Finding comfort in baking, and a vegan friendly recipe for banana scones

            I believe that honesty will get you very far in life. You should always stand up for your values, you should always be yourself, and you should follow your heart, even if people advise you not to.  You will never be able to please everyone! But if you maintain a positive and honest relationship with yourself and constantly strive for goodness; then I believe that it just might be possible to have a great a deal happiness in your life. 

          So there’s an old idiom that you might have heard maybe once or twice in your life that goes a little something like this, “Practice what you preach.” You know this saying? Well so do I; but I don't always practice what I preach. Especially when it comes to living a life that’s free of judgment and insecurity. Sometimes I find it hard feel comfortable in my own skin. Sometimes I back down from my opinions because I am afraid of the judgment I might face, and sometimes I find it hard to do things in public that make me look silly (well except after a few glasses of wine, because then I just don’t care about of any of that).  

         Then sometimes there are just those days when all of this just makes me feel really sad and angry with myself! I mean its my life! There are so many good things in it, and I should be happy living it everyday, no matter what. 

But sometimes I just let things get the best of me. 

So what if my pants don’t fit the same everyday! 

And so what if I like to eat chocolate when I’m stressed out! 

And so what if my hair cut makes me look like Justin Bieber! 

And so what if this mean lady told me that she’s glad there are vegetarians in the world, because they will give the omnivores something to eat after the apocalypse! (True story, I met a potential cannibal.)

I should just be happy to be alive!

There is noting wrong with being a Justin Beeber look-a-like who likes to eat sweets and may potentially get eaten alive by some scary lady one day!

There just isn’t! 

Everyone should just feel comfortable with who they are. 

         Whenever I start to feel like this I like bake, it clears my head. So today I made some banana scones. I like to consider this my go-to comfort recipe, probably because its simple and I always have overripe bananas on hand. I have made it several times without fail, and I am sure that as long as I have bananas there will be plenty of these scones made in the future. I mean I’ve got to find comfort in something, even if it is just my tried and true recipes. Food makes me feel happy, and that's perfectly okay! 

What you need: 

This recipe yields about 8 scones.

• 1 stick vegan butter, very cold and cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup nondairy milk of choice (I like almond milk)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 Tbsp sugar, plus more for dusting
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 bananas, cut into rough cubes

What to do:

1. Preheat your oven to 400º.  
2. In a food processor combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  
3. Add the butter and pulse until the chunks of butter are roughly pea-sized.  
4. Add the milk and pulse a few more times until it starts to come together.  
5. Add in the bananas and pulse until the dough comes together, adding a little more flour if your dough is too wet from the bananas. 
6. Using a greased 1/4 measuring cup scoop out the scones onto a greased baking sheet.
7. Sprinkle the tops with sugar, and maybe a little cinnamon.  
8. Bake for 20-25 minutes.  
9. Serve warm or at room temperature with honey, butter, jam, peanut butter, or just plain. 
10. Enjoy yourself! 

Music that makes you feel good about yourself... Nina Simone! 

This recipe was adapted from this website.