The method and apparatus for coring, filling or stuffing a banana. The apparatus is comprised of a banana cradle that has a base, a trough on one side of the base, a collar attached to the base situated at one end of the trough, a strapping apparatus attached to the base on the other opposite end of the trough from the collar, and a coring device to remove a banana plug from the banana. The trough is sized and shaped to accept an unpeeled banana. The end of the unpeeled banana is cut off. A coring device is used to remove a plug from the interior of the banana. Once the plug of the banana is removed a filling apparatus is used to fill the internals of the cored banana with one or more of the complimentary food items with bananas.