Comments posted before the blog moved:
maybepigscanfly said…
How fun! I’ve never had banana pudding either, and now I feel deprived. I hope E enjoyed the desert. Oh and those vanilla cookies you used are too cute!
-Teresa
5:15 PM, May 08, 2007
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Taylor said…
I’m from SC (I think you lived there?), and banana pudding is one of my first memories of cooking with my mother and grandmother. I love it so! Banana pudding = love.
Good on you for making a vegan version for E. I don’t think I would settle for a vegan version, since I eat dairy, though.
5:59 PM, May 08, 2007
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Johanna3 said…
cute dessert! your daughter have a beautiful hair!
8:11 PM, May 08, 2007
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Anonymous said…
I use Anna’s ginger thins when I make my very delicious vegan banana pudding; Anna’s ginger thins are vegan and oh so delicious!
9:33 PM, May 08, 2007
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Veg-a-Nut said…
How cool is that! I grew up with the traditional banana pudding with those nabisco vanilla waffers too. I have not thought about it in years. I love those sesame street cookies. I found them a few months ago. I have them with a strawberry shake (which you can see on my blog) a few nights a weeks or I crush them up with soy delicious vanilla dessert and toasted walnuts or almonds. If you go on their website you can download coupons. I am going to have to go buy some overripe bananas and have this for my Mothers day dessert. Yeepee!
9:37 PM, May 08, 2007
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springsandwells said…
yum yum. banana pudding sounds super delicious. what a nice idea.
12:36 AM, May 09, 2007
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Katie said…
Oh my god. My mom didn’t make a whole lot of things, but banana pudding with vanilla wafers was one of them. I have to try this.
1:51 AM, May 09, 2007
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Alanna said…
Love the extra banana flavor from adding the mashed banana to the pudding itself. Nice!!
6:54 AM, May 09, 2007
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maybepigscanfly said…
I was just looking at the picture of E and I noticed your spice stand in the background. I’ve been lusting for one of those for quite some time now, so I must say I am jealous. Would you recommend getting one? (I definitely use spices/dry herbs a lot!)
thanks,
Teresa
11:26 AM, May 09, 2007
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Anonymous said…
I love banana pudding! It brings back such great memories from childhood! Thanks for the recipe! I have made it before using Mori Nu Mates pudding mix. It is a dairy free powder you blend with tofu and it makes great vanilla pudding for banana pudding. I really want to try it your way though. Maybe that will be this weekend’s dessert. Thank you
11:28 AM, May 09, 2007
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Jen said…
I had never had traditional banana pudding with wafers until I visited some relatives down south! I LOVED that pudding (before I was vegan). I am going to make some of the banana pudding today using your recipe – I want my kids to grow up enjoying that dessert (and have it be a bit healthier, too). I think I can find those crackers at my health food store.
11:48 AM, May 09, 2007
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Ariel said…
Yummmm.. I got hooked on the banana pudding at a local buffet. Hopefully this is close, because most of the food there makes my husband sick, so I don’t expect to be going back anytime soon.
4:27 PM, May 09, 2007
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Webly said…
You’re photos are so beautiful they make a banana hater, me, want to eat it! Beautiful as always.
4:46 PM, May 09, 2007
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Susan said…
My mom used to make banana pudding for my brothers and me all the time. Sometimes she made it with vanilla wafers, other times with graham crackers. I haven’t had it in years, but I’m nostalgic for it now. I also appreciate your healthier version.
5:15 PM, May 09, 2007
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Mary said…
I thought I had commented but I guess I didn’t!
Susan, do you know how this would work for banana cream pie? My boyfriend isn’t vegan and he loves banana cream pie. Think this would work?
7:02 PM, May 09, 2007
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Christine said…
Those Sesame Street cookies are awesome. They come in cinnamon raisin, too… if you’ve never had them, you should definitely try them out. Careful, though; they’re addictive.
7:55 PM, May 09, 2007
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scottishvegan said…
That looks so yum! And I love the little cookies!
