Need Healthy Banana Recipe!

Banana bread - not sure how healthy it is but instead of melted butter i use plain low fat yoghurt and instead of sugar, applesause, and whole wheat flour instead of AP flour.

Ingredients
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Method
No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.


Also you can bake bananas with a bit of maple syrup - delicious!

BANANA SPLIT

split the banana like you would for a traditional banana split. Instead of ice cream use 1/2 c vanilla yogurt 1 Tbs choopped nut (you choice), 1 Tbs chocolate chips, and drizzle of honey (optional)

I also chop them up and place in individual zip lock bags and freeze them for morning smoothies when I'm running late for work.

Baked banana - split a banana in half, put in a baking dish with a few sprays of butter and some coconut flakes. Baked for about 20 minutes, the coconut browns and the banana turns really sweet and warm, kinda like bananas foster.

Everything sounds soooo yummy!

I had the same problem the other day and ended up having to put them in the trash....what a waste!

Also, did you know that you can freeze bananas? Peel a couple, slice them, and put them on wax paper, on a pan, then wrap in saran wrap and place in freezer. Helps with portion control as well!

My daughter likes when I blend a cup of vanilla skim milk, a banana, and about a tablespoon of a chocolate sauce. Tastes like the chocolate banana smoothie at Starbucks.

And I just read this in a magazine at the docs office.

You put a banana in a square of tinfoil, sprinkle on some brown sugar and a couple small pats of butter. Fold up the foil to make a pouch and set on the grill for about 20 minutes. Or you can hang the pouches over the hot stones of a campfire too. I haven't tried it because I just read it yesterday, but I'm looking forward to it!

My daughter likes when I blend a cup of vanilla skim milk, a banana, and about a tablespoon of a chocolate sauce. Tastes like the chocolate banana smoothie at Starbucks.

And I just read this in a magazine at the docs office.

You put a banana in a square of tinfoil, sprinkle on some brown sugar and a couple small pats of butter. Fold up the foil to make a pouch and set on the grill for about 20 minutes. Or you can hang the pouches over the hot stones of a campfire too. I haven't tried it because I just read it yesterday, but I'm looking forward to it!

We did this back in the day at Girl Scout camp though we also added chocolate chips and marshmallows. Super yummy! ...if I remember right. lol It has been a few years. :laugh:

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NOOoooo...! :sad: There's no such thing as a bad banana. If you just peel it open, you'll find that it's usually completely normal-looking on the inside, even if it's all brown and ugly on the outside. And then, even if it is brown on the inside too, like others have said, bananas freeze perfectly, and all you have to do is defrost, mash, and add to any baked product in place of egg, or mix into oatmeal... the possibilities are endless. NEVER throw a banana away!!! (unless it's been eaten by bugs or something, then maybe you might have to...)

this is a great recipe for healthy banana cookies- no sugar, flour, or butter! read the reviews b/c they're lots of good suggestions in there.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Healthy-Banana-Cookies/Detail.aspx

banana oat meal cookies (recipezaar.com)

3 ripe bananas
2 cups oats (not instant, the proper scotts type)
1/2 cup skim milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons Splenda sugar substitute
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon low-fat peanut butter (optional)

Preheat the oven to 180c.
Mash the bananas and mix with the oats, milk and egg before adding the remaining ingredients (it just mixes a bit easier and more evenly this way). These measurements make the mixture just the right consistency for my liking, but if it looks a bit runny to you at this point, throw in another handful of oats to thicken it up.
Grease a cookie tray with 1 cal spray and spoon the mixture on to make around 9 large cookies.
Bake for around 20mins until golden brown.

i LOVE THESE
they smell sooooo goood tooooo mmmmmm

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I would like to thank everyone for things I did find. Some of the things I would never have known to do. I have ate so badly all my life and I am 58 now. I need help badly. If there is anyone who could send me ideas for very low carb very low fat low calorie snacks or light meals, I would sure appreciate it. I don't have any idea of things to make and am so close to giving up AGAIN its not funny. And if I give up this time the doctor says I am dead. I have about 150 lbs to lose, my health is very bad, and I have to come up with something I can eat, and not feel bad about. So any smoothie recipes or anything would help. ANY and ALL replies are welcome ... thank u

Peel them, pop them in a freezer bag and freeze them, then you can use them at your leisure in smoothies and juices!!
I always save mine from the bin this way... and frozen banana makes the smoothie more creamy

what she said. I use 1/2 of the very large bananas (frozen), 1 scoop protein powder, 1/2 c skim milk, 3-4 ice cubes, 5 strawberries (or blueberries or rasp or peanut butter)