The Best Easy Banana Pudding Recipe

I love banana pudding. Mmmm. Made some for Easter dessert and it's almost gone. I may just have to make another batch! Here's the recipe. It really is easy quick and easy, and the result is absolutely delicious!

My Best Easy Banana Pudding Recipe

2 boxes Jello vanilla instant pudding
3 cups cold milk
3 bananas
about half a box of vanilla wafers
1 carton Cool Whip

In a mixing bowl, prepare pudding by whisking the pudding mixes into the milk. Peel and slice the bananas and stir into the pudding. Gently fold in about half of the carton of Cool Whip. Cover the bottom of a pretty glass serving bowl with the vanilla wafers and stand a few wafers upright around the edges (so they show from the outside). Pour in about a quarter of the pudding mixture. Add another layer of vanilla wafers and stand a few up around the edges. Pour in about half of the remaining pudding and repeat a layer of vanilla wafers. Pour in the rest of the pudding, add some vanilla wafers around the edges and then top with the remaining Cool Whip. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour, preferably a few hours or overnight. Serve.

This is so very creamy and rivals homemade banana pudding. You can substitute the cooked version of the pudding if you prefer; just cool a bit before adding the bananas and the Cool Whip. You could also use a pie crust of your choice (graham cracker or a regular baked pie crust), leave out the vanilla wafers and make an easy banana cream pie instead.

Let me know how you like it!

Spring Ahead to Easter

Seems like we just had Leap Day, now tonight we "spring ahead" for an extra-early daylight saving time. Easter is sneaking up on us quickly, too, so it's time to mention my Pink Pickled Eggs recipe again. Have you tried it? If you or your kids can't get past the "pickled" part of the name, call these gorgeous pinkish-purple eggs something else, like Real Pretty Pink Easter Eggs That Taste Good, because they are!

Have you planned your Easter menu yet? Will you have Easter brunch or a big Easter dinner? If the thought of planning makes you want to tear your hair out, you probably could use this guide to A Stress Free Easter Holiday. Lucky for you (and me) it's an e-book, instantly downloadable, and, as one of those cute little marshmallow peeps might say if it could talk, it's "cheep!"

And, if you need a special activity to help your children understand the importance of Easter, consider making Resurrection Cookies with them the night before Easter Sunday. It's a great way to teach them why Easter is really cool, and the cookies are good, too.