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Paula's gon' bananas and wait till you see some of the sweet and savory dishes Paula's got up her sleeves. First off are some bananas with a twist, with Curry Crusted Bananas. Then she's turning some sweet bananas into a savory Cheesy Ham and Banana Casserole. Finally, watch as Paula tops off the menu with a Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich that is so rich and sweet, you'll want to save some for dessert!
Curry Crusted Bananas - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/curry-crusted-bananas/
Cheesy Ham and Banana Casserole - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/cheesy-ham-and-banana-casserole/
Fried Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich - https://www.pauladeen.com/recipe/paulas-fried-peanut-butter-and-banana-sandwich/
Enjoy Ya'll!
Recipes courtesy of https://www.pauladeen.com
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Here it is.
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I knew it was out here somewhere. Y'all
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look at this dish. You see it's covered
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with bananas? Well, it's covered in
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bananas for a reason because today I'm
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going to be making a curry crusted
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banana. And I'm also going to be making
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a cheesy ham and banana casserole. We're
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going to finish it off with Elvis's
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favorite dish, a fried peanut butter and
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banana sandwich. So, as y'all can see,
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today's show is all about Paula going
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bananas. You don't want to miss it. And
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I have to tell you something else. The
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sandets are so bad here today, we need
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to hurry up and get in the house cuz
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they're about to eat me alive. So, come
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on in and let's go bananas together.
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Let's get going.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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I swear to Peter, I thought the sandnats
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were going to eat me up before I could
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get back in the house. Now, it was
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undercover out there, so I think it's
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pretty clean. I'm just going to wipe it
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out. And I want to tell y'all about this
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cute little bowl. Our friend Greg
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Portman and his wife gave this dish to
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Michael and me for a wedding gift. And I
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have to tell you, I fell in love with it
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the second I opened it. Uh, I think it's
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just about the cutest container I've
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ever seen. So, thanks again, Mr. Miss
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Portman, Michael, and I love it. All
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right, I'm going to put my bananas in
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there. And in case you just joined us,
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today we're going bananas. So, the first
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thing I'm going to be making is a curry
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crusted banana. All you have to do is
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take your bananas, slice it right down
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the middle, and then I'm going to slice
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them in half.
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And you'll want to use
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uh a nice ripe banana. You you want to
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stay away from a real overripe banana
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because you want them to still have some
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firmness to them because we're going to
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bake these.
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I love bananas. It's it's probably my
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favorite of all fruit. And of course,
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it's a little bit more fattening, but
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there's there's so many uh things that
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are good about it. It's full of
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potassium, which is good for your heart.
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We've got them cut. Now, I've got six
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tablespoons of butter that I've melted
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over here on the stove. And I'm going to
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add one teaspoon of curry powder to it.
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And you know, curry is one of those
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spices that I don't I don't use very
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much. But I found that it was just
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delicious in these bananas. You know,
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curry is kind of like oysters and
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chitlins and things like that. Either
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you love it or you don't love it. All
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right. Right. Now, I'm going to pour the
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butter and curry mixture. All right. And
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then over here, I've got two cups of
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corn flakes. Now, these are not frosted.
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You You don't want to use the sweetened
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cereal. So, we're going to take our
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flakes and we're just going to crush
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them with our hand. All right. Now,
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we're going to take our bananas and
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we're going to roll them in our curry
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butter mixture.
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And you'll want to make sure that they
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get totally coated with that butter. You
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know, you when you think of bananas, you
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think of monkeys, don't you? Well, my
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grandmother Paul loved monkeys and they
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owned a motel and grandma had monkeys
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and she had them in a cage out in the
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front by the pool in front of the office
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so that when people were checking in
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they could go over there and visit with
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the monkeys. They were bad monkeys. And
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I used to go to the cage and, you know,
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aggravate them, which made them even
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meaner.
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All right. Now, we're just going to toss
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these in our corn flakes and put them on
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a greased baking sheet. You want to make
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sure that you toss them completely. Get
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them all wet with that butter so that
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that cereal will stick in every spot on
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that banana. And you're just not going
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to believe how good this is going to be.
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And plus, it's, you know, good for you.
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It's something that you would feel good
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about serving your children.
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Now, we're going to put this in a 450
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preheated oven, and we're going to bake
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them for about 10 minutes. You want to
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make sure
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that you don't cook them too long. You
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know, you kind of just want to get them
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hot through and through.
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And look how pretty these are.
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Now, we're going to put these in the
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oven.
