Stop Throwing Away Bananas: 8 Recipes For Ripe Bananas
With news that 160 million bananas go in the bin per year
With news that 160 million bananas go in the bin (a..k.a. are wasted) per year in the UK, here are some better suggestions than letting them rot in the tip.
Banana Milkshake
With banana as your base ingredient and some milk (or non-dairy milk substitutes) the world really is your oyster. Throw in some raspberry coulis and crushed biscuits for an indulgent option, or a smidge of your choice of protein powder and some lucuma or cacao for something a little healthier.
Sticky Banana Upside Down Cake
Described as 'sinfully delicious' this sticky banana cake can't be missed if you're up for some pure indulgence. From Kimberly D'Souza and Denver Britto of Where My Food At, this recipe involves SIX ripe bananas, so it's a great way of using up the whole bunch.
Fluffy Banana Cup Cakes
Because who doesn't love a cupcake, eh? Especially when there's maple peanut butter and cinnamon involved.
Recipe from Your Cup Of Cake
Banana 'Nicecream'
There's a new foodie trend doing the rounds among the fitness bloggers and that's substituting fatty and sugary ice-creams for banana 'nicecream,' which avoids the refined sugar and dairy elements.
All you need is some over ripe bananas that have been in your deep freezer and then the addition of some almond or coconut milk and whatever else you might want to throw in (such as cacao powder). Pop it all in the blender, whizz it up and hey presto.
Grilled Chocolate Banana
As simple as adding dark chocolate and chopped nuts. No excuses.
Banana Cookie Sandwiches
Imma Eat That's banana cookies with cream cheese frosting look too good to be true. And with mostly dates (and a little brown sugar) for the sweetness, they're not even that unhealthy.
Banana Nut Butter
All you need to do is blend together your own nuts to make a nut butter (or you could use a pre-bought nut butter), throw in one banana, some cinnamon and a pinch of salt.
More details here.
Dehydrated Banana Chips
Soak in one part lemon juice, to four parts water, for five minutes. And then dry them out and here you have a lovely, healthy, banana based snack, courtesy of bevcooks.com
Natasha Bird is the Former Executive Editor (Digital) of ELLE.
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