Happy Hump Day! Or whatever day it is when you are reading this!
It’s been a rough week. Like way rough. I was talking to my dad and telling him about it and he goes “you’ve had to pull out the $10 words this week!”
I’ve said things like
“if I had known then I could have allocated resources differently”
and
“returning your call to discuss the viability of the suggested value engineering”.
Oh, and the ever popular
“I think we need to work on our communication skills”
In fact, I was talking to my dad because Mr. T surprised me by letting me know yesterday that he was going to stay at Grammy and Papa’s the rest of the week to house sit.
I wasn’t aware both of my parents were going to be out of town! They thought Mr. T told me and Mr. T thought they told me.
In the meantime I was just sitting over here in the dark!
All alone.
Alone in the dark.
Well, not the dark, I do have the lamp turned on!
But you get the point!
So, what’s a mom to do when she discovers that she has a night all to herself?
She decides it’s time to make healthy frozen chocolate banana ice cream!
Here you go:
Get out your food processor.
2 frozen bananas.
Now, you can also add in flavors. Like a scoop of peanut butter. Or some cocoa powder for chocolate!
Put bananas in the food processor and hit start.
That’s pretty much it! I happen to almost always have frozen bananas on hand because apparently it is beyond our ability to eat the last banana! So I always just pop it in a baggie and put it in the freezer… And it paid off tonight!
Blend until smooth and then add in your flavoring!
Scoop out and enjoy 🙂
It’s approximately 200 calories for that bowlful, and it is so yummy!
I enjoy reading how you describe your lonely night and how you decided to make an impromptu ice-cream for yourself. It seems such an easy recipe! Did Mr T get to eat it?
Um, no, he was at work. And it felt great to Not share. Lol 🙂
I’ve heard of this magic ice-cream made by blending frozen bananas before but I’ve never tried it, I’m even more tempted now by your suggested additions, particularly the peanut butter – I’m not a big fan of chocolate ice-cream, but peanut butter and banana ice cream, yes!
I haven’t done it yet – but it’s on my list, I think peanut butter would be divine! 🙂
And here I’ve been throwing away all those bananas with little brown spots because I simply won’t eat them once they aren’t perfectly yellow!
LOL! I’m telling you – those yucky bananas freeze beautifully and can turn into magical creations! 🙂
Can’t wait for the unhealthy version!
I know, right?!? Blue Bell is in our backyard, and everyone down here has been devastated by the recall – so many of us only eat that!
Where has this recipe been all of my life??? So glad I have it now! I freeze all of my unused, overripe bananas – so this is perfect for us! THANK YOU!
Yay!! It was so fast and so yummy! And after I discovered I had so many frozen bananas, well, I had to make it! 🙂 I can’t wait to try it with the peanut butter!
Kate! I put some bananas in the freezer!
Awesome!!! You’ll love it! I promise! 🙂
Chocolate and ice cream two combinations guaranteed to lift the mood!! Could sure you some of that tonight xxx
I rarely have leftover bananas… So I’d need to be intentional about saving bananas for this…. Hah the opposite problem. Thanks for sharing Kate. I hope life gets back to normal soon.
Thanks Joy! And I wish we never had left over bananas! When I rearranged the freezer this week, I found more baggies than expected!
Kate! This mom is dealing with her only son going away on a trip for 10 days! Maybe I should make this, ASAP.
10 days? 10 days! I don’t know if my heart could take that! You should totally plan to make this! 🙂
10 days…
Yes, Kate, I miss him terribly and I also miss … you! Come by and visit, when you get a chance.
I’ll be back! I have to take a break from your story as I go through an anniversary period, as I’m not very receptive to some journeys right now! But thank you so much for saying something!
Looks great! I use frozen bananas in my smoothies all the time. Not sure why it never occurred to me to just whip them on there own.
Me either!! I rearranged my fridge a bit yesterday and discovered I had about a dozen bananas frozen! Some were in a (3) pack, for bread, some where sliced for smoothies and some where just by themselves! LOL
Sending you GOOD HEALING energy!!!
I totally have to try this. I love bananas and I love, what’s that other ingredient…oh yes, chocolate! Thanks for sharing this Kate. 🙂
It was so easy Donna! And it was good, since I, too, love bananas, I love the flavor, and the texture was great! I was worried about the texture, but it was very much a soft serve texture! I can’t wait to try it with peanut butter! 🙂
Yummy!
It was – and it came together in minutes! No rock salt! No churning! 🙂
This looks yummy, a great use for bananas that are passed there *eat from the skin* date….I love the idea of combining with chocolate. 🙂
I saw a lot of people combining with peanut butter… but hands-down it was a chocolate kinda night! 🙂
I love the whole frozen fruit ice cream thing. I do berry ones too (using a whipping function on my Thermomix – hard to explain what it is. They don’t have it in the states but it is amazing!).
I’ve done frozen berries before, but might have to try them again!
I always get so excited when I see a “In the Kitchen with Kate” posting. I have to say, this seems very, very do-able. I had to laugh at your “vocabulary” choices for the week and the fact NO ONE informed you about the house sitting arrangement. I have so been there, Kate. Happy to adjust to anything, if someone could just let me know what is going on! 🙂 enjoy your night.
Yes, please . . . hands down better than the green (spinach & cantaloupe) smoothie I had today!
Ooh! Great for D!
It was really amazing! He will love it!
Now I have the solution to not throwing out bananas! We buy them (usually about 5) when they’re green. I have a very difficult time with the texture of bananas so if I do eat one, I have to slice it into pieces. It also can’t be too ripe or I won’t eat it (too mushy). Inevitably, there are usually 2 sometimes 3 over ripe bananas that sadly get tossed. Good idea for freezing and using later for a treat. 🙂
I have always frozen mine, usually for banana bread, but turning the into ice cream? That’s now my new favorite treat!
Emily would love this! She’s a big fan of bananas and we have some turning black. I was planning on making muffins but I might do this instead… Thank you for sharing!!!
I think she’ll really love it! I always freeze mine for muffins or bread, but this was a great treat!