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And in they go. And in 10 minutes, we're
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going to have curry crusted bananas. And
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when we come back, I'm going to be
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tasting them. And I'll see y'all back in
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a minute because we're still going
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bananas.
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[Music]
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Welcome back everybody. In case you've
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just tuned in, Paula's going bananas
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today. I'm fixing to take a wonderful
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curry crusted banana out of the oven and
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then I'm going to be sharing with y'all
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a recipe for a wonderful cheesy ham and
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banana casserole.
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But first, I want you to see these
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curried bananas. And I can't tell y'all
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again how wonderful these are with like
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pork chops
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or any kind of pork.
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I love the crunchiness that the corn
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flakes give it.
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So, I hadn't made these in a while.
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They're just as good as I remember them.
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Y'all have to try this quick, simple,
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and easy, and nutritious side dish. All
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right. Well, let's move on to our next
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dish. It's cheesy ham and banana
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casserole. Now, I'm going to start with
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a buttered 13 by9 by two dish.
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I've got white bread that I've trimmed
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the crust on and I have buttered both
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sides of the bread.
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So, we're just going to take our toast
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or our bread. It's not toast yet.
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And we're just going to lay them in the
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bottom of our casserole dish.
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Just like this.
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And then we're going to layer some thin
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thin ham slices across it. Now, this is
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just a deli ham, one that I I bought
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from the grocery store. And we're just
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going to
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layer it over our buttered bread. And
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I'm going to put about eight slices. And
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I'm going to let it overlap. The next
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thing we're going to do is I'm going to
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slice four bananas. So, you can see all
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the different flavors I've got going on
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in this dish. We've got the bread, we've
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got the ham, we've got the bananas. I've
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noticed when I'm out having pizza, I'm
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amazed at the people that order
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pineapple on their pizza,
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which is kind of the same principle that
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this casserole dish is. You know, the
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sweet fruity with the savory.
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And I think that when y'all try this
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recipe that you're going to be
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pleasantly surprised
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how all these different ingredients and
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flavors come together.
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And when you're making this dish now,
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you'll want to make sure that your
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bananas are not overly soft because
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again, you don't want them to turn to
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mush.
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Okie do. All right. Now, we're going to
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top our bananas
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with the last six slices
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of our buttered white bread.
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And then I'm going to come over here.
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I've got four large eggs. I've got one
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cup of heavy cream and one cup of milk.
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All right. I'm going to I'm going to
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whisk our eggs together.
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I'm the messiest, sloppiest cook, y'all.
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Um,
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all right.
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And to this, I'm going to add a little
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ground pepper,
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a little salt,
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and to top it off,
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I'm going to grate in a little fresh
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nutmeg into it. That's going to give it
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just a nice smooth little spicy taste.
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Now, I'm going to layer some other
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ingredients on top of our bread. I'm
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going to layer two cups of shredded
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cheddar cheese. This is interesting,
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isn't it? It's getting very interesting.
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All right. Now, I'm going to come over
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here. I've got several cups of potato
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chips. And these are just a regular
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potato chip. They're not flavored. And
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I'm going to crush them up.
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All right. Next goes on our potato
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chips.
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Oh, yum.
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All right. Now, I've got about six
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slices of a crispy
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cooked bacon.
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Now, I'm just going to
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crush it up. And it's so crispy.
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That That makes that job very, very
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simple. And I'm just going to evenly
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distribute that
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over our potato chips.
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Now we've got our custard and we're just
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going to pour that evenly over all of
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our ingredients.
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This is going to be so good. And
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remember,
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breakfast, brunch, or lunch. It's
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perfect for all three of those meals.
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All right. So, I'm going to get this in
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the oven now. And it's going to bake for
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about 45 minutes,
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and then I've got to take a little
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break.
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Give y'all a chance to get something to
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drink.
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I'm going to show you how we've put a
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little twist on Elvis's favorite
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sandwich.
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[Music]
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Welcome back. We need to get our banana
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casserole out of the oven. Look at this.
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Look, it's just a sizzling.
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Isn't that so interesting? All right,
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I'm going to let this sit here and rest.
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All right,
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Elvis.
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I loved Elvis.
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I just I just think he was the most
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wonderful entertainer of our time. And
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Elvis for all the richness that he was
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exposed to and all the grand places he
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went, you know, his roots really took
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him back to the foods that his mother
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and his grandmother fixed him. He liked
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very simple home cooking. And his
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favorite sandwich, from what I hear, was
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a fried peanut butter and banana
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sandwich. I have made just a couple of
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little changes in Elvis's favorite
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sandwich. I'm going to start by using
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just plain sliced white bread. I'm going
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to take 3/4 of a cup of a crunchy peanut
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butter
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and I'm going to take 3 tablespoon of
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honey.
