You can use bananas as a substitute in recipes for the fat, adding in tons of potassium to your meal, not to mention folate, magnesium, fiber and vitamin C. Bananas are also naturally fat, sodium and cholesterol free for those of you with any special diets. So grab your ripe bananas and get ready to whip up some deliciously healthy banana recipes.
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Double Chocolate Almond Biscotti
The perfect slightly sweet and chocolate-y almond biscotti to eat with your morning coffee.
Pumpkin Biscotti Cookies with Dark Chocolate Drizzle
Peanut Butter Oat Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel [GF]
No Bake Mini Graham Cracker Pies with Pumpkin Fluff
Banana Chocolate Chip Funfetti Cookie Bars with Lemon [NF]
These funfetti cookie bars can be whipped up in a flash. The sweetness from the banana and zing from the lemon will make you even happier than the fun sprinkles.
Smores Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars [NF]
It’s probably a good thing that I only got one piece of this s’mores chocolate chip cookie dough bar because if it were up to me, I would have cleaned the whole pan. And that’s not super healthy, right?
Frozen Banana Pops Covered in Chocolate Taste Like Dilly Bars
These delicious frozen chocolate covered banana pops covered in chocolate are the perfect semi-healthy treat for a hot summer day. Or any day, really. The frozen bananas taste so similar to ice cream (especially when you use super ripe bananas), but you get the benefit of potassium, no added sugar and no dairy. The chocolate candy shell is just icing on top.
How To Make Cake Pops (and keep cake pops on the stick)
Hey friends! Remember I talked about making birthday cake pops on Monday? I hadn’t made cake pops in quite some time and forgot what kind of work goes into them, so I decided that I would re-do a post I did over 3 years ago (before I even had a fancy camera!).
Hopefully this solves some of the mysteries behind how to make cake pops. And how to keep cake pops on the stick! (<-the struggle is real.)
Semi- Healthy Banana Oat Muffins [ GF ]
These sweet little banana super oat muffins will delight your taste buds and surprise you with some super healthy ingredients. I mean, they do have butter and sugar, so I would definitely stick them in the semi-healthy dessert category, but oh my golly are they a tasty semi-healthy treat!
