Simple Goodness.

In need of a quick mid-week dessert? I was in Wal-mart picking up a few things tonight and was asked to make banana pudding, I sighed gave them a hard time and told him to go get the ingredients. He came back with Jello instant vanilla pudding, bananas, nilla wafers and *gasp!* cool whip. Really? If I'm going to take a page out of the Semi-Homemade cook book I'm at least going to make my own whipped cream!!

Nilla Wafer Banana Pudding Topped with fresh Whipped Cream
Ingredients:
* Vanilla Pudding- I used Jello Vanilla the big box.
* 3 cups milk
* 1 cup Heavy Cream
* 1tsp Good Vanilla Extract
* 1 1/2 tbsp powdered sugar
* 1 Banana
* Nilla Wafer cookies

*Before you start place a metal bowl and whisk attachment for your mixer in the fridge so its cold when you need it for making the whipped cream*

1. Mix the Vanilla Pudding. Simply follow the directions right on the box. No need to use a mixer just use some muscle! (1 packet of dry mix + 3 cups of COLD milk)
2. You will see the pudding thicken as you mix. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to set up. When topping with plastic wrap place the wrap on top of the pudding to avoid the pudding from forming a skin.

3. In a chilled small mixing bowl and with chilled beaters, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until soft peaks form.

Now isnt that better than out of a tub? No oil, or artificial preservatives. YUM!

4. Grab two glasses, I used tall wine glasses. Place a small dollop of whip on the bottom of each glass top with Nilla wafers. I used 4 wafers broken in half in each glass. Top with a layer of pudding, 6 slices of banana, whip, pudding, banana, whip. Garnish the top with crushed wafer a banana slice and a full cookie. 

With the size glasses I used this made about 3 desserts, but could easily be made smaller to feed more if you are entertaining. 

**To make WLS friendly use SF pudding, and use splenda or truvia in the whip instead**

Happy Hump-Day...Enjoy :)

<3 Laura