Life Skills| Don't Throw It Out!

Introduction to the basics of the life skill of how to find second uses for things you think may just need to be thrown out - to help you out when you are trying to save money.  Life skills take time to learn and implement; especially when you are new to living on your own – check out the life skills series so we can all work together to conquer this thing called “adulting”.

Recipes:

Banana Bread/Muffins

INGREDIENTS
1 cup sugar
½ soft butter
2 eggs

1 ½ cup mashed bananas (3-4 bananas)
½ cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla

2 ½ cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix first set of ingredients till butter is soft and creamy - Add second set of ingredients
3. Blend in third set of ingredients till it is all moist
4. Grease bottom of bread loaf pans or muffin tins
5. Fill loaf pans or muffin tills 2/3 of the way up
6. Bake 1 hour for loaf pans or 18-20 min for muffins or till toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle
7. Cool 10 min – loosen sides and remove from pans and cool on wire racks

Leftover Bread Garlic Bread

INGREDIENTS
Sliced old bread
Soft butter
Garlic (fresh or powder)

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 400
2. If you are using fresh garlic mix in about 1 tsp to 4 Tablespoons of butter
3. Butter each side of the bread and lay on a baking sheet
4. If you are using powdered garlic, after you butter sprinkle on the powder on each side
5. Bake for 7-10 min or till it is nice and crispy

Leftover Bread Bread Crumbs

INGREDIENTS
Sliced old bread

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Lay each slice of bread on a baking sheet
3. Toast 10+ min till it is toasted all the way through
4. Cool bread then break up to fit inside your blender
5. Blend till the bread looks like crumbs
6. Store in an airtight container

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