Haven’t any concern of perfection; you will by no means attain it.
Salvador Dalí
In a world of imperfections, it may be exhausting to acknowledge these issues that possibly we aren’t probably the most pleased with. We regularly are inclined to suppose these issues which can be less-than-ideal make us by some means much less as people, or that challenges are an indication that we simply don’t have it ‘all collectively’. Effectively I for one have by no means had all of it collectively (newsflash!), and I surmise not a one in all you studying this has ever felt that method both. Positive there are occasions once we might really feel just a bit extra up to the mark, extra on our recreation. However even in these moments, we’re possible nonetheless conscious of what can nonetheless be finished even higher, what can shine somewhat extra. In any case, enchancment is at all times attainable. However is it at all times crucial? That’s a great thought.
This recipe involves you from the sunlit corners of my imperfect Saturday morning kitchen, on a protracted weekend the place I deliberate to do zero work and take a while to take pleasure in my little imperfect nook of this gloriously imperfect world. After months of coming back and forth (I’m in spite of everything concerned in rising a small enterprise), the fridge was trying somewhat tattered – brimming with the clatter of open jars, leftover containers, and the standard weekly produce that wanted saving.
Everyone knows these nicely intentioned purchases of fruits and veggies on Sundays …..earlier than the week unfolds and it’s exhausting to consider it’s Friday already. These Fridays once we drop our loaded work baggage and go searching bewildered. The place did the week, and all these meals we deliberate, go?
These cookies beg for tremendous ripe bananas – like these ones you obtain that ripened too fast and simply didn’t find yourself in these inexperienced smoothies you deliberate. They’re lifeless straightforward, are oil and flour free, and maintain your fast vitality wants. Plus, they’re excellent for when breakfast must be now. Dreadfully brown bananas are additionally excellent in banana bread like this one. It’s also possible to save them by peeling and freezing for future use in smoothies. Or, you’ll be able to throw these too-ripe bananas within the fridge, nonetheless unpeeled, and wait till you’ve gotten 20 minutes to whip as much as these scrumptious little bites.
First shared a number of years in the past from Hawaii, these infants are the very best tasting purpose to by no means waste one other brown banana (ever). With substances you’ll be able to depend on one hand, I’m fairly certain anybody studying this may be capable to make them with staples already useful in an entire meals pantry. They’re turbo wholesome with hemp hearts, oats, and bananas – they usually encourage the usage of less-than-perfect produce too, which proper about now simply appears price celebrating. I don’t find out about you, however I feel it’s excessive time we used our imperfections as a purpose to rejoice. Life could be fairly darned boring with out them in spite of everything. , these little nuances and vulnerabilities that make you like somebody just a bit bit extra? Or these marks on a home made bowl that make you consider the person who made them. These imperfect issues individuals do within the second that later make you chortle till your sides damage. Eat them, use them, love them, embrace them. Regardless of how exhausting we work, flaws are part of who we’re, and part of life. Let’s rejoice the issues that make us imperfectly totally different. And eat an imperfectly excellent cookie from time to time too. xo
4 ripe bananas, peeled
2 cups fast oats
1.5-2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup hemp seeds
1/4 cup peanut butter (or any nut butter)
pinch cinnamon & salt
Warmth the oven to 350 levels and flippantly oil a flat baking tray. In a bowl, mush up the peeled bananas to a really mashed consistency with a fork, after which add the oats. Combine nicely together with your palms. Add the hemp, peanut butter, chocolate chips, cinnamon and salt and blend nicely together with your palms once more till nicely integrated.
Form the cookies into small rounds, about 2 inches in diameter. Repeat till finished – it is best to have about 20-24 little cookies. Bake at 350 levels for quarter-hour – till simply browned on the underside. Permit to chill and luxuriate in! Retailer in a sealed container for a number of days, or till gone. Be happy to halve the recipe too, relying on what number of bananas you’ve gotten in your palms.