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Now to our peanut butter and honey, I'm
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going to add 1 and 1/2 teaspoon of
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ground cinnamon.
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All right. Now, I'm going to take our
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mixture
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and I'm going to spread it
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on both pieces of bread.
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All right. And because we're going
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bananas today, we can't forget the
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banana. So, I'm going to take it
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and peel it. And I'm just going to slice
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it onto our bread that's been just
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slathered with that peanut butter
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mixture.
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Now, you can put as much or as little
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banana as you like.
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All right. So, that peanut butter on
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both sides of those breads is going to
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make that hold those bananas in place
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because if you just put peanut butter on
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one side, it wouldn't have um as good a
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tendency to stick as it does with two
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pieces. All right. So, I'm going to
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butter our bread
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to just make sure we have plenty.
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All right.
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And I think I can get a couple more
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sandwiches on there.
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Oo.
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All right. What I'm going to need to do
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is because my heat is not evenly
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distributed, I'll have to take my
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sandwiches and trade places with them so
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that they'll brown nice and evenly.
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Oh, they're looking very, very good.
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And while these are finishing up, I'm
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going to mix together a little topping
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that we're going to roll our sandwiches
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in. And I'm using couple of tablespoons
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of sugar. And I'm going to mix a little
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bit of cinnamon in there. And just toss
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it together.
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All right. Now, we're going to take our
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sandwiches
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and we're just going to toss them
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in that sugar and cinnamon. Oh, yes. We
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managed to make it a little bit more
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fattening.
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This is
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also a great breakfast or a great
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afternoon snack for the children when
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they come in from school.
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They're going to love this any time of
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day they can get it. So, we've gotten
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all of our sandwiches made and now I'm
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just going to cut them diagonally
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and put them on their plate.
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Look at that.
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And I'm just going to prop them up here
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and let everybody come in and help
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themselves to one of these wonderful
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sandwiches.
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All right, I can't wait to taste
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everything.
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Oh, Elvis, don't be cruel, baby.
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So good, y'all. Y'all come on down here
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because we've still got something else
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to taste. Our banana casserole. Oh my
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gracious. Look at that.
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You're going to be so stinking
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surprised.
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When you taste this casserole, it's out
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of this world. I think your family's
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going to love it. I'm going to finish
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eating my casserole and when we come
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back, I'm going to be showing you how to
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put together a quick, simple, and
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delicious
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banana brownie pizza. Kind of sounds
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like a banana split, doesn't it?
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Remember, today Paula is going bananas.
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[Music]
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I want to share with y'all a quick,
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easy, wonderful recipe for a banana
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split brownie pizza. Our marinara sauce
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is going to be made up of one softened 8
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oz package of cream cheese, two
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tablespoons of butter, one of the small
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cans of crushed pineapple that's been
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drained, and we're just going to mix
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those together using a hand mixer.
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So, voila, our marinara sauce. Now,
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we're just going to take this and spread
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it onto our brownie pizza. All you start
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with is a store-bought box brownie mix
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and you've got your crust. Now, for my
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pizza, I'm using strawberries and sliced
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bananas. In fact, move on down the
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counter because I've already got one put
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together that I want to show you. We
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have taken the pizza. We've gotten our
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marinara sauce on there, our
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strawberries, our bananas, and you can
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see that I've configured this into a
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beautiful star shape. Now, to finish it
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off, I'm going to take uh a couple of
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handfuls of chopped nuts. And I'm using
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pecans. And now I'm going to top it off
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with a little chocolate.
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And I'm just going to drizzle
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this with a regular chocolate syrup.
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Using a pizza cutter,
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I'm just going to come in here and slice
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this into wedges. Just like that.
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[Music]
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How's that for a piece of pizza? M.
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[Music]
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You're going to love it.
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I hope that y'all have had a good time
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today going bananas with old Paula. What
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can I say about Elvis's favorite
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sandwich? Try it with the cinnamon and
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the sugar. Gives it a whole different
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twist. And don't miss these curry
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crusted bananas that goes perfectly with
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that piece of pork. And what a hoot is
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this cheesy ham and banana casserole. I
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think it's probably going to be the
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surprise recipe of the day. And if
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you've got extra bananas hanging around,
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don't forget about this banana split
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brownie pizza. It's like eating a your
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banana split and a slice. It's out of
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this world. So, our time is up together
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and as always, I send you love and best
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dishes from my kitchen to yours.
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Go bananas, y'all.
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