Ripe Banana's.......What to do with them?

Banana Ice Cream:
- Take one ripe banana, cut it up into slices and freeze for a few hours.
- Put the frozen slices in a food processor along with some skim milk (optional) and protein powder (optional) and blend for a few minutes until completely combined and creamy.

Homemade Chocolate Bar:
- Put 1 banana and 4-8 Tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder (depending on if you like dark chocolate or not) and put in a food processor. Blend for 2 minutes, scraping the sides.
- Then place a sheet of wax paper on a cookie sheet and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Scoop out the banana mixture on top and spread out with your hands a bit. Place another sprayed sheet of wax paper on top of that and use a rolling pin to roll out the banana mixture to your desired thickness.
- Remove the top layer of wax paper and place the cookie sheet in the freezer. Let it freeze for at least 1 hour or until solid.

You can also use a ripe banana in this healthy chocolate chip blondie recipe on my blog: http://peanut-butter-lover.blogspot.com/2011/05/first-and-hopefully.html

This recipe is also great:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/218903-super-low-calorie-banana-no-sugar-added-muffin-recipe

Super Low Calorie Banana (No Sugar Added) Muffin Recipe!

Makes 30 "Mini" Muffins at 19 calories apiece OR 10 "Larger' Muffins at 57 Calories apiece

Ingredients:
3/4 cup skim milk
1 egg white
2 ripe bananas
1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp Whole Wheat Pastry Flour (75 grams)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder (I used sodium free)

Directions: Preheat Oven to 400 degrees
1. Peel and mash the two bananas in a large bowl.
2. Add in the milk and egg white and combine slightly with a fork.
3. Using an electric beater/mixer, beat the liquid mixture for 1 to 2 minutes until foamy.
4. Measure out the flour, baking soda and baking powder in a small bowl. Sift together with a fork.
5. Fold in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine until it creates a creamy batter (don't overmix)
*** The mix might dilapidate a little bit from mixing, but that's okay
6. Spray mini or regular sized muffins pans.
7. Measure in a slightly overfilled spoon full of muffin batter into mini muffin pans, or 3 spoonfuls into regular muffin pans (mine are shorter than normal however, so you might want to use 4)
8. Place the muffin pans in the oven and bake for 10 to 25 minutes or until golden brown (depending on size and oven temperatures). Mine were done in about 15 minutes.
9. Take the muffins out, let cool and transfer to a baking rack. ENJOY!

Calories per spoonful: 19
Calories per "mini" muffin: 19
Calories per "larger" muffin: 57

Nutrition Facts for Entire Recipe:

Total:
Calories- 560
Carbohydrates- 123
Fat- 3
Protein- 16

Per Serving:
Calories- 19
Carbohydrates- 4
Fat- 0
Protein- 1

Adapted from: http://www.sugarfreerecipes.co.uk/no-sugar-muffins.html

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Homemade Chocolate Bar:
- Put 1 banana and 4-8 Tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder (depending on if you like dark chocolate or not) and put in a food processor. Blend for 2 minutes, scraping the sides.
- Then place a sheet of wax paper on a cookie sheet and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Scoop out the banana mixture on top and spread out with your hands a bit. Place another sprayed sheet of wax paper on top of that and use a rolling pin to roll out the banana mixture to your desired thickness.
- Remove the top layer of wax paper and place the cookie sheet in the freezer. Let it freeze for at least 1 hour or until solid.




Getting ready to make this. Can't wait to eat them.

I would slam them down right now. Sure to get your RDA of potassium.

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Freeze them

Or make banana nut bread (or my fave - banana choc chip muffins!)

I precut and put in freezer for smoothies

That's a great idea. I am going to start doing that. We usually freeze the old/brown ones and save them for banana bread

Freeze them and make these orange julius'. They are my FAVORITE! My toddler thinks they are the best treat ever and even my picky husband thinks they are delicious.

Orange Julius:
Blend together the following:
1 1/2 C. Vanilla Unsweetened Almond Milk
Handful of Ice
1/2 frozen banana
1 packet sunrise classic orange crystal light (it doesn't have to be crystal light brand, any generic brand will do as long as it's orange flavored)
1 scoop Vanilla protein

Freeze them for muffins, bread, etc - terrific ideas! If you don't want to eat them, you can bury them under your rosees (if you have them) and the potassium will boost the bloom production. 1 banana per rose, every 2-3 months is best.

Freeze them for muffins, bread, etc - terrific ideas! If you don't want to eat them, you can bury them under your rosees (if you have them) and the potassium will boost the bloom production. 1 banana per rose, every 2-3 months is best.

Ooh, the rose suggestion is cool! Wonder if that works for all flowers...

Banana bread. Banana muffins

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Oh... so many wonderful choices. I like to make banana pancakes!

3 ripe bananas mashed
1 1/2 cup of self-rising flour
1/2 cup of Splenda
1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon banana flavoring


150 cals a pancake. No extras needed. I actually just recently tried them with the protein powder. Without it, they are even less in calories.

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