Pineapple and Banana Bread Pudding

One night my dad came home from work with five loaves of bread-white, wheat, sourdough, bagels, and pita. So I decided to make bread pudding with a slight twist since there were some bananas and pineapple lying around.

Serving Size: 8-10

Ingredients

• 13 slices of sourdough bread
• 1 cup of butter, melted
• 6 eggs
• 1 can (20 oz) pineapple, drained
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream or half & half
• 2 bananas, mashed
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place bread on cookie sheets and bake for 4 minutes on one side and 4 minutes on the other side.

In a medium mixing bowl blend eggs together until smooth.

Add brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla extract, heavy cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, pineapples, and bananas.

Arrange one layer of sourdough bread on the baking pan.

Pour half of the melted butter onto the first layer of sourdough.

Add the banana egg mixture on the first layer of bread

Add the second layer of bread and pour the rest of the melted butter onto the bread.

Add the final layer of the banana egg mixture.
Optional: You can sprinkle some cinnamon and nuteg on the top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Cactus Pear Smoothie

Serving Size: 3

Ingredients

• 3 cactus pears
• 1 banana
• 1 tsp honey
• handful of ice
• 1 1/2 cup of milk
• handful of spinach (optional)

Directions

Store bought cactus pears usually have the spines removed already. But if not then here is a link on how to take the spines off.

http://www.wikihow.com/How-to-Eat-Prickly-Pear-Cactus

Add the ice, banana, and honey in the blender.

Wash the cactus pear and cut both ends off.

Make a slit down the middle of the pear deep enough that it almost hits the center of the fruit.

Begin peeling off the outer layer of the fruit.

Begin straining the juice into the blender. I used a spoon to press the pulp against the tea strainer.

Add the milk and spinach. Blend thoroughly. 

Optional: You can add a sprig of mint.