tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post1685007457256145034..comments2010-02-22T22:28:48.508-05:00Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778305776209193697noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-86853928714032303862010-02-22T22:28:48.508-05:002010-02-22T22:28:48.508-05:00Hello, hello. I&#39;ve been checking in here to pick up your sweet (and <i>funny</i> - you guys are funny!) notes. Thank you, friends!<br /><br />Sara - I&#39;d love to see what kind of warm cereal masterpiece <i>you</i> would come up with. <br /><br />Megan - You silly girl. I&#39;d say that I hope things are settling down, but I believe it&#39;s paper-writing time for you now. No rest for the weary. Hang in there, friend. <br /><br />Maggie - So happy to hear it!<br /><br />Rosiecat - Thank you for sharing that link. Your post is terrific, and I will <i>definitely</i> be trying Daphna&#39;s recipe before the hot cereal season is through.<br /><br />El - Thank you. That means a lot coming from you.<br /><br />Lilly - What a lovely, <i>lovely</i> note. Thank you!<br /><br />Kate - I can absolutely relate to your husband&#39;s aversion to getting rid of food, when &quot;getting rid&quot; means anything other than &quot;down the hatch.&quot; I&#39;ve been known to throw some rather questionable looking produce into omelettes and juicers just to spare them from the trash. Freezing bananas was a revelation for me, too. <br /><br />Midtagessen - There&#39;s some really great stuff going on over there at <a href="http://www.food52.com/" rel="nofollow">Food 52</a>. Thanks for mentioning it. I haven&#39;t yet gotten my act together to submit any recipes, but I&#39;ll definitely keep an eye out for future calls for submissions.<br /><br />Janna - I hear you. I often want nothing more than a bowl of cold cereal in the morning. You&#39;ll be happy to know that I&#39;ve &quot;tested&quot; this recipe for both lunch and dinner, too, and it&#39;s equally delicious in the p.m. hours. <br /><br />Jada - So happy to see that you&#39;re blogging again. Welcome back! Your &quot;baby food&quot; concoction sounds divine. I <i>love</i> goat milk yogurt.<br /><br />Monika - There&#39;s nothing wrong with a little lesson in <i>sharing</i> at meal time, is there? If you decide to steal a taste, I promise not to tell a soul. <br /><br />my spatula - I&#39;m in good company, then!<br /><br />molly - Yes, it&#39;s up to you! It&#39;s never too late for <i>this</i> kind of baby food. Thanks for the tips. Though I have to say, even peeled, my thawing bananas are decidedly worm-like. Blech.<br /><br />Mary - Thank you, friend. xo.<br /><br />vickys - A &quot;superhero breakfast&quot; - I love it! I&#39;ll have to fit the bowl with a cape the next time around. As for your oreo pudding, I&#39;m speechless.<br /><br />Sarah - Hello, and welcome. I&#39;m very glad that you found us here. I&#39;m with you on the slightly green bananas. Right out of the peel, that&#39;s the only way I&#39;ll eat them.<br /><br />Lo - Yes! It really is comfort food of the highest order.<br /><br />Julie - You&#39;re right - &quot;nursery food&quot; <i>does</i> sound better. Good call.<br /><br />Murasaki Shikibu - Oh my. Well, dealing with the banana for this recipe should be a piece of cake for you, then.<br /><br />Amuse Bouche for Two - Thank you. I think you&#39;re right in calling it a &quot;sleepy&quot; looking breakfast. It&#39;s the kind of thing that helps me stretch out the morning just a <i>little</i> bit.Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01778305776209193697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-3986750282796129222010-02-22T14:01:12.998-05:002010-02-22T14:01:12.998-05:00I love the photo. It&#39;s so sleepy and warm and comforting. Yes, it does look like banana bread in a bowl.AMUSE-BOUCHE FOR TWOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15582021471773630400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-42719570401535040192010-02-22T09:34:31.929-05:002010-02-22T09:34:31.929-05:00Funny. :)<br /><br />The only kind of overripe banana that scares me is the kind with a thriving colony of *Censored* in it. =PMurasaki Shikibuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10956944811391367016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-39907760023628047022010-02-20T10:41:41.891-05:002010-02-20T10:41:41.891-05:00Ooh - right up my alley. I&#39;m a fan of nursery food (sounds a bit more appetizing than baby food?)Juliehttp://www.dinnerwithjulie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-71811040660479239552010-02-17T23:19:03.308-05:002010-02-17T23:19:03.308-05:00I feel the need to confess the fact that one of my favorite things is baby cereal. Something about its sweet blandness that makes me oh-so-happy... which is simply to say, I&#39;m sure that your rice cereal really IS supreme. :)Lohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627131190832189839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-43109741599929995632010-02-15T09:25:33.841-05:002010-02-15T09:25:33.841-05:00Well, hello there!<br /><br />I come your way via Orangette and am so, so glad I found your lovely site. Cannot agree enough about the overripe (or, ripe even) bananas. If I am eating them straight up, I&#39;d better see a bit of green in the peel! The day I learned I could chuck them in the freezer and save them for baked goods was a joyous day indeed. This dish sounds like the perfect shake-up to my normal morning oatmeal routine.Sarahhttp://braiseandbutter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-52390419742519770532010-02-12T21:29:43.705-05:002010-02-12T21:29:43.705-05:00Rice cereal supreme! It&#39;s such a cool name, almost like a superhero breakfast. Much better sounding than oreo pudding (smooshed oreos with chocolate milk). :)vickyshttp://vickys.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-82942669325953713432010-02-12T12:01:33.218-05:002010-02-12T12:01:33.218-05:00This is great, Jess. Clear, concise, funny, maximally considerate. And the food looks good, too!