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SEXY BANANA
CURRY
2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon
(or more) red curry paste
3 bananas,thickly sliced
1/4 cup lime juice
1 onion, sliced
500g chicken breast fillets, sliced into strips
250g green beans, sliced
1 medium eggplant, chopped
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon chicken stock powder
1 cup (250ml) low fat coconut cream
2 tablespoons shredded basil
2 cups white rice, cooked
1.Heat
oil in pan, add half the curry paste and half the bananas, toss until coated.
Remove from pan, pour over lime juice.
2.Add remaining curry paste and onions to the pan. Cook until onions are soft.
Add chicken and cook until golden brown. Stir in beans, eggplant, water and
stock powder, simmer uncovered for 10-15 minutes.
3.Stir in coconut cream, simmer until just thickened. Add banana mixture. Mix
through remaining bananas, allow to heat through. Sprinkle with basil and serve
with rice.
Serves 4-6
DECANDENT
BANANA WALDORF
4 rashers bacon, cut into strips
3 Delicious apples, chopped
3 medium bananas, sliced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup natural low fat yoghurt
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 sticks celery, chopped
2 shallots, chopped
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1.In a frypan, fry bacon until brown and crisp. Drain
on absorbent paper.
2.Combine all ingredients in a bowl except nuts and bacon. Mix well.
3.Serve
salad chilled. Mix through bacon just prior to serving. Sprinkle with nuts.
Serve on cos lettuce.
Serves 6-8
BANANA
SOUFFLÉ QUICKIE
3/4 cup well mashed banana
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
6 egg whites
1/3 cup castor sugar
1.Grease 6 small soufflé ramekins.
2.Place egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and beat until thick and pale. Fold through
banana and nutmeg. Place egg whites in a separate bowl and beat only until soft
peaks form. Gradually add sugar and beat until egg whites are thick and glossy.
3.Fold carefully through banana mixture and spoon into ramekins.
4.Bake in oven pre-heated to 200°C for 15 to 20 minutes or until puffed and
golden. 5.Serve immediately dusted with icing sugar.
BANANA
BLUEBERRY CAKE
1 cup mashed banana (around 3 small, or 2 large bananas)
125g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup castor sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup blueberries
1/3 cup sour cream or thick yoghurt
2 cups self-raising flour
1.Place butter, vanilla and sugar in a bowl and beat until light and creamy. Add eggs and beat well. 2.Fold through flour, sour cream, banana and finally blueberries. 3.Spoon mixture into a greased 22cm round cake tin and bake in a preheated 180°C oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes (or until cooked when tested with a skewer). 4.Allow to cool in tin before turning out to serve.
BANANA
HEALTH LOAF
1 cup All Bran cereal
1 cup low fat milk
1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup sultanas
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
1/2 cup wheatgerm
3 bananas
2 eggs
1.Place
All Bran in a small bowl, cover with milk and allow to stand 10-15 minutes.
2.In a large bowl combine flour, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, dried apricots,
sultanas, coconut and wheatgerm. Stir well.
3.Mash bananas thoroughly, break in eggs and stir to combine.
4.Add banana mixture and soaked All Bran to dry ingredients. Mix well.
5.Pour mixture into greased and lined loaf tin and bake at 170°C for approximately
1 hour or until skewer inserted in the centre comes out cleanly.
6.Turn onto a cake cooler and allow to cool.
7.Slice and butter if desired.
'QUICK'
BANANA TART
Base: 1 x 24-26cm ready made sponge flan or pastry case
Filling: 250g cream cheese,softened
1/2 cup caster sugar
250ml thickened cream
4 bananas, peeled and sliced
Glaze: 2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon icing sugar
1/4 teaspoon arrowroot
1.Beat
cream cheese and sugar together, fold in cream. Spoon into case.
2.Combine all ingredients for the glaze in a small saucepan, bring to boil and
stir. Leave to cool.
3.Arrange slices of banana over the surface of the tart. Brush with glaze and
chill until required. Serves 8-10
Smoothies
1 banana (unfrozen, usually)
4 canned apricot halves
2 large spoonsful of
plain yogurt
frozen raspberries
wheat germ
orange juice
Mix in blender and serve
3 big
spoonfuls of plain yogurt
1 banana
some *canned* peaches and mangoes
and a little of the syrup orange juice
Mix in blender and serve
Half-fill
a Mason jar (with a lid) with cold coffee
then add a couple scoops of high-quality chocolate ice cream
Fill with as much milk or cream as desired
Put lid on and shake vigorously
frozen
banana
frozen mixed berries
orange-tangerine juice
vanilla
yogurt
and Grape-Nuts.
Mix in blender and serve
4 big
spoonfuls of yogurt
1 tbsp. flaxseed oil
1/2 a banana
some sliced peaches from a can
some sliced apricots from a can
and the new secret ingredient.... prune juice!
Mix in blender and serve
