4 Delicious Recipes for Ripe Bananas

One of my least favorite things is when you're at the end of the week and your bananas are too ripe. You don't want to throw them away but you also don't want to eat them plain. (Does anyone else hate the texture of over-ripe bananas?!) I have a few recipes to save the day and your bananas!

1. Bananas with cinnamon and honey! Adding cinnamon and honey makes the banana sweeter and masks the mushier texture of an over-ripened banana. I love this combo so much! I especially love this combo on a piece of peanut butter toast! *perfection*

2. Banana oat chocolate chip cookies - These cookies are SO easy to make! I usually mix together a banana or two, oats, chocolate chips, and cinnamon. You can also halve the recipe if you only have 1 over-ripened banana! Trust me, the cookies will be gone after a few minutes because they are so stinking delicious! It's totally okay to eat 6 at a time because they're healthy, right?! ;)




3. Smoothies - I love adding an over-ripened banana to a smoothie because it makes the smoothie taste extra sweet and adds extra fruit! You can read about my favorite smoothie recipe here!

4. The easiest banana bread - This is the most delicious banana bread I've ever tasted, and it is so easy! You only need bananas, eggs, yellow cake mix, and chocolate chips. It may not be the healthiest banana bread but every time I make it, people immediately get seconds!!


Do you have a special recipe you make with over-ripened bananas? Comment below :)

Thanks for reading!
  

Scarves and Sweets

The Perfect Fruit Smoothie

I have a huge sweet tooth and because of that I love eating fruits because of their sweetness. Growing up, my mom would make the most delicious fruit salads with kiwi and raspberries and every delicious fruit (I'll have to make a whole post about it because it's that good!). Another way I love to eat fruit is in a smoothie. A lot of times I'll eat a smoothie for lunch or as a snack because it's an easy on-the-go type meal that I can eat at my desk, while walking, or while running errands. I make smoothies a few times a week and I've perfected my go-to smoothie so I thought I'd share it with you!

Total time: 5 mins
Prep time: 5 mins
Serving: 1 smoothie

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of frozen strawberries
1/2 cup of frozen blueberries
1/2 cup of frozen pineapple
1/4 cup of orange juice
1/4 cup of Greek yogurt
1/4 cup of steel cut or regular uncooked oats
1 tablespoon of chia seeds

Directions:
1. Put all ingredients in a blender and pulse for 30 seconds until well incorporated.
2. Serve cold, preferably with a cute reusable straw!

Thanks for reading!

Scarves and Sweets 

 
PS I just got this blender and I'm obsessed! It works super well to blend frozen fruit in less than a minute. Bonus: it comes with colorful and fun lids to drink out of!