Bake Easy Banana Bread
Gather ingredients. 3 ripe bananas, mashed 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour (or add 3 & 1/2 tsp baking powder & 1/2 tsp salt to regular flour) 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup chocolate chips, dried fruit, or walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix first six ingredients together in a large bowl. When ingredients are just combined, fold in the chocolate chips, dried fruit and/or nuts if desired.
Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan. You may also use muffin tins or a small cake pan, depending on how you would like to serve the bread.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean. For muffins, bake for 25-30 minutes.
Allow to completely cool in the pan. Serve and enjoy!
Make a Green Smoothie
Gather the ingredients. In addition to one or two of your ripe bananas, you'll need: 1 big handful of chopped spinach or kale 1 cup of plain yogurt 1 big spoonful of peanut butter 1 diced green apple 3/4 cup dairy, soy, or almond milk Cinnamon and honey, to taste
Blend all ingredients together, using a blender or food processor. If needed, stop the blender at 20 second intervals to scrape the sides and mix ingredients with a rubber spatula.
Once thoroughly blended, pour into a glass. If you'd like, garnish with a handful of your favorite granola, berries, or a dollop of whipped cream.
Make Non-Dairy Banana Nut Ice Cream
Gather your ingredients. 2 or 3 overripe bananas 1/4 cup water, soy milk, or almond milk. 2 tablespoons honey 1/4 cup chopped nuts of your choice
Peel and chop or mash all of your overripe bananas. Put them in a ziplock bag and store them in the freezer overnight.
Blend the bananas and liquid until creamy. You might need to let the bananas soften a bit before blending them.
Stir in the honey and nuts. Spoon into a bowl, and enjoy.
Finished.
Enrich Plants
Peel one overripe banana. Place the peel aside. Puree the ripe banana with 1/2 cup water.
Dig up the soil around a bush in your yard in need of a little extra nourishment. Pour the banana mixture into the soil.
Put the empty banana peel in a large jar and cover with water. This creates an enriching "juice."
Mix one part homemade "banana juice" with five parts water.
Water plants regularly with this mixture.
Continually add fresh water to the banana jar to replenish your supply.
Feed Butterflies
Combine the following ingredients in a pan to create a nutritious formula for the butterflies: 3 mashed, overripe bananas 1 or 2 cans of stale beer 1 pound white sugar 1 cup maple syrup 1 cup fruit juice 1 shot of rum
Paint mixture on trees, stumps, rocks, or tree posts. Alternatively, you may soak a sponge in the liquid and hang it from a tree limb.
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