~ Bananas are one of the most versatile fruits that you can buy. They can be turned into a healthy substitute for food that might otherwise be unhealthy. In other cases, they can bring a new exotic twist to a traditional dish. Here are just eight unique ways to use bananas for your next meal.
Shake them
Buying a blender could also allow you to make your very own banana milkshakes. The simplest way to create a banana shake is to mix banana, vanilla ice cream and milk – however, those wanting to be a little more ambitious can mix other ingredients such as honey, yogurt, and cinnamon for an even tastier drink. You can also create a healthy breakfast smoothie with frozen banana, milk, orange juice and a dash of pineapple. In fact, banana goes well in many fruit and vegetable smoothies – experiment and see what you can come up with.
Freeze them
Fancy some ice cream, but trying to watch your waistline? Frozen banana has pretty much the exact texture of ice cream, whilst having an equally sweet and delicious taste. You can make this quick and healthy dessert more exciting by mushing up banana and adding almonds and pistachios before freezing. You can even drizzle it with chocolate for a diet ice cream sundae. Just make sure you leave yourself some time to freeze the bananas first.
Create your own banana bread
Banana bread makes for a delicious morning treat. You can create banana bread by first creating a mixture of butter and sugar and then adding egg and banana to the mix. After mixing this all up, add some flour, soda, and salt. Then pour the mixture into a greased and floured loaf ban before leaving it to bake for 55 minutes. The result will be a tasty loaf of banana bread that you can cut up and toast (it can taste delicious with spreads such as peanut butter or chocolate spread).
Make your own banana guacamole & salsa
Few people would think to make these Latin American sauces using bananas, but they can actually make a tasty addition to either sauce. When it comes to guacamole, throw in a bit of banana with avocado, hot pepper, and onion. The banana has a similar texture to the avocado and combines to create a sweet and tasty flavoring. As for banana salsa, this can be concocted by mixing banana, mango, and jalapeno. This salsa goes particularly well with fish dishes, giving it an exotic feel.
Bake them
You can also bake bananas for a tasty dessert. As with fritters, this can be made tastier by adding ingredients such as cinnamon, hazelnuts, and chocolate. This is best achieved by splitting the banana in half and putting these ingredients in the middle so that they melt. You can even wrap bananas in tinfoil and grill them in the oven or even on the barbecue. This has much the same effect and could be great for a cheap and healthy dessert when cooking in your backyard.
Fry them
Banana fritters are an equally delicious dessert that can be created by frying bananas in oil with sugar or honey, flour, and spices. This certainly isn’t the healthiest banana dish in the world, although you can make it healthy. By using an oilless deep fryer and adding honey and cinnamon, you can whip up a tasty fried banana dessert that’s also low on calories. This is a popular Caribbean treat that’s sometimes made using plantains for much the same effect.
Put them in a curry
You can also use bananas when making a sweet curry. When creating a spicy coconut sauce such as a korma, try adding in some bananas to give some added sweetness. This goes great when also combined with peanuts and chicken. You can also use bananas to create a banana curry stir-fry. This uses pretty much the same ingredients but mixed in with some noodles and vegetables for a far more easiest twist.
Cook your own banana pancakes
On top of banana bread, you can also fry up banana pancakes for breakfast. These treats taste great topped with maple syrup or mixed berry compote and are much healthier than regular pancakes. You can create these pancakes by combining banana, flour, milk, egg, and baking powder. You can even add honey or stevia to sweeten them if you’re not worried about adding a couple extra calories.
Hope this was a fun read for everyone.
Until next time, my dear friends.
Luda@PlantsandBeyond🌿
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Good share! Thank you for this. We have a popular banana fritter done by coating a banana (Pisang Rajah or Red Bananas – local Asian bananas. This recipe cannot be done with Dole bananas) with batter that makes it crispy outside and creamy banana inside.
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Oh, how interesting. I learn so much from you! Now I am getting hungry just reading your recipe
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Haha! If you have over ripe Dole bananas, you can mash them, add flour, brown sugar and eggs to make a sticky texture and pan fry it. We call this “Jemput Jemput Pisang” – another Malay dessert or snack dish.
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Eggs!!!! Wow, it gets better and better. Could eat this all day now
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Enjoy.
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Fried bananas are a DREAM !
