Ingredients:

• 1 c. pineapple, frozen
• 1/2 c. coconut water or 1/4 c. coconut milk
• 3 ice cubes
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 banana, frozen
• 1 c. milk or soymilk
• 1/2 c. yogurt or soy yogurt (optional)

Blend all ingredients together in a blender.

To make your smoothie sweeter, add 3 dried whole pitted dates.

If you want, use ice cubes made out of vanilla rooibos tea instead of ones made from just water.

Add more coconut if you wish. Coconut contains saturated fat so I was conservative on the quantity of coconut in the recipe. Young coconuts contain less fat and calories than mature coconuts.

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• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 oz (60 g) sliced pimiento-stuffed green olives
• 2 small red onions, thinly sliced
• 4 fl oz (120 ml) olive oil
• 4 fl oz (120 ml) white wine vinegar
• juice of one fairtrade lime
• salt and fairtrade black pepper to taste
• 2 1/4 lb (1 kg) very green, under-ripe fairtrade bananas

Combine garlic, olives, onion, bay leaf, olive oil, vinegar, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a large bowl and set aside.

Bring a large pot of water of water to the boil. Meanwhile, cut the ends from the green bananas and slit peel length ways; keep peel on.

Boil the bananas for a few minutes until they are soft, yet still firm. Drain bananas and place in a pan of icy water for approximately 5 minutes or until they are completely cold.

Peel bananas and cut into 2.5cm (1in) rounds. Add banana rounds to the bowl of garlic and onion mixture and toss to coat well. Sprinkle with the sliced red onion.

Makes 4 servings.

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• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 medium nectarines, thinly sliced
• 1 large firm banana, thinly sliced
• 1 pint blueberries
• 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1-1/2 cups watermelon balls
• 1 cup green grapes
• 1 kiwifruit, peeled and chopped

In a bowl, combine the lime juice, water and sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Add nectarines and banana; toss to coat. In a 2-1/2-qt. glass bowl, combine the remaining fruits. Add nectarine mixture; stir gently. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve with a slotted spoon.

Makes 8-10 servings.

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 papaya, frozen
• 1 banana, frozen
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 5 or so macadamia nuts
• 1 c. milk or soy milk
• 3 dried whole pitted dates (optional)*

Preparation is as simple as it could be. Mix all the ingredients in a lender until smooth.

*this ingredient should be added if you want to make your drink sweeter.

And don’t forget to make sure that you are using organic and not genetically modified products.

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Ingredients:

• 1 pineapple, large ripe
• 2 oranges, seedless
• 2 bananas
• 1 cup blueberries

Before you start make sure that you thoroughly washed the pineapple. Lay it on a large plate and cut it in half in such a way that each half has a half of green leafy top (as you can see on the picture). And now we use a curved grapefruit knife: cut around the inside of the one pineapple halves into 4-5 lenghtwise wedges (carefully, don’t cut through the skin), and remove them. Cut these wedges into bite sized pieces and place them in a bowl with any jiuce you like. Do the same with the second half of the pineapple.

Now it’s time for the filling. Wash and peel the oranges and the bananas. Cut them into bite sized pieces, and add to the bowl with pineapple pieces and juice. After that add there blueberries.

Use a spoon to fill the hollowed out pineapple halves, so that it is mounted above the pineapple.

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• 16 ripe medium-sized bananas
• 16 tbsps chopped peanuts
• Mayonnaise
• Lettuce

This salad is not only tasty. It has a number of great health benefits. By a high potassium to sodium content, bananas may prevent high blood pressure and its complications. High potassium may also prevent renal calcium loss, in effect preventing bone breakdown. New research shows peanuts rival the antioxidant content of many fruits. That is why the combination of peanuts and bananas is very useful.

Preparation is extremely simple. Slice crosswise and thin 2 bananas for each individual serving and mix with two tablespoons chopped peanuts. Add mayonnaise, mix lightly with a fork and arrange on lettuce leaves before serving.

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More recipes using bananas:

Banana Bread
Chocolate Banana Milkshake

Strawberries are very popular for using in salads, desserts, milk shakes, and smoothie drinks because they are full of Vitamin C and very tasty.

To make this simple and at the same time incredible strawberry smoothie drink please take the following:

• 450g/1lb ripe strawberries, washed
• 1 banana
• 450ml/15floz low fat natural yoghurt
• 150ml/1/4oz skimmed (or soy) milk
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 6-8 ice cubes, crushed

This time we offer you sugar-free variant of this drink. But if you think you would enjoy it more with a little icing sugar then go ahead.

Place the strawberries, banana, yoghurt, milk and vanilla extract in a blender and blend until smooth. Put the crushed ice into 4 tall glasses, pour the smoothie over the ice and serve immediately.

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Try also Chocolate Banana Milkshake

• 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cups vegan sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed bananas (usually it takes 2-3 bananas)
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• equivalent of 2 or 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup soy milk

Before you start turn you oven on to 325F. Then take two bowls. One (bigger) is to mix the flour, sugar, soda, and salt in it. The other one (smaller) is to mix bananas, oil, and milk. Make sure you stir it all well. Then mix the contents of these two bowls together, and add eggs equivalents there. Pour this paste you got into a greased 9×5 inch bread pan, and put it into already preheated oven for 70-75 minutes. You can always check it with a toothpick.

• 2 cups chocolate soy milk
• 2 middle-size bananas
• 4-6 ice cubes
• 2-3 drops of vanilla extract

The last one is optional. It is for those who feel that vanilla gives an additional note to the taste. So, the only thing you have to do with all these simple ingredients is to mix them in a blender until smooth. And of course you should serve it immediately till its cold.

You will get only two serves. If you need to make more portions simply add an appropriate amount of the listed ingredients.

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• 1 box plain graham crackers
• 2 large bananas
• 2 large boxes regular vanilla pudding
• 5 1/4 cups Silk vanilla soy milk
• 1 can chocolate frosting

Take a flat baking dish. On the bottom place a layer of graham crackers, then a layer of sliced bananas, and cover it all with a layer of pudding mixed with Silk vanilla soy milk. Repeat the procedure once again. Leave some graham crackers for the top, and frost it with chocolate.

After keeping it for 1 hour in fridge you’ll get about 6 servings of an excellent banana pudding.