Banana Muffins

 ¹/₂ cup butter or margarine, melted

1 cup sugar

2 eggs, slightly beaten

2 large ripe bananas, peeled and mashed

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla

2 cup flour

¹/₂ tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

¹/₂ tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 400°.  Combine butter and sugar, mix in eggs, bananas and buttermilk.  Stir in the rest of the ingredients.  Pour into greased or lined muffins cups and bake for 15-18 minutes.  Makes 2 dozen muffins.

Banana Bread

 ¹/₂ cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup bananas

1¹/₂ cup flour

1 tsp soda

¹/₄ cup buttermilk

¹/ ₂ cup chopped nuts, optional

Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs and flavoring and mix well.  Add bananas.  Combine flour, soda and salt, mix in creamed mixture.  Add buttermilk, mix well.  Fold in nuts. 

Bake in a greased loaf pan at 350° for 1 hour.

Contributed by Sharlene C.

Coconut Banana Treat

1 qt milk

¹/₄ cup chocolate syrup

¹/₄ cup peanut butter

2 bananas, mashed

1 tsp. Vanilla

Combine all ingredients and mix well.  Serves 4.

Monkey Juice

1 qt milk

1 banana, mashed

1 tsp vanilla

1 Tb sugar

Combine all ingredients and mix well.  Serves 4.

Banana Slush

3 cups sugar

6 cups water

1 large can frozen juice concentrate

6 tsp lemon juice

6 mashed bananas

1-46 oz can pineapple juice

Combine sugar and water.  Bring to a boil and cool.  Add juices and bananas and freeze until slushy.  Add 1 qt lemon-lime soda and serve.

Green Smoothie

1 bunch green leafy vegetable of choice (such as green leaf lettuce, spinach, chard, kale, collards)
1 – 2 cups water
1-2 cups frozen berries
Fruit to taste such as pears, peaches, apples, oranges
1-2 Bananas or 1 avocado to make it creamy
ginger, lemon, parsley or, stevia to taste

Put greens in blender add water.  Puree until smooth.  Add remaining ingredients and additional water if necessary.  Blend until smooth. Drink immediately.