Sticky Banana, Walnut and Date Bread

Where oh where has September gone?

My blog now has abandonment issues. The last few weeks have been crazy, but if you asked I actually wouldn't be able to pinpoint exactly why. Just a combination of work, multiple uni assignments and admittedly a little loss of my blogging mojo. It wasn't until I flicked back to my earlier posts that I realized in four days, I would have had this blog for exactly one year. One year! Seriously, where's the time gone?

No-Bake Date Pecan Cranberry Bars

Up until a few years ago, I didn't like dates.  As a kid, I would think of them as giant raisins, a cousin to prunes, and that alone was enough to put me off.  But it's true that as you grow up and grow older, your taste buds change, foods that tasted horrible before may undergo a miraculous transformation on your tongue and you find that you actually really like them.  I can put a number of things in this category: broccoli, oatmeal, angel food cake, red bean soup, brussel sprouts, fresh coconuts, and of course, dates.  (I sound like I was a horribly picky eater as a child, don't I?  Oh dear.  Is it too early in this blog to be honest?)