9:13 PM, May 09, 2007
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aTxVegn said…
Yum, Susan! I too have fond memories of my mom’s banana pudding, which she still makes today. She uses lots of milk and a carton of cool whip. I hope I can find the cute little cookies so I can try your recipe.
9:37 PM, May 09, 2007
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SusanV said…
Teresa, I definitely recommend getting a spice rack. I actually have 4–and a drawer and that section of the cabinet you can see in the photo are devoted to spices. They really come in handy for finding things fast.
Mary, I think this is heavier than banana cream pie (I haven’t had one in so long), but if you can find non-dairy whipped cream, you can mix it with the pudding just before putting it into the crust. I’d probably use 2 cups of whipped “cream” to make this into banana cream pie.
6:52 AM, May 10, 2007
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Mary said…
I actually have some vegan whip cream. I’ll definitely try that. Thanks!
11:51 PM, May 10, 2007
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Jen said…
I tried to make banana pudding a few weeks ago much like your recipe! Mine ended up a bit… off. Not bad, but something wasn’t quite right. Maybe too much cornstarch? It didn’t have that flavour/texture of the stuff that I remember from childhood. Was yours chalky at all? Maybe I didn’t cook the cornstarch long enough?
Don’t know if you can get them in your area, but Mi-Del makes some delicious vegan vanilla cookies.
9:02 AM, May 11, 2007
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bazu said…
You’ve made me nostalgic too! This is one of the first “traditional” things Daiku cooked for me when we were dating (I was even more deprived than E! I’d never had banana pudding, meatloaf, souffle, New Orleans red beans and rice, gumbo, jambalaya, etc…). I really appreciate your vegan, healthy version- sounds absolutely delicious!
9:06 AM, May 11, 2007
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SusanV said…
Thanks for the link, Jen. I’ve seen the Mi-Del ginger snaps, but not the vanilla. Next time I’ll look in the natural foods store to see if they have them.
My texture wasn’t chalky, but I cooked it pretty slowly over medium heat. It didn’t boil for long, but it had been cooking for a while to get to boiling. I agree that cornstarch can be chalky if it’s not cooked long enough. Also, some soymilk is chalky, so that could be it too.
9:18 AM, May 11, 2007
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Jennifer said…
I’ve made this twice now, and I absolutely love it! Plus it’s quick and easy, and I always have a lot of bananas in my freezer waiting to be used.
2:15 PM, June 11, 2007
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kikiabom said…
There is a story my brother-in-law tells of a friend of his whose grandmother used to make banana pudding. When the boy went off to war he asked his grandmother to write down her banana pudding recipe so that he could carry it with him on the battle field. When his unit was under heavy fire he would take it out and read it in her handwriting and it would take him back to warm, velvety days in her kitchen with the smell of camellias from her garden filling the kitchen and warm banana pudding just pulled from the oven. His grandmother passed away soon after he came back and he kept her handwritten recipe with him to remind him of her.
Some years later he was in New York, still carrying the battered slip of paper in his wallet, when he was mugged. His wallet and the recipe were stolen. He called his mother and lamented that he would never be able to have grandma’s banana pudding again because he had lost the recipe and did she by any chance have it? And she answered, “Why, everyone has that recipe. It’s on the back of the Nilla Wafer box.”
2:57 PM, December 11, 2007
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mustardseed said…
Hi Susan! If I don’t have a big pot for the oven, can I use a 9 X 13″ baking dish? It’s a little shallow but will it work?
10:49 AM, March 11, 2008
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SusanV said…
Mustardseed, I’m afraid you’ll need more cookies and bananas to fill a dish that long. Do you have a large salad or mixing bowl that you could use instead?
