Ok ok I know they didn't ever cost a million dollars. But, they did cost A LOT.
I do admit I still bought them. They are one of 3 fruits my Noah will eat. But they were rationed haha.
Now that they're not expensive anymore, we are buying more of them. Probably a little more than we should be. There is only so much banana bread I can make + have room in the freezer for!
So I thought I'd show you 2 other things we like to do here with our bananas. Aside from a delish banana smoothie, of course.
1. Frozen banana
Yep - just frozen banana. Cut - shove a stick in - pop into a ziplock bag and freeze. I am using the little sticks that came with my tuppercare ice tups.
My kiddos love it just like this.
They're creamy and cold and so good on a hot day {or any day}.
You could get creative and dip these in some chocolate if you wanted. Yum! These work best when the bananas are ripe enough to be sweet and not too soft.
2. Banana ice cream
Literally - with one ingredient. Banana!
Cut up ripe bananas and freeze in an airtight container. Once frozen - place in your food processor or use your stick mixer to blend it all up until it is creamy and smooth.
If after you've blended it it's not super creamy and maybe looks a bit like this
add a little non-frozen banana and whizz it up again.
If it's a bit too soft, pop it into the freezer for a little bit and then you can scoop it out onto mini cones or into a cup.
The kiddos will LOVE this. You could add cocoa powder, cinnamon etc if you wanted to also.
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I must try making the banana Icecream. I remember reading about it in the paper but forgot about it again until reading your post. We make a lot of smoothies but another use for extra bananas is banana pancakes. My kids love them. Mash a couple of bananas, stir in an egg, a few spoons of SR flour, a bit of milk and fry in batches.
ReplyDeleteOh Bianca, I swear they *did* cost a million dollars! Now they're 99c a kilo!! We've been enjoying a lot of banana smoothies lately ;o)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have a go at the 'ice-cream'- I had something similar once years ago from a machine that basically extruded the frozen banana (or other fruits) through it.
here's another simple, yummy (naughty) banana treat http://blog.spottyowldesign.com/2011/10/banoffee-dog.html
Yummo, I have a thermomix and am always making smoothies, Ice cream and sorbet my son has allergies to preservatives and additives so I avoid where possible buying ready made products. I will have to add this to my recipe book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post :-)