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Fruit Salad w/ Banana Bread Croutons from the Resident Chef's Kitchen

By Mark Horan

Real Estate Broker/Owner with Resident Team Realty, LLC & Toni's Property Management LLC BK3055881

July 03, 2013 04:23 AM

Ingredients:

4 Pieces of Banana Bread Without Nuts

1/2 Cup Vanilla Coffee Syrup

1/4 Cup Fresh Mint Leaves Chopped

Your Choice of Fresh Fruits

(Some Suggestions: 1 Fresh Pineapple Cut into Chunks, 1 Quart Fresh Strawberies Sliced, 1 Mango Cut into Chunks, 2 Bananas Cut into Slices, 2 Kiwis Cut into Chunks, 1 Apple Cut into Chunks, 1 Pear Cut into Chunks, 1/2 Pint Raspberries, 1/2 Pint Blackberries, 1 Orange Cut into Chunks)

Method:

On a baking sheet pan, butter banana bread and cut into crouton sized squares.

With buttered side up, place baking sheet pan under broiler in the oven and broil until croutons are browned and crunchy.

Mix vanilla sytup and mint leaves together and set aside.

Mix all fruits together and toss gently without squeezing any juicy fruits.

Pour the syrup over the fruit and gently mix.

Top with croutons and enjoy!

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Mark Horan

Broker/Owner

Resident Team Realty LLC & Toni's Property Management LLC

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Helen and Larry Prier- Re-Max Gateway - Residential Real Estate

RE-MAX Gateway- Residential Real Estate Sales - Anacortes, WA

Anacortes & surrounding Skagit & Island Counties

Hey, What a great recipe. I bake banana bread all the time with walnuts but my next batch will be without the nuts and i will try this recipe.

Jul 03, 2013 04:40 AM

Hella Mitschke Rothwell

(831) 626-4000 - Honolulu, HI

Hawaii & California Real Estate Broker

Mark: My grandson is now hungry, and wants to have us prepare this recipe. His name is Michael and he is 7 years old. You now have a fan! Happy 4th of July.

Jul 04, 2013 12:51 PM

Gabrielle Kamahele Rhind

KGC Properties LLC, Tucson Property Management & Real Estate - Tucson, AZ

GOOD MORNING MARK! Now this is something different with the banana bread! YUM!

Jul 04, 2013 09:15 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I never would have thought to make croutons from banana bread! Brilliant! I usually bring fruit salad to family parties....the next one I make will have croutons!

One time when I was making the fruit salad I cut open a melon and it was bad. This left me short for fruit. I used the only thing I had to replace it....a jar of frut juice sweetened peach slices. OMG....hit of the party. Everyone was commenting on the peaches in the fruit salad. Who would have guessed!

Jul 05, 2013 12:41 AM

Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties

Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN

The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Mark, This looks and must be simply delicious. I will have to try it.

Jul 05, 2013 02:51 PM

Resident Team Realty, LLC & Toni's Property Management LLC - Saint Cloud, FL

"The Resident Chef" - Resident Team Realty LLC &

Thanks for the comments all. This is out of my cookbook and seemed appropriate for the Fourth of July weekend.

Jul 08, 2013 12:04 AM

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