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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

So excited!

Look what I found for 500 yen:

Oh the possibilities! Banana bread, banana smoothies, mashed bananas for Hannah...any other ideas?

7 comments:

Katie said...

Yum. You could make caramelized bananas and vanilla ice cream, or banana pancakes, or banana cream pie. Or, you could consult this online guide to bananas! http://www.banana.com/

When I was a kid, we used to mash bananas up in their peel, cut it open length-wise on one side, cram in mini marshmallows and chocolate chips, close the peel back around it, put it in foil and bake it. So healthy, right?

Maria Elena said...

I didn't know Japan was banana void. We have plenty here!

Suzie said...

Yes, Maria. Hawaii is perfect.

;)

It's not banana void, but usually it's about 250 for 4 bananas. Imagine (if you paradise dwellers can) my delight at finding 20 for 500 yen!

Tenessa said...

Banana Bread Sticks--
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup banana, mashed
1 3/4 cup flour (white, whole wheat or a combo)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Combine ingredients and stir only until smooth. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for about 1 hour, or until firmly set. Cool, remove from pan, and cut into sticks. Spread sticks out on a baking sheet and bake at 150 for 1 hour (or longer) until the sticks are hard and crunchy. Store in tightly covered container.

I got this recipe from a book called "Feed Me, I'm Yours" (a book about homemade baby food and finger foods).

It's worth a try!

Tenessa said...

Okay, couldn't resist, because this sounds SOOOO like you!

I don't even know if you can get cherries or not, but if so... (And this is one for Hannah)

Banana and Cherry (Puree)
6 sweet cherries, halved and pitted
1 tablespoon water
1 banana
1 tablespoon baby rice cereal

Put the cherries into a small pan together with the water and simmer for 2 minutes. Mash the banana, add to the cooked cherries, and simmer for just under a minute. Puree using a handheld blender and sitr in the baby rice.

And here is a fun food fact: "Cherries stimulate the immune system and help to prevent infection. They are also good for a child suffering from constipation."

I got this recipe in a book called "Top 100 Baby Purees". Hee hee!

Suzie said...

Tenessa, you are on top of this preparing-for-a-baby thing!

Suzie said...

Hmmm....for some reason these bananas disappeared faster than the usual bunch of 4....