I made a nice simple gingerbread last week and with the weather getting a little bit cooler tonight, I’ve been thinking another simple quick-bread might be in order. The carambola tree (Star Fruit) in the back yard is still full of sweet, ripe fruit, so this recipe for Star Fruit Bread seems like the logical choice.
Carambola Bread
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp white wine
- 2 cups carambola, mashed
- 1 cup chopped coconut
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter, and then mix in eggs.
Blend in white wine and carambola. Stir in flour mixture, blending thoroughly and then stir in coconut.
Spoon into a well-greased 8½ x 4½ x 2½ inch bread pan.
Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Posted in Food & Cooking December 2nd, 2007 by Angie | No comments
All this talk I’ve been throwing into my blog about Lap Band and scales and losing weight made me think I should probably give my readers a link to a good holiday survival guide while I am at it. If I’m going to advocate starting the healthy eating BEFORE the holidays, I need to at least pass along the tools to help make it possible.
Dr. Roger Gould just put a Holiday Survival Guide on his site that offers personalized info on fighting emotional eating and holiday weight gain. And, any of you who have an issue with emotional eating know that it is particularly tricky around the holidays. The triggers tend to be more bountiful. Dr. Gould is one of the foremost authorities on the subject of emotional eating.
His Shrink Yourself interactive online program is all about finding out why you eat. It’s more than just a diet or a menu program. When you learn why you eat, you are able to lose weight and keep it off. Give it a look now, before the holidays set in and you find yourself filling up in order to fill emotional space.
Posted in Health & Beauty December 2nd, 2007 by Angie | 1 comment
