Strawberry Banana Bars

We had a bunch of bananas that were entirely too ripe to eat. What do you do with a bunch of bananas? And some strawberries that froze in the refrigerator because it was too cold.

Strawberry Banana Bars! 

1 1/2 Cup pecans

1 1/2 Cup coconut flakes

3 ripe bananas

1 tea. vanilla

1/2 tea salt

Strawberry Jam (feel free to use some out of a jar)

2 Cups strawberries

2 tea. honey

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Blend the pecans in the food processor to make small pieces. Mix with 1 C with 1 C of the coconut flakes, mashed bananas, vanilla and salt. 

2. Transfer mixture to a square pan. Bake 25 minutes. 

3. Heat the strawberries and honey in a saucepan until the strawberries break down.

4. Remove the pan and pour the strawberries over top, then top with the remaining 1/2 C pecans and coconut flakes. Bake another 10 minutes until topping is golden brown. 

The original recipe recommends serving cold, but Steve liked it warm, with sherbet. 

We also had sloppy joes and sweet potatoes last night. It was really good, but we didn't have much leftovers! I'm not sure if I doubled the recipe last time - I definitely will next time. It eliminates the leftover "half" peppers, too! 

I ran 9 miles today, so I'm going to award myself with a slice of pizza for lunch.