Banana-date muffins + more

I caught the midnight baking bug last night!!!! In dire need of a study break, I used the excuse of two overrripe bananas in the fruit bowl to make these yummies. 

Banana and date muffins

My version - makes 12 ordinary sized muffins and about 8 mini muffins

2C self raising flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp all spice

1/2 tsp cinnamon

125g pitted dates, chopped (I only used about 100g - about 6 medjool dates because that's all I had)

1/2 C brown sugar

1/2 C water

1/2 C milk

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 C mashed banana (about two large)

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 160C (fan-forced) and grease muffin trays.

2. Sift flour, soda and spices into a large bowl. Stir in sugar and dates.

2. Mash bananas in a bowl, add eggs, water, milk and vanilla and combine.

3. Add wet mixture to dry and stir until well combined (but not over-mixed).

4. Spoon mixture into muffin tray, sprinkle tops with more brown sugar, demerara sugar and/or nuts/seeds and bake for 16-18 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

5. Let sit in tray for 5 minutes then cool on wire rack. Enjoy!

So these are pretty good! The texture is a little different to ordinary muffins probably due to the lack of oil or butter but still very moist and light. A nice study snack :) Would add some nuts (or even dark chocolate chunks.. mmm) next time.

Okay now for some other stuff I've eaten...
Seedy toasted Costco bagel with cottage cheese and smokey bbq sauce.

Spinach salad...

With carrot, mushrooms, beetroot, wholegrain mustard and kimchi hiding underneath.

 Butter flavour Quaker instant grits with some lemon-pepper salmon stirred in with broccoli and cracked pepper on top! Added some garlic-chilli sauce later too.

Fruit salad :)