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50 Insanely Delicious Banana Recipes

Nicole Hood — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Happy National Banana Day!

Bananas are a favorite snack in our home but I also love using them in recipes. From drinks and desserts to breakfast and lunch, I have put together this tasty list of 50 Insanely Delicious Banana Recipes for y’all today!

1. Grilled Bananas Dessert – For the Love of Food Blog

2. Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Stuffed French Toast – Averie Cooks

3. Banana Chocolate Chip Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting – A Family Feast

4. Banana Cream Pie Cookie Cups – Beyond Frosting

5. The Melting Pot Bananas Foster Fondue – For the Love of Food Blog

6. Banana Split Muffins – What the Fork Food Blog

7. Banana Blondies – Cookies and Cups

8. 2 Ingredient Banana Pancakes – Living Sweet Moments

9. Mini Banana Pudding Cheesecakes – Life Love and Sugar

10. Brown Sugar Cookie Topped Banana Pudding – For the Love of Food Blog

11. Monkey Squares Banana Bread Bars – The Girl Who Ate Everything

12. Deep Fried Banana Bites – Cincy Shopper

13. White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie – A Family Feast

14. Easy & Healthy Minion Banana Ice Cream – For the Love of Food Blog

15. Easy Banana Cream Pie – Cincy Shopper

16. Chocolate Chip Banana Bread – Princess Pinky Girl

17. Bananas Foster Popsicles – Snappy Gourmet

18. Nutella Banana Bread – The 36th Avenue

19. Frozen Banana Bites – Keeper of the Home

20. Healthy Fried Bananas – Stockpiling Moms

21. Banana Cream Pie Smoothie – For the Love of Food Blog

22. Banana Bread Cobbler – Grace and Good Eats

23. Perfect Banana Muffins – All She Cooks

24. Frozen Banana Colada – A Night Owl Blog

25. Cream Cheese Banana Bread – Simple Sweet Recipes

26. Dark Chocolate Banana Almond Bites – For the Love of Food Blog

27. Banana Breakfast Smoothie – Marsha’s Baking Addiction

28. Banana Split Bites – Our Family of Seven

29. The Best Gluten Free Banana Bread – What the Fork Food Blog

30. Banana Split Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes – Lady Behind the Curtain

31. Caramelized Banana Pudding Ice Cream Milkshake – For the Love of Food Blog

32. Banana and Nutella Sushi – Yummiest Food

33. Banana Cream Pie Muddy Buddies – Butter with a Side of Bread

34. Raw Vegan Twix Bars with Banana, Dates and Caramel – Crazy Vegan Kitchen

35. Banana Toffee Banoffee Pie – For the Love of Food Blog

36. Banana Pudding – Spaceships and Laser Beams

37. Banana Praline Bread – Todays Creative Life

38. Crockpot Bananas Foster – Tammilee Tips

39. Rainbow Fruit Platter with Marshmallow Dip – For the Love of Food Blog

40. Roasted Banana Pecan Cheesecake – Lady Behind the Curtain

41. Banana Pudding Poke Cake – Stockpiling Moms

42. Peanut Butter and Banana Burritos – For the Love of Food Blog

43. Banana Pudding Trifle – Dancing Through the Rain

44. Banana Cheesecake Egg Rolls – Leave no Leftovers

45. Best Banana Daiquiri – All She Cooks

46. New Orleans Banana Foster – For the Love of Food Blog

47. Banana Nut Overnight Oats – A Night Owl Blog

48. Chocolate Banana Frozen Yogurt Bark – My Fussy Eater

49. Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies – Mom on Time Out

50. Healthy 3 Ingredient Banana Fudge Cups – The Big Mans World

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Easy & Healthy Minion Banana Ice Cream

Nicole Hood — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:00:00 +0000

It’s minion weekend again and we are so excited! The new Despicable Me 3 movie comes out and we have tickets to see it opening day! To celebrate my girls and I made Minion Banana Ice Cream to enjoy before the show! It only has 3 basic ingredients- frozen bananas, milk, and vanilla, and is low sugar and low fat! We added yellow color, candy eyeballs, and sprinkles to make it look like our favorite minions!

This No Churn Healthy Minion Banana Ice Cream is the perfect healthy and cool summertime treat for Minion Lovers.

Mom and Dad enjoying our coffee and

decked out in our Minion gear before we head out to the movies!

The girls were just a little bit excited for Despicable Me 3!

I just love our Cinemark Bistro Theater! Leather recliners and amazing food {Ava devours the Pulled Pork Nachos every time} are just some of the perks of seeing movies here!

