Food for Thought

This looks really pretty in a trifle bowl and anytime I make it, it is gone in NO time! I got this recipe from Austin's mom but I think it might originally be a Southern Living recipe (don't quote me on that). My family has been thanking her ever since!

Banana Pudding
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups cold water
1 (3 1/2 oz.) box instant vanilla pudding
2 C (1 pint) whipping cream, whipped (unsweetened)

Vanilla Wafers (I prefer the mini and I don't use generic for this one!)

3 medium bananas sliced and dipped in lemon juice (I usually use 5 and I dip them in some kind of lemon-lime soda)

In a large mixing bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk and cold water. Add pudding mix, beat until well-blended. Chill 5 minutes, fold in whipping cream. Spoon 1 C of pudding mixture in bottom of serving bowl, top with 1/3 each of the wafers, bananas and pudding. Repeat layering twice, ending with pudding mixture. Chill thoroughly and garnish just before serving. Refrigerate leftovers (if you have any).

I have a thing about recipes that ask me to layer stuff - I hate them because I ALWAYS mess it up somehow. I have to look back after every single step, praying that I have done it correctly (and usually I haven't). Luckily it doesn't matter so much for this pudding recipe as long as you end with pudding and you have some layers of wafers and bananas somewhere in the middle!