Chicken Long Rice

Ingredients

• 1 Whole Chicken
• 1 Onion
• 1 C carrots sliced
• 1 C celery sliced
• Long Rice (bean thread), 1 pkg
• Chicken Base, 2 tbsp
• Ginger, crushed, 2 tbsp
• Garlic Powder, 1 tsp
• Ground Ginger, 1 tsp
• Water, to cover chicken

Instructions

1. In a pot, boil chicken until soft; save broth for later use; run chicken under cold water and shred into large container.
2. In another large container or mixing bowl, soak long rice in hot water until soft; drain water and cut long rice (with a scissors).
3. Add water, chicken base, ginger, onions, carrots, celery, and seasonings to shredded chicken; Bring to a boil.
4. Add Long rice and simmer until soft.

Banana Bread

The best bananas to use for banana bread are those that are over-ripe. The yellow peels should be at least half browned, and the bananas inside squishy and browning.

Ingredients

3 very ripe bananas, peeled

1/3 cup melted butter

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

1 cup sugar 

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

White chocolate chips

pecans

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F, and oil and lightly flour 3 - 3x5.75-inch loaf pans.

2 In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas.

3 Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.

4 add desired amount of chocolate chips and pecans.

5 Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pans. Bake for 30 minutes at 350°F, or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

6 Remove from oven and cool completely on a rack. Remove the banana bread from the pan. Slice and serve. (A bread knife helps to make slices that aren't crumbly.)