Banana

Bananos con Salsa de Naranja (Bananas with Orange Sauce)

9 comments August 5, 2011

Hi Guys, After a wonderful vacation with family, good food, beach and sun, I am back and I’ve started the week cooking delicious recipes. I can’t wait to start sharing them with you. Colombia is one of the top producing and exporting countries of bananas. We also love cooking and eating them. Today I want [...]

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Banana Clafoutis

12 comments April 25, 2011

Clafoutis is a popular French dessert and this Banana Clafoutis is just one variation of this delicious custard. I also have another couple of Clafoutis recipes, here and here. This dessert is so easy and simple to make and you can play with seasonal fruits. I usually have ripe bananas lying around, and I hate [...]

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Banana and Chocolate Crisp

14 comments February 27, 2011

Crisps are one of my favorite desserts because there are so many variations and wonderful ways to prepare them. This Banana and Chocolate Crisp is absolutely delicious. I loved the combination of textures in this dessert, smooth bananas with melted chocolate and a sweet, crunchy, nutty topping. Enjoy it!

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Banana Bread Pudding

15 comments November 23, 2010

I’m often thinking about an easy dessert that I can whip up when there are no sweets in the house and a craving hits! Well, this banana bread pudding required little time to prepare, was easy to make, and tasted great! So, if you like bananas and bread pudding, you should not be disappointed with [...]

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Banana-Pecan and Dulce de Leche Upside Down Cake

36 comments June 10, 2010

Hola everyone, If you are searching for that one great banana cake recipe, the one that will always impress people, taste great, is easy to throw together yet so hard to mess up, then this is the cake for you. A couple of weeks ago I was feeling guilty about the ripe bananas sitting on [...]

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Banana, Coconut and Pineapple Cake

40 comments March 26, 2010

This is a moist and delicious cake! It is fantastic on its own, so I didn’t want to make a heavy frosting. A simple drizzle of condensed milk on top was the perfect touch for this Banana, Coconut and Pineapple Cake. This cake is very simple to make and as you know, I am not [...]

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Soupy Rice with Powdered Beef (Arroz Asopado con Carne en Polvo)

12 comments September 14, 2009

This rice is a very simple Colombian recipe to which some of my fondest memories are attached, as it was one of my grandmother’s favorite lunch dishes. She would eat it with a banana and red tomato on the side, just like in the picture. We Colombians love to eat bananas with soups and believe [...]

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