Frozen Banana

[RooDaisy]

Yesterday I noticed a few of my banana's were about to go off so thought to myself, Ooooh, I'll freeze them.

I thought I could potentially give them to the dog as a frozen treat but this morning I've tried to peel one and it was so hard to do, I'm just wondering what can I actually do with them?

Any ideas?

[MackerelOfFact]

You're supposed to peel them before you freeze them! Blended up they make a great ice cream/sorbet or smoothie ingredient.

[MumOfTwoMasterOfNone]

Oooh that's a good idea! Thanks

[RooDaisy]

Ahhhhh!!
That makes much more sense. Thank you
I did wonder why the skin turned a funny colour.

Every day is a school day and all that

[User543212345]

Like Mackerel says they make a great ice cream substitute. Peel with a sharp knife (I made the mistake of freezing unpeeled the first time too), chop into bits and throw into a blender. It makes perfect textured banana ice cream - you can add chocolate chips, nutella or peanut butter if you're feeling adventurous.

[RooDaisy]

I've never made ice cream but banana, nutella and peanut butter ice cream sounds amazing.

Glad it's not just me who froze them fully dressed, sweary

[RooDaisy]

Sweary

[whois]

Ha ha yeah you peel them and cut into coins, then freeze ;-) I free flat on a plate and then tip into a ziplock bag once frozen.

[TheDropBear]

I like banana pops, peel, cut it half and stick a lolly stick in the flat end. Freeze for about half an hour then take out dip in melted chocolate and roll in crushed nuts or sprinkles and freeze again.

[RooDaisy]

thedrop yummy yummy yummy
I'm going to have to try that

[99littleducks]

If you froze them with the skin on (like me ) then when you take them out of the freezer leave them for only 5 minutes then start to peel. If you wait until it has defrosted too much it's almost impossible to peel a mushy thing. speaks from bitter experience

[99littleducks]

Oh I use them for banana muffins by the way.

[user7755]

Ooh, I'm going to do that banana and peanut butter ice cream today!

[Wigeon]

They make absolutely delicious creamy smoothies. I blend them with milk and teaspoon of vanilla. No added sweetener needed. Or add a dollop of peanut butter. Or a couple of teaspoons of chocolate nesquick (getting less healthy...). I buy too many bananas intentionally so I can leave some to go black and then freeze them!

[BikeRunSki]

Cut the skin off. Use in banana cake.