How to get more bananas into your diet
Here are some quick and easy ideas on how to get more bananas into your diet:
- Add chopped banana and a handful of blueberries to your porridge
- Bake them in the oven to make your own banana chips; just add a little lemon juice and cinnamon and bake for approximately 1½ hours at 200C, turning once
- Banana and berry pancakes make a fast and scrumptious breakfast treat
- Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are super-tasty and a favourite with children and adults alike
- Fresh smoothies or milkshakes are quick and delicious. Banana marries especially well with natural yoghurt and strawberries or raspberries. Or you can add a handful of oatmeal for a fibre boost
- Frozen bananas are a healthier alternative to ice cream and go down a treat with children and babies – especially when teething
- Barbequed bananas are super-easy as well as super-tasty with or without a chocolate centre!
- Vegan banana cream pie can be made by combining banana, coconut milk and crushed cashew nuts. Why add anything else?
- Due to their natural sweetness, no sugar or butter is required when making banana bread. Moorish, guilt-free heaven!
- Try making your own ‘Chapo’ - a Peruvian drink, served warm, made by boiling banana or sweet plantain and blending with water, sugar and cinnamon
- Wean your baby on them. Bananas are the perfect first food for babies (at around 6 months of age). You can mash them and add some of babies’ usual milk or pop a whole piece into a ‘fresh food feeder’. What a fantastic introduction to the world of taste!