extra ripe medium bananas • all purpose flour • sugar • unsweetened cocoa powder • vegetable oil • cold water • baking soda • regular white, or white wine vinegar • salt • semisweet chocolate chips
bag of ziti (or rigatoni) • (22 0z) jar of pasta sauce • olive oil • butter • Italian sausage (4-5), casings removed • dried basil • garlic, minced • mozzarella shredded • white wine • grated parmesan cheese • can diced tomatoes (flavoured or not, your choice)
stewing beef (or boneless beef chuck in 1 1/2 pcs • salt, divided • ground pepper • all-purpose flour • Approx 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (may need a bit more) • garlic finely chopped • finely chopped sun dried tomatoes • large onion, halved and sliced (I used Spanish onion) • yellow potatoes cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces • carrots, cut into 2 inch pieces • red wine • beef broth •
olive oil • container fresh mushrooms (chopped or sliced) I use cremini • medium onion, finely chopped • red pepper, diced • minced garlic • chicken broth • chicken breasts, cut into 1/2 inch cubes • chopped lemongrass (see note above) • fish sauce • Worcestershire sauce • salt • half and half cream •
squares unsweetened chocolate melted in the microwave or a bain Marie, cooled • sifted cake flour • salt • softened butter or margarine (I have never used margarine for this recipe but it says you can) • firmly packed light brown sugar • eggs • vanilla • full fat sour cream (the short stack container) • boiling water • for cocoa frosting : • whipping cream (35% heavy cream) • confectioners sugar •