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This ain't your grandma's catfish recipe. Inspired by the Best Teen Chef 2009 competition, which featured these flat-headed fishies on the front-burner, we found a recipe that jacks them up with jalapenos and mangos and drizzles them with with lime juice. They're cheap, good for you and, once you pre-heat the broiler, are done in about 15 minutes flat. Check it out in Relish Magazine. Read the whole recipe.

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Looking for something to cook for mom that not only satisfies her breakfast urge, it puts a fun and funky spin on a morning standard? Check out these pancakes, which combine apples, corn meal and maple syrup. Serve with a hunk of cheddar and some toasted pecans on the side and you got yourself the beginnings of a brunch. Happy Mother's Day! Read the whole recipe in the Athens Banner-Herald.

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One in every 200 kids is a vegetarian, estimates a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number might be even higher for older teens. This Philadelphia teen, a football player, is among the vegetarian ranks. Read all about it in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Read the whole story here.

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Skip those fake cafeteria nachos and satisfy your craving for Tex-Mex with these yummy tacos. This quick, easy (and cheap!) recipe satisfies vegetarians and carnivores alike and it features an unusual star: chick peas. Check it out on Recipe Zaar. Read the whole recipe.

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You get home from school, famished as usual, and scrounge around for something to eat. But the cupboards are bare, save for a few pantry staples, and the few bananas in the bowl have definitely seen better days. Not to worry, for you probably have the makings of a killer banana bread. Banana bread is a “quick bread,” in other words, no rising or kneading time is needed. What makes this banana bread rise is baking soda, which you probably have around somewhere. It takes only a couple of minutes to mix up the whole bread, then you just toss it in the oven to bake. OK, you do have to find something to do for an hour while it’s baking. But we think the sweet/moist/yummy/crunchy/wholesome and satisfying product is worth the effort. If a bread isn't your thing, this recipe makes a perfect dozen banana muffins. That takes a bit less time to bake, about 40 minutes or so.

Banana Bread
A Cookin' Teens Original
© Rising Moon Media, 2009

Ingredients
3 very ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups white flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup PLAIN yogurt (not vanilla) or 1/3 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup brown sugar (or white, if you don’t have brown)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt

Optional (but definitely worth it, if you have the items in the fridge)
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 handful chopped walnuts or pecans

To Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan (or muffin tin) with cooking spray, or grease it with butter.
In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the butter and the sugar. Into the butter and sugar combination, add the beaten eggs, sour cream, vanilla and mashed bananas and mix well. Toss in the chocolate chips and nuts, if using, and stir. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt, and then add it to the bowl with the wet banana mixture. Combine the ingredients, but don’t over mix.

Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan. Bake for about an hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean.

Enjoy!

To get a whole bunch of great and easy quick bread recipes in one book, click on the link below for Beatrice Ojakangas' book "Quick Breads.

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