Five Friday Favourites

It's Friday people! Yippee.... I saw this on Pinterest and thought of you...

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Ok, enough fooling around. Here's what rocked my world this week.

1. As I'm sure you've probably noticed I love a good bake! And I love everything about The Great British Bake Off. I can't believe we're at the final already, Ruby for the win!

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2. Have you heard the new Kings of Leon album Mechanical Bull? It's insanely good, I can't get enough at the moment. Beautiful War is my favourite track....but then I'm a bit fickle about these things, my favourite track can change depending on my mood, the day, the weather......

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Bull_(album)

3. Speaking of weather, it's been really rainy and cold in Bristol this week (which is obviously not a favourite thing of mine). However Autumn/Fall weather brings these pretty leaves soooo, I'll take the wind and the rain for now.

4. Last night J.P. and I hit up Grillstock on the Triangle, for our All American meaty dinner. And it was mighty fine. I got the 1/4 grilled chicken, which was really succulent and tasty. J.P. plumped for the burger with pulled pork, I may or may not have been a little jealous.

Everyone sits at one big table. We got there just after 7 and managed to get seats without too much hassle but if you're planning on going as a group I would definitely recommend getting there early. We watched quite a few people queue after we sat down.

5. And finally, because I made it through another working week, I treated myself to a new Essie Polish. It's called Twin Sweater Set, and I'm in love. This lighting doesn't do it justice, it's a much darker, richer red in real life.

What's made you smile this week? Happy Friday everyone x

Food | Rainy Day

Take one very rainy autumn Sunday,

Add three questionable bananas,

And you get.....the easiest, yummiest banana bread.

This could not be simpler, open this recipe. Put your flour, sugar, eggs and marg in a bowl, yup, all at the same time.

Give 'em a good old mix with a wooden spoon.

Next mash your very sorry-for-themselves banana's. Ideally you would have four of them, but the recipe works fine with three.

 And stir the banana's into your mix.

Pop into a loaf tin. I got mine from Tesco and these handy liners from Lakeland. If you don't have liners just rub a bit of marg on the inside of your tin to prevent any sticking issues.

And then into your pre-heated 180 degree oven for approx. 1 hour. I know mine looks a little burnt....it's actually fine in real life, even so, don't worry if it "catches" quite a bit of colour on top.

Finally slice, butter and sit down with a cup of tea. Admire your baking skills, be thankful you're not outside in the rain and start your countdown to Homeland.....