Easy Banana pudding

Sweet tooth craving!

Are you looking for an easy dessert that so delicious and serves several?  This recipe might be for you.

I pkg. instant pudding made according to directions( I add a little more milk then what is called for).

2 or 3 sleeves Graham Crackers

2or 3 sliced or diced bananas 

Large container of Cool whip or heavy whipping cream

Layer a 13x9 glass baking dish with Graham crackers 

Note:  if you enjoy a heavier base use two layers of graham crackers.

Using a wire whisk blend milk with instant pudding until pudding starts to thicken.

Mix in bananas 

Gently place pudding mixture On top of graham crackers.

Place dish in refrigerator for several hours to have the pudding set.  Remove and Top with Cool whip and a handful of crushed graham crackers.

Refrigerate overnight or several hours.

Enjoy!

 

Whole grain banana muffins

A great cupcake /muffin recipe given to me from a friend.

Kind of a lazy day So I copied the recipe in photo form hoping you can read it.

My friend is gluten free and used pumpkin instead of bananas.

Enjoy!

I iced mine with a cream cheese icing and topped with a few pieces of pecans and brought them to my neighbors as a Sunday gesture of kindness. 

Serving them plain would be fine for your morning coffee or tea!

 

Baked apples

Welcome to fall.  I have many recipes using Apples.  Here is one of many.

 Note: I used Gala apples for this recipe but Pink lady as well as many other apple varieties can be used.

I wouldn’t use  a Delicious Apple because it is more of an eating apple as opposed to a baking apple.

Enjoy!

Fall easy any day dessert.

6 washed and cored apples.  Use small spoon or apple corer to 

Remove seeds.

Place washed apples in a square baking dish. I used a 9”x9” glass baking dish.

Fill pockets with approximately 1 tsp. Brown sugar and Sprinkle of cinnamon. Top with pat of butter.

Note: you can also add chopped pecans or walnuts to inside too!

Boil 3/4 cup water.  Place carefully into baking dish next to apples.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes without over baking.

Spoon juice over apples and serve alone or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!

Sausage and Italian bread stuffed peppers

Good Day everyone!

I just read a beautiful article about love.  It touched me very much especially today because even though I have had no desire to bake or cook most recently my hubby was a little bit under the weather because of his recent oral surgery. 

A small gesture of kindness to those who we love is good for the soul. 

 Soft healthy meals.  Baked oatmeal today! French toast yesterday.

Small kind gestures speak mountains about what love is.

In a few days some pasta with either butter and Italian cheese or I’ll run a light amount of sauce to the pasta. Soups for sure.

Being in today playing nurse inspired me to do a little cooking for me as well.  I have lots of ingredients that I should be using and have been in such a slump so today's a good day to make a few meals to freeze.

So we both win!  I’m staying in so I’ll keep busy while he sleeps.

French toast yesterday, baked oatmeal today and this for me because playing nurse makes me hungry!

I don’t have an exact recipe for today’s meal on hand but do have one on the blog.  If you would like the recipe link let me know.  

Stuffed peppers.  Make them anyway you might enjoy them.

Mom's Italian meatless bread stuffing is the best.

 Check out my Italian bread stuffed peppers.  They are delicious!

 My grandfather on my mom's side of the family was from Naples, Italy and my grandmother was from Yugoslavia or now as it's referred to as Croatia. So combining flavors and favorites I am sure are how her recipes were created.  She passed these recipes on to her children of which my Mom was the 4 child out of 7 children.  Three daughters and 4 sons.

Today's version I didn't use a special recipe just ingredients I knew were in the stuffing my mom would use for her stuffed green peppers. Personal preference today would be red peppers.  Sweeter and not bitter as a lot of green peppers seem to be today.

I used an Italian bread stuffing for the larger pepper.  Several slices of Italian bread broken.  One egg beaten, butter and onion sauté and added to the bread, salt, pepper parsley and lots of Parmesan grated cheese .  Ps.  I ran low on Pecorino Romano so Parmesan will do.  I added Milk to hold all together.  The consistency should be workable and easy to spoon into the peppers.

 NOTE:  I separated the bread stuffing into two small bowls and added cooked Italian sausage to one of the bowls.(I used already cooked ground sweet sausage)

After rinsing and drying the peppers I removed all seeds out of the large and small peppers   

I filled the largest pepper with the yummy bread stuffing.

I used 15 oz. can Kirkland brand organic sauce to which I added crushed garlic and some dried basil.

Place some the seasoned sauce in your casserole dish, then place

Your  stuffed peppers. Add the remainder of sauce on top and a pinch of salt and pepper.

Top with lots of grated Pecorino Romano or Parmesan cheese.

 Cover and bake at  350 degrees for 60 minutes. 

Yes I tasted them both and they both are delicious.  My favorite is the meatless one but I’ll eat them all as well as my family.

Enjoy!

 Moms bread stuffing recipe and I added some hot Italian sausage to part of it.

From my kitchen to yours,

 

 

Taco casserole

I get bored very easily with the same recipes made the same way using the same pan so today I'm making my taco casserole in a bundt pan. It's a first try using this type pan.

1 lb. ground beef
1 pkg. taco seasoning
4 oz. softened cream cheese
1 cup light sour cream
1 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese
1 cup medium salsa or more(save 1/2 to top casserole after baking)
I to 2 pkg. soft tacos (small) 10 in package
Bundt pan

Cook beef until browned. Drain any grease and add 1 package taco seasoning and Cook  according to directions on package.  Add 1/2 cup salsa to beef.  Set aside.

Soft taco casserole made in a bundt pan.

Directions:

Spray bundt pan generously with cooking spray.  Layer (4) 10 small soft tacos first then cooked seasoned taco meat, shredded cheddar cheese, soft tacos, cream cheese and sour cream mixture and so on.  I used 1 package small (10)soft tacos .  I think 1 1/2 packages would be fuller. Bake covered 30 minutes at 325 degrees.  My pan was a dark pan so if you are using a regular bundt pan without coating you probably could bake it at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.  Remove from oven and allow to set as is for 5 to 7 minutes.  Turn onto large round platter and top with salsa and cheese while warm.  Cut with a serrated knife and serve with a pie server or spatula.  Enjoy!


I made an iceberg lettuce salad to serve with it.

Extra salsa and sour cream too.