Week 3 of the great Ellie Slim Down was my choice for the recipe. I was ready for a good for you dessert so I picked Ellie's Banana Cream Pie (pg 276). I love regular full fat and calorie banana cream pie so I was hoping this healthier version would be able to fill my pie cravings.
See? I poked it to see if it would hold together. Nope. I did make a yum addition to a chocolate banana pie smoothie though.
I attempted to follow the recipe and make the graham cracker crust from scratch. But when it came out of the oven, it was way to thin and I knew it wouldn't hold up to the pie. So I cheated a tiny bit and used a pre-made crust. I was going to buy the reduced fat version but Tom Thumb only had 1 and it was cracked and crumbly. But seeing as the regular version only had a few more grams of fat, I didn't really worry about it.
I got a little banana happy and ended up putting too many bananas in the pie. Normally this wouldn't bother me since I love bananas, but the pudding to banana ratio was too much for the pie and it overfilled a little.
At first, I wasn't that impressed by the pie. It was just mediocre banana pudding in a graham cracker crust. It was good but wasn't that good. The next day however, omg! It was so delicious! The flavors had mingled and the pudding was set even more. I can definitely see me making this again. After the overnight sit, it was a close second to the original. Delicious!
Someone looks a little put out that he's not eating the pie.
Next week will be Sweet And Sour Brisket (pg. 18). I love brisket so this should be good!
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Your pie looks very yummy. Personally I am not a banana fan but hubs is and he loved the pie! Great pick this week!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
This looks great! You can never have too many banana slices! You doggie is too cute.
OMG, this looks amazing!! I'm seriously contemplating making this tonight, despite the fact that my parent are away on vacation and I won't have anyone else to enjoy this with me.... Maybe I'll make it tonight...
Ow, do you have any idea what I can use instead of graham crackers? They are not available here !!
P.s. My book arrived yesterday, I'm so happy!! Everything looks so delicious!
Cb- thanks! I'm glad your hubs enjoyed!
Food librarian- you're right! Thanks!
Marthe- you could probably use any type of cookie you like or even a regular pie crust. Hope you enjoy!
Your pie looks great. Thanks for the b-day wishes for my little guy. I am glad you are looking forward to the brisket!
yum!! i love pudding pies!
I'm glad you ended up liking it. Nothing worse than a disappointing recipe. Good choice!
I really want to try this pie, yours looks great. Your dog is so precious too:) Our dog looks at us the same way when we don't feed her, like she's a starving puppy and how dare we eat people food and not give her anything.
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