Bread-making, nature walks, and dream places

So far this summer, the only productive thing I've done is eat, lol. When I arrived home, my mom bought four cakes from Ikea! Strange, right? You wouldn't expect them to have yummy food, but they do! And the cakes are amazing!! True, true, true!

Sizzling Rice Soup -  it actually sizzles! Really good, but a little salty T_T

Chicken Mu Shu

My family also made bread together! It was a super fun and delicious process~~ This is a braided bread with --of course, due to the Asian-ness of my family, and due to our lack of cinnamon-- red bean paste and raisins.

It's rising! How cute and round~

Putting red bean paste and raisins on!

Braiding it! Braid, braid, braid~

Baked with egg-wash, and now a beautiful gold color!

Now for a random side--I really wanna go visit Moomin Anti-loneliness Cafe! It's a cafe in Japan. If you don't wanna go to a cafe by yourself, it'll totally be okay to go to Moomin, because they provide you a "date"! You get your own over-sized stuffed animal to have coffee and cakes with! OMG! I wanna go. T___T Aren't they so cute?

Image credit: CNN article

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Have you guys ever baked something before? If so, what would you consider your greatest accomplishment? hehe :)

Freshly Made: Heathy Little Banana Bread

1/3 cup coconut oil

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1/4 cup agave

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 cup mashed bananas (about 2 ripe bananas)

1 1/2 cup wheat flour

1/4 cup (vanilla) protein powder 

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup hot water

1/4 cup mixed nuts (crushed)

1. preheat oven to 325F

2. mix the wet ingredients with the wet, and dry with the dry; meanwhile add the baking soda to the hot water

3. add the dry ingredients into the wet; then pour in the baking soda-water mix

4. pour into bread tin

* altered from AllRecipes.com's Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread recipe 

If you guys try, let me know! Hope you enjoy this healthier banana bread! I have a big slice for breakfast, and it's super good! Try putting some peanut butter (or nut butter) on top~~