What to do with 7 very ripe bananas???

[KLynn]

I had weekend company that ate none of the bananas I bought for breakfast. Banana bread is the obvious answer, but I am looking for something else to make. Help!

[emilycat]

Send them to me! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

Seriously, the easiest solution might be to freeze them -- frozen bananas are an awesome, creamy, desserty snack to have on hand. You could also make banana pudding, smoothies, banana milkshakes, yum...

[Grace]

I haven't tried this one, but it looks good, is a little bit different, and uses 4 bananas! Let me know how it is if you end up trying it...

CookWare(tm) from Cooking Light(r)

Roasted Bananas With Brown Sugar-Walnut Glaze

SOURCE: Cooking Light YEAR: September 1997 PAGE: 138

INGREDIENTS FOR 6 SERVINGS:
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine, melted
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 large firm ripe bananas (about 1-1/2 pounds)
Cooking spray
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
1-1/2 cups vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. Combine first 4 ingredients in a bowl, and set aside.

3. Cut bananas in half lengthwise. Place banana halves, cut sides up, on a
jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450 degrees for 4 minutes.
Drizzle sugar mixture evenly over banana halves, and sprinkle with toasted
walnuts. Bake an additional 3 minutes. Cut each banana piece into thirds
crosswise. Serve bananas with frozen yogurt; drizzle with any remaining sugar
mixture. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 4 banana pieces and 1/4 cup frozen
yogurt).

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
CALORIES 237 (27% from fat); FAT 7g (sat 1.5g, mono 1.7g, poly 3.1g); PROTEIN
3.9g; CARB 44.5g; FIBER 3.7g; CHOL 5mg; IRON 0.7mg; SODIUM 58mg; CALC 66mg

Oh yeah, and freezing them is a great idea too - I keep a couple on hand in my freezer for when I want to make a smoothie, or for when a recipe calls for bananas. They're not something I buy every week, so it's unlikely I'll have a fresh one on hand, and I like to have every ingredient I possibly can, "on hand", for when I get the itch to cook something! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif



[This message has been edited by Grace (edited 05-14-2001).]

[funnybone]

There has been a thread for a low fat banana bread. Here's a link.

http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/005977.html

Try a search for banana - I am sure you will find all sorts of recipes.

[Vanessa]

I would put them in the freezer in a zip lock bag. When you want to use them for muffins, cakes or smoothies you will have them

[buddie]

bake banana breads and muffins and freeze them

[Gail]

Here's a few oldies but goodies from last year:
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Archives/Archive-000002/HTML/20000721-1-000237.html
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20000711-1-000020.html
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20010228-1-000702.html
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Archives/Archive-000001/HTML/20010301-1-001717.html

That should keep you busy for a while!

There are loads more to be found (banana breads, cakes, smoothies...) in the archives.

Enjoy!

[KValley]

Grace! This recipe has been sitting in my "to make" file since the issue came out in 1997. I'd forgotten about it until I saw your posting- it just made me laugh. Thanks for posting this!

I've got some bananas getting too ripe on the kitchen counter....tonight may be the night http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Julie

[Leanne]

We just made banana ice cream with ours this weekend! Yummy over a brownie. (not light though)

[Anne]

How about bannana short cake?

[Peeps]

My favorite banana recipe is the Chocolate Banana dessert with Heath bars - on this thread: http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/005857.html

[burleydee]

I peel and freeze overripe bananas individually. When my sweet tooth strikes, I pull one out, cut it into chunks, nuke it 10 seconds and put it in a big cup. I add a cup of skim milk and a dash of vanilla extract, and sometimes a packet of Equal. Then I whip it up with my hand blender. It makes a great, thick banana shake, with no ice cream!

[Susan]

My dd LOVES banana popsicles! I just mash my overly ripe bananas and pop them into my handy-dandy tuperware popsicle molds. She thinks it is an extra special treat to have a popsicle for breakfast! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

~~Susan~~