Frozen Cranberry Banana Salads

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Frozen Cranberry Banana Salads

Submitted by southernplate on Thursday, July 10, 200815 Comments

Tea rooms in the south are a far cry from formalized locales where you sit up straight, sip hot tea, and nibble on a scone. In the south, our tea rooms have a relaxed and bright atmosphere. They are filled with smiling ladies gathered together for a special treat of girl time - away from kids, husbands and demands of home. Plates are filled with an assortment of salads: potato, vegetable, pea, macaroni, and chicken or ham usually served inside a fresh buttery croissant. Tea is still drank over ice, served in special stemmed “iced tea” glasses.

While the salads vary by tearoom, I have personally never been to one which did not serve a frozen cranberry salad such as this. Creamy, fruity, light tasting and just the right size when prepared in a little muffin paper, this is the quintessential tearoom must have and a very special treat to enjoy at home.

This recipe came from my husband’s grandmother, Granny Jordan. She was the embodiment of everything a southern lady should be. Practically anytime guests happened by, she was always prepared with a warm welcome and plenty of southern hospitality thanks to these little delights.

Once you make them, simply remove the muffin papers from your tins, pop them into Ziploc freezer bags and have an instant company worthy dessert or special treat for yourself anytime!

As always, the entire recipe is at the bottom of the page. You will need sour cream, sugar, whipped topping, crushed pineapple, two cans of whole berry cranberry sauce, and four bananas. I used light cool whip and light sour cream but you can use whichever type you like.

Drain pineapple well and put in large mixing bowl. Add sugar.

And whipped topping….

Add whole berry cranberry sauce and sour cream.

In separate bowl, peel and smash bananas with fork.

Combine all and stir well.

If I have a lot of cranberry sauce clumps, I use my potato masher after I’ve stirred it a bit.

Line a muffin tin with papers. This will actually take several muffin tins so I use all of mine at once provided I have freezer space to use them at the same time.

Scoop into muffin papers and freeze until hard. While you are waiting for them to freeze, just stick the bowl of salad in the refrigerator and it will be fine.

Pop them out of the muffin tins, leaving them in their papers until time to serve, and place all of the salads in ziploc bags. Freeze!

Frozen Cranberry Banana Salads

1 lg can (20 oz) well drained crushed pineapple

1 pint sour cream

1- 9 ounce cool whip

4 mashed bananas

½ cup sugar

1 cup nuts (optional)

2 cans whole cranberry sauce (make sure you get whole)

(Optionally you can add 1 cup of chopped nuts if you like)

Mix all ingredients well and spoon into cupcake papers placed in a muffin pan. Freeze. When frozen, remove from muffin pan and place in Ziploc bag.

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15 Comments »

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Nikki Miller-Ka said:

Hello there, fellow southerner. I found your blog from the Foodie Blogroll!

There aren’t many of us southern food bloggers around. I can’t wait to come back and compare recipes with you!

- July 10, 2008 at 10:44 pm

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Southern Plate said:

I am so glad you stopped by! Your blog is fabulous! May I add it to my list of favorites? I love how you’ve been “making do” with things on hand, I try to do that as much as possible.
Your recipes will always humble mine!

- July 10, 2008 at 11:36 pm

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Leslie said:

Love it..super simple and delish!
Thanks for you comment on my blog today! As always, thanks for stopping by!

- July 11, 2008 at 12:23 am

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Teresa Cordero Cordell said:

Hello Christy. You have a very pretty site. There is something so gracious about southern cooks. Your site reflects that. I bought this book called “Tea Party” by Tracy Stern and it is just so beautiful, I love it. Thanks for sharing your southern hospitality.

- July 11, 2008 at 4:51 am

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Stephanie said:

Wow, those look great! Simple and fruity and delicious. Definitely going to try that!

- July 11, 2008 at 4:59 am

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Southern Plate said:

Oooh Stephanie, they are soooooo easy and really impressive in taste! I just love having these on hand!
Thank you for commenting!! If I could, I would send you over a batch!

- July 11, 2008 at 1:29 pm

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Christine said:

You’ve just been tagged! Instructions are posted on my blog. I hope you will play along. Mmmm… good ole summer food. Gonna have to try this recipe, my fellow Foodie Blogroll person.

- July 11, 2008 at 3:56 pm

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Katie said:

That sounds really good! A southern tea room sounds like a great place to be. I used to live in AL, but we had an apartment, so no tea room

- July 11, 2008 at 8:29 pm

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Southern Plate said:

Christine: Thank you! I’m on it!!
Katie: I just love your name..~gushes for a moment~ I have a little Katy, who made her grand entrance on my apple pie tutorial I believe (in pics). I wish I could pass these salads out to y’all!!

thank you for stopping by and hope you come back often!

- July 11, 2008 at 9:01 pm

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Leslie said:

Thanks for your kind comments on my red velvet cupcake post!!

- July 12, 2008 at 1:20 am

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Myviews said:

Hello I am jaishree from India. I found your blog from the food buzz!!! Your blog is fabulous! those look great! Simple and fruity and delicious. I love your blog very clear instructions…Thanks for sharing wonderful recepies…

- July 12, 2008 at 5:00 pm

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Southern Plate said:

Teresa, that sounds like a great book!! I have a few southern tearoom cookbooks and always love them! Thank YOU for stopping by! Please come back anytime and let me know if you have any recipes you are looking for!

- July 12, 2008 at 6:20 pm

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Southern Plate said:

Myviews:
India! WOW! I can’t believe I have an international readership now! I am so very glad you stopped by, please come back often and let me know if you have any questions at all!

- July 12, 2008 at 6:21 pm

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Nikki Miller-Ka said:

Yes, yes! Put me on your favorites! You’re already on mine. I make simple stuff, too…sometimes LOL

Isn’t it amazing the places people are that read your blog?! It amazes me every day.

- July 13, 2008 at 2:26 am

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Southern Plate said:

Thank you, Nikki!
I added you to my list! Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, been a busy day!!!
I look forward to keeping in touch, I just love your posts!
~Christy

- July 13, 2008 at 2:31 am