Banana Oatmeal Green Monster- Sneaky way to get veggies in your diet

June 12, 2012 By

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I like vegetables, I really do.  BUT, if it weren’t for these green monsters, I would definitely not be eating enough.

If you’ve got a child who doesn’t eat his/her veggies (or you don’t) this is the perfect way around it.

I promise you, you can’t even taste the spinach in this.  If it helps, you could always close your eyes while you drink it. ;)

Your kids will probably think it’s cool.  Remember when Heinz came out with green ketchup?  I remember when it first came out, I was so excited and I just had to get some.   I felt pretty cool eating it.

 

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This is the same concept… only a smoothie, not ketchup.

Don’t be scared, it’s just spinach.

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Banana Oatmeal Green Monster

Ingredients:

  • 1 frozen banana, cut into pieces
  • 1 cup milk of choice
  • 1 huge handful of spinach
  • 1/2 cup oats
  • Sweetener, to taste (I use Stevia)
  • Ice cubes to desired consistency
Directions:
  1.  Blend all ingredients in a blender.  Easy.

 

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Double Banana Cream Pie from Scratch

August 9, 2011 By

double banana cream pie from scratch

What do you do with 4 completely overripe, disgustingly brown bananas?

My first thought is always banana bread, but banana bread is so boring.  Plus, nobody can make banana bread like my mom.  I remember the first semester of my freshman year of college, my mom would make banana bread for me when I came home.  I would wait in anticipation while the smell wafted from the kitchen and ask, a million times of course, “Is it done yet??” When it finally was, it was well-worth the wait.
But since I wasn’t up to the challenge of topping my mom’s banana bread, I settled for making banana cream pie.  In my house, we’ve always used the box mix pudding to make cream pies, but I wanted to do it all from scratch. I searched for recipes, but all of the banana cream pies used vanilla pudding for theirs and I wanted banana pudding, so I adapted.  It turned out really well!  I added extra vanilla to my whipped cream to contrast the strong banana flavor in the pie and it tasted great.  I really loved the ‘piece-y’ texture of the pudding and the sweetness of the pie was complimented well by the semi-salty crust.  If you can’t tell, I really liked it.  You will, too!
P.S. I’m switching to collages for my step-by-step photos to make my page load faster.  I went to Numion, an online stopwatch to see how long it takes websites to load, and mine took 12 seconds, so I’m trying to cut that down a little bit!
What food does your mom or someone close to you make that can’t be beat?
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      This pie is adapted from Food.com.
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Double Banana Cream Pie from Scratch
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Recipe type: Pie
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Ingredients
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 overripe medium bananas
  • 2 ripe (but still firm) bananas
  • 1 9 inch pie shell, baked
  • whipped cream

Instructions
  1. In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour, and salt; stir in milk and mix well.
  2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and comes to a boil; boil for 2 minutes.
  3. Remove from the heat.
  4. Stir a small amount of cream mixture into egg yolks; return all to saucepan.
  5. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from the heat.
  6. Add butter and vanilla; mix well; allow to cool slightly.
  7. Beat the two overripe bananas into the pudding mixture until texture is fairly smooth.
  8. Slice the remaining 2 ripe bananas and place evenly in pastry shell; pour cream mixture over bananas.
  9. Cool; before serving, garnish with whipped cream.
  10. Refrigerate any leftovers.

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