It happens a lot, you buy a bunch of bananas with all the best intentions, but the days go by and you end up with a few stragglers that have turned into ripe bananas covered in brown spots. Some people love eating bananas when they get like this, I'm not one of those people so I need some go to recipes to use up my ripe bananas. I've gathered together some recipes I've tried and enjoyed that will help you to use up your ripe bananas.
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How should you store leftover bananas?
Bananas are best kept at room temperature. Keep them out of direct sunlight, away from other fruits, and ideally hang them from a banana holder. Once they are ripe, you can put them in the fridge to stop them going off, when you do this don't worry if the peel gets darker, the fruit inside will still be ok to eat. You can also peel ripe bananas, and freeze them for smoothies or banana nice cream in the future.
Recipes using 1 banana
Recipes using 2 bananas
Recipes using 3 bananas
Recipes using 4 bananas
Recipes using 6 bananas
What else can you do with leftover bananas?
- Freeze them (make sure to peel them first!) and use for future smoothies
- Make banana nice cream
- Mash them into your morning porridge
- Top your pancakes or waffles with them
Kate Glutenfreealchemist
Bananas are absolutely one of those foods you need plenty of ideas for..... one minute they are perfect and the next they are going too soft! Thanks for the link to my Banoffee Cheesecake..... It was a darn fine dessert for sure!