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We bought two four-pound bags at Costco and they went from still pretty green to quite ripe faster than I expected! We already have a good whole wheat banana bread recipe, but it only uses three, and I just don't want to have that much banana bread around (except I guess we might be able to freeze it?) Any other ideas that wouldn't leave us with too much "treat" food that had to be used quickly? I've heard of banana pancakes. I also don't want to buy anything new until these bananas will probably have had it. We have standard baking supplies but no chocolate chips, no nuts (peanut butter though)...
As it is, I've had two bananas today and will probably be having a third in some yogurt tonight!
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You can freeze the banana in the skin.. the skin will turn black but the fruit will stay good.. be mushy when you take it out.. but still.. will keep a good long time and you can just make the banana bread when you want to have it. Just thaw a bit and cut off an end and squish the banana right out of the skin.
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I have had good luck mushing the bananas before freezing. I measure out what I need for recipes and write this on the ziploc bag I freeze it in.
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I've always just peeled and frozen mine, then pop them in the blender with whatever other fruit (froz or not) is around, and some milk (rice milk here) for a morning smoothie. They seem to stay well in the freezer for awhile.
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We had an entire bag of Costco bananas get too ripe to eat last week. My 13 yo tripled our lowfat banana bread recipe and ended up making three loaves and 6 muffins. We froze one loaf and ate the rest fresh.  I would vote for making strawberry/banana smoothies during the next two days, and using the rest for banana bread. 
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I forgot about freezing bananas. Well, we currently have 11 quite ripe ones. Our 3-year-old is a huge banana fan. Our 6-year-old will eat smoothies/yogurt (we just mix the yogurt and fruit and nothing else, I'm not sure if that counts as a smoothie -- the banana provides enough sweetness,) not sure about 3yo, but he's been trying things a bit more these days. I figure between using them as snacks/"dessert" and a yogurt ingredient the four of us could polish off about 8 of them today without total banana overload -- and that would leave 3 for a loaf of banana bread! If there's time. My husband actually likes to bake. Right now, I'm not really up for it.
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We peel the bananas wrap in wax paper and then freeze in a ziplok or container. We pull them out and eat frozen like a popsicle.  Annie
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I must have counted wrong because we each had two bananas today and there are six left, not just three, and I don't know if banana bread will happen soon enough -- so thanks for all the input!
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More banana ideas!
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These are really good!
Okay, maybe a treat food. But good nonetheless!!
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2 ingredient slow cooker banana pudding...bananas and sweetened condensed milk!
I messed with this recipe to the point that it is something else now so I can't speak to the original but...I added a bunch of leftover/cooked quinoa to 6 bananas and 1 can of scmilk, cooked on low for 3 hours and it came out tasting like banana bread with a fluffy grain consistency - not pudding. It was yummy! I think this recipe idea is full of possibilities .
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Has anyone tried banana ice cream? Where you freeze bananas and then stick them in the food processor until super fluffy and creamy--supposedly like ice cream? I haven't felt warm enough to try it lately, but it sounds yummy!
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JodieLyn wrote:
| You can freeze the banana in the skin.. the skin will turn black but the fruit will stay good.. be mushy when you take it out.. but still.. will keep a good long time and you can just make the banana bread when you want to have it. Just thaw a bit and cut off an end and squish the banana right out of the skin. |
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If you peel them before freezing,put in a ziploc and freeze, thaw when ready ... you don't have to mash 'em at all and the bread is nice and moist!
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CrunchyMom wrote:
| Has anyone tried banana ice cream? Where you freeze bananas and then stick them in the food processor until super fluffy and creamy--supposedly like ice cream? I haven't felt warm enough to try it lately, but it sounds yummy! |
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Lindsay,
I haven't had this for years but yes it's delicious!
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We freeze them here too - I have 6 or 7 gallon bags of peeled bananas in my freezer from clearance overripe sales at my grocery.
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