Movie day! Of course we not only all wore minion outfits

but the girls also brought their minion pillow and doll!

Minion Banana Ice Cream

Ingredients

3 large bananas sliced and frozen
¼ cup skim or low fat milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
yellow food coloring
blue sprinkles optional
1 oz pkg candy eyeballs optional

Instructions

Slice bananas and place in a freezer safe zip top bag.
Freeze overnight or until solid.
Add frozen bananas, milk, and vanilla to a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
Add yellow food coloring to get your desired color {I did between 10-15 drops}.
Add a couple scoops of blue sprinkles and half of the candy eyeballs and stir in gently.
Pour contents into a loaf pan, smoothing down the top.
Sprinkle on the remaining candy eye balls on top.
Place back in the freezer.
Freeze for at least one hour or until solid.
Scoop into cones and serve.

The night before slice all your bananas and place in a freezer safe zip top bag.

Freeze overnight or until solid.

Add frozen bananas, milk, and vanilla to a food processor or blender and blend until smooth.

Add yellow food coloring to get your desired color.

I did between 10-15 drops.

Little Miss helped mix in the sprinkles…and eat some too!

Add sprinkles. I used a mix of blue and white.

Stir in gently.

Stella’s favorite part was the fun candy eyeballs!

Not stir in half of the candy eyeballs.

Pour contents into a loaf pan, smoothing down the top.

Sprinkle on the remaining candy eye balls on top.

Place back in the freezer.

Freeze for at least one hour or until solid.

Scoop into cones and serve!

We found these fun Minion sugar ice cream cones at Walmart!

Look at my little foodie! She sure does love her ice cream!

These two babies sure do have my heart! Love my girls.

The face she makes when you ask for a bite of her ice cream….

Hope you enjoy this Minion Banana Ice Cream as much as we did!

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Start the Morning Off Right with Balance Bars and a Banana Cream Pie Smoothie!

Nicole Hood — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:00:00 +0000

I am being compensated by Balance for my participation in this campaign. As part of the Mom It Forward Blogger Network, I agree to use this product and post my honest opinion on my blog. The opinions posted are my own.

How do you start your morning? If you’re like me you are running around getting the kids cereal, letting the dog out, packing lunches, taking a 30 second shower, rummaging through the dryer for a clean shirt, and getting the kids dressed {plus about 20 other things}. All the morning chaos doesn’t leave much time for a nutritious sit down breakfast. This is why I keep boxes stocked with Balance Bars right by my purse. I toss a couple in my bag before I leave and I know I have a delicious {and decadent} snack, packed with fiber and vitamins, that will give me the energy I need to get through my busy day.

A Balance Bar is just what I need to start my morning off right!

When I have a extra moment, I try to make a smoothie to take with me on those hectic mornings too. My favorite lately is anything with frozen bananas. I created a Banana Cream Pie Smoothie this week that was not only a winner in my book but a hit with the kiddos! Even better it requires only four ingredients and takes literally 30 seconds to make! Listen y’all after a hearty smoothie and a smartly indulgent Balance Bar, I am ready to conquer the day!

Scroll down for the recipe.

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Banana Cream Pie Smoothie

Makes 1 large smoothie

Ingredients

1 large frozen banana sliced
1 cup milk
2 6 oz containers Banana Cream Pie yogurt {or Banana flavored is good too}
1/4 cup shredded coconut
optional garnish: additional shredded coconut and 2 banana slices

Instructions

Add all ingredients together in a blender and blend until smooth.
Pour into a large glass.
Add additional shredded coconut and a couple banana slices on top.
Pop in a straw and sip away!

Frozen fruit is the secret to a great smoothie- no ice!

I cut up my fruit the night before and place in individual baggies in the freezer.

Then I can just grab what I need in the morning and I am good to go!

This smoothie uses on sliced frozen banana.

I love that this smoothie only has four simple ingredients!

I use two containers of Banana Cream Pie Yogurt but if you cannot find that try

Banana yogurt or even Vanilla instead. Pour right into the blender.

I love the flavor of coconut and thought it would be a tasty addition to my smoothie.

Add 1/4 cup to the blender and save another tbsp or so for garnishing at the end.

The last ingredient is 1 cup of milk. Pour right in.

Add the lid and blend until smooth.

All blended and ready to go!

Pour into a large glass.

Garnish with shredded coconut and a couple banana slices.

Grab your Banana Cream Pie Smoothie and throw a few nutritious and decadent Balance Bars in your bag and you’ll be ready to conquer the day!

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