10:53 AM, March 11, 2008
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Angela said…
I made it! OMG, I’m so proud that it turned out well, with taste AND presentation: http://tinyurl.com/2utgf3 – For you to see what it looked like. ^__^ Thank you for creating this! You really should be linked to from VegWeb, this is such an amazing recipe. ;_; Oh flashbacks to the days of unhealthy nummies…
8:59 PM, March 28, 2008
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FoodAllergyMom said…
I just ended up here by accident and I’m so glad I did! All fo my pudding recipes for my daughter with multiple food allergies are made with coconut milk…she hates coconut. I have to make strong flavored puddings to cover up the coconut flavor. I always knew it could be done with say milk but never got around to trying it. Thank you so much! I too am having memories of my southern grandma’s banana pudding. 🙂
10:07 AM, April 16, 2008
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FoodAllergyMom said…
I just ended up here by accident and I’m so glad I did! I have a great pudding recipe for my daughter with multiple food allergies but it’s made with coconut milk, and since she hates the taste of coconut I have to make puddings with very strong flavors to cover it up. I always knew you could make pudding with soy milk I just never got around to figuring out a recipe. Thank you so much!!! I too am having fond memories now of my southern grandma’s banana pudding 🙂
10:13 AM, April 16, 2008
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FoodAllergyMom said…
Sorry ’bout that, my first post said it didn’t go through.
2:44 PM, April 16, 2008
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Anonymous said…
Hi,
I made this and it was delicious, however I substituted the (very NOT fat free) vanilla cookies from IKEA because that was what I had on hand and I put a little banana liquor onto the cookies first before layering them into the pudding. I also used the silk lite soymilk and then regular soymilk for the next batch and couldn’t tell the difference. Not for every day certainly but yummy and thanks for the recipe!
4:23 PM, May 12, 2008
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Anonymous said…
god bless *********************
11:13 AM, May 27, 2008
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Jade said…
It was really good! I’ve never had banana pudding before, and it didn’t really sound good. But since I had my wisdom teeth surgery, I could only eat soft things like puddings, jello, ice cream, etc. So this was perfect and it was delicious!
7:04 PM, May 27, 2008
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Anonymous said…
god bless you*******************
12:20 PM, June 11, 2008
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Anonymous said…
I LOVE banana pudding–I make myself a dish of it for my b-day instead of cake. I use almond milk in my pudding, and, if you’re not averse to shopping there, Walmart has 2 different store brand cookies that can be used. One is the “Don’t Forget the Cookies…” and the other is their generic vanilla wafer cookies. The recipes might have changed since I last used them, so check the ingredients, but they are useable and cheap! (Good for a college kid 🙂 )
Also, I make mine at least 24 hours before I want to eat it (if I can wait that long!) The cookies soften and break up so easily. So delish.
4:24 AM, July 18, 2008
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TRICOTINE said…
One of my favorite deserts! All guilt free now! You are so creative! 😉
Thank you for sharing your recipes!
I am celebrating one year of Vegetarianism this week, and I still have so much to learn!
4:39 PM, October 13, 2008
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Anonymous said…
Came across your blog looking for a vegan banana pudding recipe. This looks so good! Really nice to see a MS girl sharing vegan recipes! : )
I grew up in MS but now live in TX.
12:56 PM, January 15, 2009
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The Cooking Lady said…
I know this is late in coming, but I just found this recipe through a blog that got it from another blog. But who cares how I found this recipe.
Since going vegetarian I have not made many dishes, for many of them contained processed foods (which we are trying to let go of, if not curtail greatly).
But cooking from scratch is defenitely for me. I am printing this recipe as I type this and will make it the next time I do grocery shopping.
This is comfort food to the max. Yummo!!
1:47 PM, June 08, 2009
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Amey said…
Hi Susan,
We had a vegan potluck last weekend, and someone brought this pudding along. At first, we all thought “meh, banana pudding… not so flashy”.. but THEN WE TASTED IT! It was a huge hit, and we all wanted the recipe. How convenient that it was right here at FFV! So, thanks for another great recipe. My boyfriend is out of town, but I plan on making this for him as soon as he’s home. He’s gonna looooove it!
thanks susan!
🙂 Amey
7:56 PM, June 19, 2009
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Amber said…
Very good! To the reader who asked if this would work as a pie- the answer is yes. Imagine a black-bottom banana pudding pie. It was delicious!
2:40 PM, July 16, 2009
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