Old-Fashioned Comfort Foods
A favorite banana bread recipe from my grandmother made with ripe bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, and nuts. Serve this quick bread with butter or cream cheese spread for breakfast, brunch, a mid-day snack, or dessert. This banana bread recipe has a light, delicate crumb and has quite a bit of banana flavor because you use … Read more
A homemade banana bread recipe made with those leftover bananas that would otherwise be thrown away. This simple recipe uses pecans or walnuts for added flavor. In the summertime, fruit can go bad quicker than expected. With food costing more and more, this is an easy recipe to use up over-ripe bananas and avoid tossing … Read more
Try these homemade banana nut muffins made with ripe bananas and chopped walnuts. Serve these quick and easy muffins warm for breakfast or brunch with butter or cream cheese. Nothing beats the aroma of fresh baked muffins wafting from the kitchen on a weekend morning. If they last long enough you can send them along … Read more
A fresh fruit salad recipe made with bananas, strawberries, oranges, and grapes and topped with sour cream honey dressing. Serve this fruit salad for breakfast or brunch as an accompaniment to pancakes, waffles, or scrambled eggs. Do you ever just browse the fresh produce section at the grocery store and scoop up a beautiful package … Read more
A summer fruit salad made with oranges, bananas, and pineapple and sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar and shredded coconut. Serve in individual parfaits for breakfast or brunch or make one big salad in a large glass serving bowl. Sometimes when the heat and humidity reaches a certain point, warm foods just don’t sound that good and … Read more
Try this creamy banana smoothie recipe made with fresh bananas, cream, and orange juice. This quick and easy smoothie recipe is a great breakfast choice for a busy morning on the go. Make this for breakfast, brunch, or an after school snack. It is filling and helps get you through the day without feeling tired. … Read more
This delicious strawberry banana smoothie recipe uses fresh strawberries, bananas, milk, and vanilla yogurt. Quick and easy, this smoothie recipe is great for breakfast on the go. Sometimes you just want something different to start your day and a smoothie can fit the bill. Fresh strawberry and banana are two of my favorite flavors combined … Read more
A moist banana buttermilk nut bread recipe made with sugar, eggs, bananas, chopped nuts, and fresh buttermilk. This easy banana bread recipe is special because the buttermilk inside makes a very moist delicious bread. Baking a quick bread is one of my favorite things, as the heady aroma fills the kitchen and will surely get … Read more
A fun fruit pizza recipe made with chocolate chip cookie dough for the crust and spread with cream cheese. Strawberries, grapes, bananas, and kiwi fruit garnish this sweet dessert. Since this recipe is fairly simple, it is a good one to have your children help you with. You slice the fruit and let them arrange … Read more
A banana muffins recipe with a special raw sugar topping that brings out the sweetness of the bananas and adds a nice sweet crunch to the muffin tops. Serve these banana muffins warm with butter for breakfast or brunch. Finely chopped pecans add a nice complementary flavor to these muffins and the raw sugar partially … Read more