Home » Food and Drink »  Festival Cusine »  Smiling Bananas- a Recipe

Ingredients:

1 banana

pumpkin seeds

fruit leather

dried apricots

oranges

cherries

raisins or currants

pineapple rings

1/4 cup shredded coconut

3-4 drops food colouring

Method:

1. Peel a banana and cut it length-wise. 2. Place one half, cut side down, on a brightly coloured plate for a smiling mouth. 3. Add a row of pumpkin seeds and cut a piece of fruit leather for a tongue. 4. Use two dried apricots or mandarin orange slices for eyes and add cherries and currants or raisins for the eyeballs. 5. Pineapple rings can be arranged above the eyes for eyebrows. 6. For hair, mix the coconut and food colouring together in a small bowl, then arrange it above the eyes. 7. Place a banana or pineapple slice nose in the centre of the plate.