Sherry & Jesse's Kitchen

MOM'S BANANA BREAD I got this recipe from my Mom.  I'm not sure where she got it - her Mom or her Mother-in-law?  One day I'm going to remember to ask her these things when I call her. My mother made this frequently when I was a child.  It's the first baking recipe I made on my own when I moved in with Jesse.  My baking skills are not the best, but this is an easy one for me.  I, too, have made it frequently through the years. Whenever we have bananas in the house, it's inevitable that a couple start to get too ripe before they are eaten, so we toss them in the freezer.  Every six months or so, I have enough to make some banana bread.  Most of the time, I have enough for three loaves.  Today, only had enough for two.  Any ripe bananas will do, they do not need to be frozen.  I find that 3 bananas makes 1 cup of mashed bananas. Today I made only loaves.  In the past, I have made loaves and muffins.  It's as simple as filling a tray of muffins ins

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP WITH HOMEMADE EGG NOODLES This is my version of chicken noodle soup.  The homemade egg noodle recipe is my Grandma Agnes', who taught it to my Mom (the daughter-in-law who learned a lot of cooking techniques from her mother-in-law when she was young and newly married to my Dad).  Mom then passed it on to me.  It is a fond memory of my childhood and it was a tradition when my kids were young to go to Grandma Audrey's and make this soup and she would help them make the noodles (like I did when I was a kid).  Now I make it for my family and someday hope to have my grandkids over so I can teach them (although, I will wait patiently for that as my kids have awhile to go before being ready for that). I normally use a chicken or turkey carcass to make the chicken stock, but didn't have any on hand.  What I did have was a bag of frozen boneless chicken breasts.  So, I thought, why not? You can make your soup any way you want to, if you have your own