What to do with too many bananas?

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  • crazybookworm
    crazybookworm Posts: 779 Member
    Slice them up and freeze them in a tupperware container. You can then bring them out and at anytime and blend them up with a splash of milk (any milk), you then have instant low calorie ice cream! I like to add some peanut butter to mine, makes the ice cream really creamy.

    :flowerforyou:

    This^^ Or you can always toss them in smoothies.Google recipes that suit your tastes. I also make banana cookies. You mix 2 mashed bananas and a handful or two of rolled oats, and bake in the oven. You can even toss in berries or cranberries like this recipe: http://www.blogilates.com/recipe-index/healthy-desserts/easiest-healthiest-cookie-recipe-in-the-world

    You can also make banana bread or muffins :)
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Banana Bread!

    X1000000000000000000!

    DO IT :love:
  • HealthWoke0ish
    HealthWoke0ish Posts: 2,078 Member
    Agree with all the "freeze 'em" suggestions. I buy red-banded (super ripe or over ripe) bananas and peel and freeze them in gallon sized ziploc bags. I have three full bags in my freezer right now, as a matter of fact. The frozen banana thickens any smoothie or shake you use them in. It's so good. After a workout, I do one cup skim milk, one frozen banana and one scoop (or whatever the recommended serving size is) of chocolate flavored protein powder. If I have extra calories to "spend", I'll put in a spoonful of peanut butter. An easy smoothie I like is a cup to a cup an a half of water, a 1/4 of frozen orange juice concentrate, a frozen banana, and a handful of frozen mixed berries. I don't overblend the shakes or smoothies because they lose their viscosity as the blending process goes on and I prefer a thick drink. Also, I prefer to leave the bananas whole (as opposed to cutting them up) so it's easier for me to "measure" them for calorie counting purposes. :)
  • Leigharev
    Leigharev Posts: 9 Member
    Another fan of the ice cream. I just blend the frozen bananas in my Vitamix and nothing else. It makes a delicious soft serve ice cream.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    BANANA BREAD. Here's the recipe from Chef Bo Friberg's book, The Professional Pastry Chef: Fundamentals of Baking & Pastry.

    http://www.soapmomskitchen.com/2011/08/best-ever-banana-bread.html

    YOU'RE WELCOME.
  • MagicalLeopleurodon
    MagicalLeopleurodon Posts: 623 Member
    Freeze them after slicing :)

    Throw them in smoothies, mash them in oatmeal, bake muffins, drizzle melted dark chocolate over them, bake them with cinnamon and sugar and top with whipped cream....

    I love nanners ;)
  • kirstineu
    kirstineu Posts: 51 Member
    foday I hve just mad Banana and Oat buscuits - that was the only 2 ingredients!!! I guess you could add chocolate chips and or peanut butter etc. but they were brill as they were!
  • theCarlton
    theCarlton Posts: 1,344 Member
    Freeze them and them make ice cream with them. 1 frozen banana, 1tbs peanut butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and 2 tsp of cinnamon. Blend together and eat straight away! Enjoy! delicious healthy ice cream.

    This. I can't do dairy, and bananas form a creamy frozen treat that is just like ice cream. I don't add flavors to mine most of the time, but a little cocoa never hurt :smile:
  • Carol_Magee
    Carol_Magee Posts: 69 Member
    Yummy!!
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Freeze them and them make ice cream with them. 1 frozen banana, 1tbs peanut butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and 2 tsp of cinnamon. Blend together and eat straight away! Enjoy! delicious healthy ice cream.

