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Danielle Bean

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Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

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Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural topics. Most recently she has authored The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also employed as webmaster for her parish web sites. …
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Arwen Mosher

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Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their young children Camilla and Blaise. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site is ABC Family. …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

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Robyn Lee is the managing editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is (yikes!) an almost 30 year-old, single lady, living in Connecticut with her two cousins in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law …
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Hallie Lord

Hallie Lord
Hallie Lord married her dashing husband, Dan, in the fall of 2001 (the same year, coincidentally, that she joyfully converted to the Catholic faith). They now happily reside in the deep South with their two energetic boys and two very sassy girls. In her *ample* spare time, Hallie enjoys cheap wine, …
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Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr John Bartunek, LC, STL, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and …
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Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Elizabeth Foss

Elizabeth Foss
Elizabeth Foss, an award winning columnist for the Arlington Catholic Herald, published her first book, Real Learning: Education in the Heart of My Home in 2003. The book is now in its third printing. Her popular blog, In the Heart of My Home is a source of inspiration and support for Catholic women …
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Adorable Produce Adds Fun to Snacktime

I'm sold on baby bananas

Are these “baby bananas” not the cutest snack you’ve ever seen?

I know from the comments on Arwen’s recent apple post that many of you are passionate about produce.

But have you tried these?

When I saw a small package of these baby bananas for sale at the supermarket the other day, I could not resist. I bought them and handed them out for snacks that very evening.

They were an instant hit. Just the right size for smaller hands and appetites! A fun way to experiment with new foods!

The interior of these fruits was soft and sweet, though the flavor was a bit different from the much larger bananas we are used to eating. One of the kids said they tasted like peaches while another said they were more like apples.

Either way, I think I will not be able to resist buying these little cuties again.


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We have seen those mini-bananas in the produce aisle & thought they were cute (can fruit be cute?).  We bought some mini-watermelons at the farmer’s market this past weekend for $1 each & they were a hit.  Just right for a small snack.

 

They really are cute. Do they taste like a regular banana ?

 

We used to grow little bananas like these when we lived in Florida.  They weren’t too tasty, but fine for baking.  I bet they have newer varieties now that taste way better.

 

These were the size of bananas we used to it when I was growing up in the Philippines.  I did not really encounter the larger variety until I came to the States.  We would buy this by the “piling” or bundle and eat them up before the days end.  In the islands, we went to market every day for breakfast, lunch & dinner.  The fruits, eggs and meats were always fresh.  Thanks for showing this….brings back wonderful memories…...

 

Google recipes that call for plantains.  My husband makes an amazing curry that uses these mini-bananas in a tomato gravy that was a giant hit at one Thanksgiving pot-luck.  Fried plantains are also fantastic.  In Puerto Rico (on vacation) we ate plantains in so many ways imaginable—fried, baked, stuffed, and in soup!


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