Comfort Food

While John was taking a nap I started working on part of my culinary contribution to the Easter meals I have been invited to... banana pudding.

Unlike my last endeavor to make banana pudding, this time the pudding set up. From what I tasted from the leftovers in the pot, it should taste good...new recipe.

I liked this recipe, in spite of it being from Texas, because it used a lot of bananas, had humor, and used cream of tartar in the meringue.

I will find out tomorrow if I have a favorite banana pudding recipe.

Jacene

Yes, I am cheating and just adding to this post as an update. The banana pudding was good, a little too thick but that could be adjusted by adding a little milk while cooking. I think I will keep the Texas Lady's recipe and modify as required. I have leftovers in the fridge so the people at work will be happy tomorrow!

Jacene (04/12/09)

Easter Egg Time!

Today we dyed eggs. I had a small sick child helping me but we powered through. He can't quite understand why I won't let him play with them all over the house and why I want to keep them in the fridge. He is also concerned that I will eat them all. I promised that I wouldn't, although I will eat some. :)

Jacene

Easter Rhinos and Hippos?

Ok, I didn't even make it to the round cookie cutters. John selected the hippo and rhino cookie cutters instead for our Easter cookie making extravaganza. First, yes we are odd and have hippo and rhino cutters (they are John's favorite animals). Second, yes even though we switched to animals we were still going to decorate them with pastels and Eastery things.

I was able to make and bake all of the cookies but was running out of time before my dinner guests were going to arrive and had the brilliant idea to make a little decorating event for dessert. I made about 2 dozen cookies and had them laid out on trays with sprinkles and M&Ms at the ready. I didn't make the icing beforehand because I wasn't sure how fast it would set up and the directions said to use immediately.

Dinner over. Icing made. Most of it I left white but tinted some with gray food coloring...yes, I have that too. I really like to bake. :) Anyway we all had fun decorating and eating the cookies. By the end of the evening there were only 5 cookies left. Most everyone ate the cookies as fast as they could after placing the last M&M. I was amazed at how much sugar we could all ingest at one time. Wild animal Easter cookies may not catch on for everyone but they may be making more visits in the future for me and John. Yum!

Jacene