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How to ripen bananas… FAST!

A few weeks ago, I made banana cupcakes for a friend’s event. That morning, I started gathering supplies only to realize, I had forgotten to buy extra bananas the week before so they would be over-ripe for my cupcakes. I did some research and discovered how to make my bananas over-ripe.

Strawberry Shortcake Trifle Recipe

Try this classic trifle recipe when you are in need of comfort food.

Guilt-Free Chocolate-Banana Shake

Growing up, my mom would occasionally make me a chocolate banana shake for breakfast. She did it the tradional way of using ice cream. Now that I’m older and have had two children, I can’t have too many full-fat shakes. This weekend, I made a shake that tasted exactly the same as those shakes my…

Pumpkin-Banana Bread

Last week, I had some over-ripe bananas. I decided I could either make plain old banana bread, or come up with something new. I decided to try something new and I now have a new favorite form of banana bread. Ingredients: 3 ripe bananas 1 1/2 C pureed pumpkin 1 C softened butter 2 ½…