Old-Fashioned Comfort Foods
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
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 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
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
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