<br /><br />love you.Mary M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00877128820835902774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-36450077791838097782010-02-11T20:01:02.487-05:002010-02-11T20:01:02.487-05:00Three babies down, and not one of them had a chance to feast on this little number. Guess it&#39;s up to me, then! <br /><br />(BTW, we peel and slice our over-the-top bananas before consigning them to the deep-freeze. Eliminates the slimy black awful bit. Though the world might be a lesser place, without the black alien worm image. Your pick :)mollyhttp://www.remedialeating.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-7549258857459154292010-02-11T01:42:42.098-05:002010-02-11T01:42:42.098-05:00baby food for grown-ups sounds good to me!my spatulahttp://kissmyspatula.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-27817235908834371472010-02-10T11:17:13.388-05:002010-02-10T11:17:13.388-05:00I had to laugh when I read &quot;adult baby food&quot;. As someone who looks after a baby for a living, there have been shamefaced moments where I actually want to eat some of that tasty mush I feed her! Now I can do so with pride, knowing I&#39;m not alone!Monikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055903678500965087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-40150362604139957432010-02-09T22:26:41.590-05:002010-02-09T22:26:41.590-05:00This looks delicious! I have my own &quot;adult baby food&quot; routine in the morning: goat milk yogurt + honey + smashed banana + walnuts. I&#39;ll have to switch this up with some rice cereal supreme!Jadahttp://moodykitchen.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-46118085829379475972010-02-09T21:58:43.706-05:002010-02-09T21:58:43.706-05:00Yum! My problem with hot cereal is that I really don&#39;t want to eat it first thing in the morning - I need to be up at least an hour and a half before I eat anything more exciting than yogurt. And by then, I&#39;m at work! But I do eat hot cereal on the weekend, so I&#39;ll freeze a banana for use on Sunday.jannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684471131160867402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-5607549808753181182010-02-09T18:19:23.321-05:002010-02-09T18:19:23.321-05:00Have you submitted this to food52...it would be perfect for their contest this week!Midtagessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10201163247640753948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-12908640462335424132010-02-09T08:06:58.004-05:002010-02-09T08:06:58.004-05:00I had to school my spouse on freezing the over ripe bananas instead of either a) gagging his way through them since he hates pitching food in the trash or b) pretending it&#39;s moldy so he doesn&#39;t feel bad about pitching it in the trash. Duh. &#39;Just put it in the freezer.&#39; basically saved our marriage. Now he gets awesome banana bread on a whim, and I&#39;ve learned to hide the thawing &#39;naners in a bowl. Under a towel. Because, ewww. They do look like decomposing alien worms. You nailed that one.<br /><br />Now about that oatmeal.....have you stirred a mashed banana into that hot and soothing breakfast? With pecans? Or coconut? Oh dear. You MUST.Katehttp://kateinthekitchen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-54016477422428311132010-02-09T06:07:56.073-05:002010-02-09T06:07:56.073-05:00This is so funny! I love your style of writing and that you managed to mention babies, oatmeal and alien worms all in one post whilst still giving us a great recipe and a handy freezing tip! Thanks! xLilly Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805354926925972312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-90826324438232407392010-02-08T21:27:34.243-05:002010-02-08T21:27:34.243-05:00The opening of this post is hilarious. You&#39;re a great writer. The oatmeal looks pretty tasty too!Elhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03352365482790301497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-51148052111364403222010-02-08T21:21:02.865-05:002010-02-08T21:21:02.865-05:00There&#39;s something about February that just demands hot cereal, don&#39;t you think? I&#39;m wishing I had brown rice cereal in my cupboard right now, but I think I&#39;ll have to settle for oatmeal tomorrow morning. Which is not a bad thing at all.<br /><br />By the way, Jess, my friend Daphna swears by her method for microwaving oatmeal, so I thought I&#39;d share her recipe with you via my little blog:<br />http://lifeloveandfood24.blogspot.com/2008/10/magic-of-oatmeal.html<br />(I hope you don&#39;t mind the link here. I&#39;m always tickled when my readers share recipes with me!)Rosiecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07219527037186545061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-81828329926608460192010-02-08T21:13:12.652-05:002010-02-08T21:13:12.652-05:00This made me laugh out loud several times. Just what I needed.Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07558268586053431057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-23630674070620733122010-02-08T19:40:50.848-05:002010-02-08T19:40:50.848-05:00OMG, I can&#39;t stop laughing. I can imagine the decomposing worm and Eli&#39;s reaction to it /perfectly/. Either that, or my stress levels have peaked and my reaction is really hysteria. Maybe some warm babyfood for grownups is the cure...<br /><br />xx<br />meganmeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750206724376579913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057770631517303937.post-33107926607205814802010-02-08T19:03:58.832-05:002010-02-08T19:03:58.832-05:00hippy-dippy... i love it ;) sounds great. I don&#39;t often eat warm cereals, but this reminded me that I like them and should throw them in the rotation ;)Sarahttp://www.sproutedkitchen.comnoreply@blogger.com