Banana Foster Pie

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Banana Foster Pie
Sauce:
1 1/2 cups caramel ice cream topping
1 tablespoon dark rum or 1 teaspoon rum extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

2 vanilla wafer pie crusts either homemade or store bought

Filling:
4 medium bananas sliced (not too ripe you want them to be somewhat firm but not green either) (NOTE: remember to wash the skin of the bananas well before slicing after all these food scares even things you peel should be washed well before peeling, seems silly I know but you can't be too safe these days)
2 1/2 cups cold milk
1 box 4 serving size banana cream instant pudding and pie filling mix
1 box 4 serving size plain cheesecake flavor pudding and pie filling mix
2 cups whipped topping (thawed)
About 10 to 12 crushed vanilla wafers

In a small bowl, mix all sauce ingredients until well blended; set aside. Make or open pie crusts. In a shallow bowl or even plate coat the banana slices in 1/2 cup of the caramel sauce. Layer the bananas in the bottom of the pie shells. In a large bowl, beat milk and pudding mixes with a wire whisk or fork for about 2 minutes or until thickened. Fold in the 2 cups of whipped topping. Spread evenly over bananas. Refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours. Top pie with a ring of crushed vanilla wafers and top each individual slice with more of the sauce and more banana slices if desired.
Note: If you really love vanilla wafers you can put in a layer of pudding over the bananas and then a layer of vanilla wafers and then top with another layer of the pudding mix.

I posted this to my personal LJ a while back and thought I'd share it here too.

Authentic Greek Salad

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Authentic Greek Salad

Tomatoes, cut in wedges
Cucumbers, sliced
Red onion, cut in wedges
Brine cured Ripe olives
Feta cheese, sliced
Oregano ( optional )
Olive Oil

Put veggies in a bowl with olives on top. Top with feta cheese, oregano and drizzle olive oil over the top. This is a Greek Salad as served in Athens when Larry lived there.

Foil dinners

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This recipe was given to me by larian and we love it. I think you could substitute meats and vegetables too if you like. Cube steak would do well I think.

FOIL DINNERS

1 lb of hamburger, made into 3-4 evenly sized patties.

Potatoes, carrots, onions.

Place each patty onto a large piece of tin foil. (1.5 to 2 ft long or so)

slice a medium sized potato over each. Add sliced carrots and chopped onions to each as you like.

Seal the packets completely.

Place on grill, Cook until done.

Or you can place the packets into a baking pan (13x9 or baking sheet) and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes until the meat and potatoes are done. Be careful opening the packets! They're hot!