    This. I can't do dairy, and bananas form a creamy frozen treat that is just like ice cream. I don't add flavors to mine most of the time, but a little cocoa never hurt :smile:

    Cocoa? Definitely trying this! *Adds cocoa to shopping list....* :flowerforyou:
  • gallingers06
    gallingers06 Posts: 43 Member
    take a couple of bananas, blend until smooth, add 1 & 1/2 cups oats blend. Add any fun ingredients you would like to give a little flavor. I add a tsp agave nectar for a little sweet, chopped dates, flax seed, almonds, dried cranberries or cherries. The banana, oats and agave nectar are just the platform. Feel free to add what you like to them. Spoon drop onto greased cookie sheet (pam spray)Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes about 12 cookies :smile:
  • agoofynut
    agoofynut Posts: 101 Member
    Like others said, banana ice cream. I did 1 frozen banana (cut into slices before freezing), 2 tsp nutella and 1 tbsp peanut butter.
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    I have a Yonana machine and the kids prefer that to ice cream. You can do almost the same thing in a blender but you'll probably have to add some milk or other liquid to get it to blend.
  • dkoroschetz
    dkoroschetz Posts: 67 Member
    I slice them, put a little reduced fat creamy peanut butter on them and a little squirt of fat free chocolate syrup and then freeze on a tray. Once frozen I place them in a container. Then I pull one out when I want a little sweet snack!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    they make fun social sexual events.
  • violinkeri
    violinkeri Posts: 212
    I definitely agree with freezing them! A suggestion...if you wait to peel and freeze them until the peels are browning, they are sweeter. but i learned the hard way to peel them BEFORE you freeze them...
  • Fatandfifty3
    Fatandfifty3 Posts: 419 Member
    Banana Curry
    http://australian.food.com/recipe/banana-curry-vegetarian-136234

    freezing is great but do use within 1 month after that they are a bit ... ooo... um.... turd like!
  • DorisR184
    DorisR184 Posts: 471 Member
    Yum! Bump!
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    How is it possible to have too many bananas? o.O

    Yes, we have no Bananas!
    Because they're eaten all up!
  • Ivey05131980
    Ivey05131980 Posts: 1,118 Member
    Bump for later! Banana's are my fave!
  • kokaneesailor
    kokaneesailor Posts: 337 Member
    Anyway, like I was sayin', banana's is the fruit of the land. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, banana-kabobs, banana creole, banana gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple banana, lemon banana, coconut banana, pepper banana, banana soup, banana stew, banana salad, banana and potatoes, banana burger, banana sandwich. That- that's about it.
    :wink:
  • RM10003
    RM10003 Posts: 316 Member
    I'm in love with this recipe lately. Best when your bananas are getting quite ripe. And you can bake it ahead of time and just heat up a serving in the morning.
    http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Baked-Oatmeal-365069
  • dietingdanni
    dietingdanni Posts: 65
    Thanks so much to everyone. I cut and frozen half of them this morning ready for smoothies and ice cream, funny how I forgot you can freeze fruit. For the rest of them I can't wait to try some of the receipes, particularly the oat and banana cookies and muffins.
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Due to social events in my hall at uni i have ended up with loads of bananas.
    The mind boggles!
  • theWinchester
    theWinchester Posts: 68 Member
    Slice them up and freeze them in a tupperware container. You can then bring them out and at anytime and blend them up with a splash of milk (any milk), you then have instant low calorie ice cream! I like to add some peanut butter to mine, makes the ice cream really creamy.

    :flowerforyou:

    oh and add chocolate powder/syrup and get chocolate ice cream. Frozen bananas are also great for smoothies.
    Make sure you freeze them before they ripen any more the longer they sit out the stronger the banana flavour.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Eat them and throw the skins onto a pavement in a busy pedestrian thoroughfare, video the results and upload to YouTube for your 15 seconds of fame before the next 'big thing' comes along to satisfy those with the attention span of gnats.

    Or just do the smoothie thang.
  • kosuski
    kosuski Posts: 62 Member
    *bump* Some great ideas--I've done the ice cream thing before--but never thought to add anything in.
  • Peanutbutterx
    Peanutbutterx Posts: 332
    healthy banana bread - wheat flour, applesauce instead of oil, raisins and walnuts :)
  • moonmistmm
    moonmistmm Posts: 178 Member
    Bump-a-roo!
  • Jen800
    Jen800 Posts: 548 Member
    freeze them and make pb and banana icecream

    make 2 ingredient cookies (banana, oatmeal)

    use them in smoothies

    make frozen banana peanut butter wheels

    so many things!

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