Banana Cream Cheese Snack

Never keep bananas next to apples. They will ripen in a New York minute. If you do have some over ripe bananas you can make a great snack. For yourself and a friend with a cup of coffee or tea. Or as an after school snack. Healthy and naturally sweet.

Banana Cream Cheese Sandwiches

1 loaf of date nut bread
8 oz.  brick of cream cheese. ( not pre-softend )
1 1/2  lg, well ripened banana
1 tbs heavy cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract 
      powdered sugar
In a bowl smash the banana together with the cream cheese with a fork, add the cream and vanilla.  Toast the date nut bread in a toaster. Not too dark. Spread the mixture on the toast. Cut into quarters and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Garnish with mint leaves. 

Takes Pork Fingers To New Hights

This recipes takes pork fingers to a new dramatic high on the spicy hot pork lovers list

 Pork Fingers Ole ( hot and spicy)

12  pork fingers med. size of about 5 by 1/2 inches. 
2 1/2 cups  tomato sauce 
 2 tbls of olive oil
 4 cloves garlic chopped
  8 Sun dried tomatoes diced
  1 Spanish onion (yellow) diced
1/2 bouquet of parsley 
2 tsp black pepper
2  tbls salt  
2 tbls of fresh ginger
6 red chili peppers chopped ( hot )  
6 red chili peppers whole     ( hot )
1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper the fingers and place them in a pan and brown in olive oil on all sides.  Pour in tomato sauce, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, onion, black pepper, salt, fresh ginger, chopped chiliis and whole chiliis.    Let simmer for 30 min with cover 3/4 on.  Take off cover and put in balsamic vinegar and parsley for additional 10 min. of cooking.  Check and stir occasionally thoughout cooking process.
         
 This serves 4 and you can put over rice or eat with a hard crusty bread. Using the sauce as a wonderful dip for your bread.