Recipe #1: Banana Pudding
I started my last year before thirty by making my birthday dessert. I love anything with bananas, but Jeremy is not a big fan so I rarely make banana treats because I don't want to have to eat the whole thing myself. For my birthday, however, I made Banana Pudding, complete with homemade vanilla pudding, vanilla wafers, and whipped cream. It was rich and delicious. Even Jeremy liked it, and it actually was better the day or two after I made it. I made a few tweaks to the original recipe. I used a whole vanilla bean instead of extract and I added the whipped cream on top to make it extra rich for my birthday. I also added a couple more bananas than it called for (to offset the whipped cream, of course)! Here's the recipe if you want to make it.
Recipe #2: Vanilla Ice Cream
I tried this recipe a week or so before my birthday, but wound up with inedible vanilla scrambled eggs. However, after the success of the vanilla pudding in my birthday dessert, I thought that I would give it another try. I'm so glad that I did! This ice cream (really more of a custard) is so rich that you only need a scoop to be satisfied, so we will be eating it for awhile. Judging by the "yums" coming from Jeremy, though, I think he'll be happy to eat it for weeks! Here is the link to the recipe.
Recipe #3: Garlic Kale Pasta
After the first two recipes, I thought that we needed something a little lighter, so I made this kale pasta. It has as much kale as pasta per ounce and you could make it with whole wheat pasta if you wanted to increase the nutritional value even more. It is super simple, and Jeremy and I both thought it was delicious. Here is the link to the recipe.
Forgive the pictures. I'm still trying to figure out how to take a decent picture in poor lighting. But trust me, these three recipes are delicious and definitely made it into our "It's A Keeper" pile. Keep watching the blog for a double Tucker Tuesday this week.
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