk tsk) and usually resort to some sort of midnight snack once my hunger sets in.

Thus here are my top 5 favourite (and not-so-healthy) midnight snacks

5. Bowl of cereal - Probably the easiest and most in-expensive item on this list
4. Peanutbutter and Jelly Toast - I'm starting to notice a breakfast theme
3. Mac & Cheese - more to come about my obsession
2. Hummous and carrot- we need something healthy on this list, afterall
1. drum, roll, please..... GRILLED CHEESE - the ultimte midnight snack