Carpe Diem
What does is mean to you?
Carpe is from Latin and means "You pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather, to eat food, to serve, to want", but Ovid used the word in the sense of, "enjoy, seize, use, make use of".
Diem means Day.
Seize the Day.
Live now.
Next time you eat try to enjoy your food with all your Senses.
Touch
Smell
Listen
Look
Hear
And then Eat
This is Mindful Eating
To be present
To be now
Ingredients:
6 Tbs. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room
temperature
1 cup/225g sugar
2 or 3 very ripe bananas, coarsely mashed
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1⁄2 cup/119ml buttermilk
2 cups/250g all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1⁄2 tsp. salt
3⁄4 cup/100g coarsely chopped walnuts, pecans
or hazelnuts
Directions:
Preheat an oven to 350°F. Grease and lightly flour a
9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the
flat beater, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until creamy,
about 1 minute. Add the bananas and eggs and beat until smooth. Add the
buttermilk and beat just until combined.
In a bowl, stir together the
flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, salt and nuts. Add the flour mixture
to the banana mixture and beat just until combined. The batter should be
slightly lumpy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Pour the batter into
the prepared pan. It should be no more than two-thirds full. Bake until the loaf
is dark golden brown and dry to the touch and the edges pull away from the sides
of the pan, 55 to 60 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center should come
out clean. Let the bread rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn the loaf out
onto a wire rack and let cool completely. Cut into thick slices to serve. Makes
one 9-by-5-inch loaf.
Storage Tip: Wrap the bread
tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temperature overnight or in the
refrigerator for up to 5 days.