If only i could eat them all the time 😥
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Ha! B, that’s funny- you have a sweet tooth, my dear. I love them in my daily smoothy. Sure adds on sweet taste to it. Thank you so much for your comment
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I love bananas. I go bananas over them. Ive had them in curries, made shakes and eaten them fried but my favorite dish in the world is a banana halwa. Hope you try that then you’ll also goes bananas over it. I loved the post.
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What? There is such a thing? Where do I get Bananas halva? I love that you visited -thank you so much!!!
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You’re welcome. It’s an Indian dish made with clarified butter, little sugar and cashews along with banana it’s very healthy too.
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Wow, absolutely want to try this as well. Thank you so much for your delicious input
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You’re welcome 😊
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Very nice share, Luda! Bananas are one of our favourite ones! 🙂 However, I have never though about putting them into a curry 🙂
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I know, right? When I was researching, that option poped up. So interesting.
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OMG, thank you for such fantastic post on banana recipes. I just wonder in a shake can we add milk abd orange juice together. Will it not get curdled?
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Hi Rupali. Your question is excellent. Milk curdles in the stomach, rather than in the blender, Haha. I add the whole orange, tangerine or grapefruit at times and the consistency never changes to curdles. Becomes citrusy instead. Thank you very much for reading!
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Yummy!!! That’s all I can say. A rather tasty blog to read. 😁
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Made me laugh-Thank you so much :)))!!!
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😁!! Very welcome.
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Wowww … thanks for the tasty share 😛❤️
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What a sweet comment – thank you so much 🍌🍌🍌
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Oh wowwwww!💕
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😘🍌😘
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Yummy!
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Great post, I love bananas and nice to read so many interesting ways of having them!
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Thank you so so much! Glad you found it interesting
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You are welcome!
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your banana bread is my favorite
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Awww- thank you very much. It reconstituted to a such healthy version, but the bananas in there are totally authentic ;))) 😘😘😘
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yum, about to go get some banana for my before bed snack now!
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Haha! That’s what I call a great night snack ;)🤗
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I mash it and pour toasted coconut milk on it, it’s yummy 🙂
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Oh my – pls elaborate- I want this recipe right now ! Sounds healthy and yummy
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oh, nothing hard, lol, it’s just a bottle of toasted coconut/almond milk by Califia farms…add some cinnamon an maybe vanilla, then enjoy!
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Now I will try this! Sounds as a perfect snack! Thank you for that, Jen
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Fab ideas. I had forgotten about bananas in a curry – something I remember having as a student many years ago. And I am intrigued by banana icecream…
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LOL, I know -its not as bad as reg icecream, after all
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Banana guacamole would be something that I would love to try. Thanks for sharing!
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So glad to know you found it useful. Let me know how it turns out pls
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For sure. Thanks again!
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I feel so boring as I just blend them or put them in the banana bread……..but now…..a new succulent banana world has been opened in front of me:my daughters will love it
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Oh my goodness. Thank you for that Ortensia!!! So happy to hear that
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I’m even happier……bananarama happy😂😂😂😂not exactly sure what it means but it was funny🤪
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Lol ! Thank you dearest , O!
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😀🍌🍌🍌🍌❤️
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Hahaha! Hooray !!!
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Wow, so many ideas.. I love chips and banana bread. But I like the idea of making Banana Guacamole .Such a creative idea…!!
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Why , thank you so much , PS. Really appreciate your comment – I thought that was a cool idea 💡 as well 😉
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Yes, all ideas are great……
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Delicious and healthy choices.
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A delicious post! I am going to try a few of these treats 💚
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Thank you so much, Lisa! Xoxoxo
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Yum, banana pancakes 😀 I had sliced banana in my cereal this morning
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Lol – that’s is so yummy 😋. Thanks, Christy 🍌
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You’re adorable with your emojis 🙂 Have a great weekend!
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You, too dear Christy!
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Wonderful share, all these are mostly suitable for breakfast ! I always love to include banana in my breakfast !! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Megala !!!
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Sounds really interesting 💯
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Lovely recipes for bananas shared
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I love guacamole and will try your idea and add some banana! 🙂
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So cool, let me know what you think
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Wonderful! Thank for sharing this one. ❤
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Reblogged this on Vietnam Travel & Trade Portal .
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So very grateful, thank you so much Vietnamtravelandculture.
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