Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Banana Ice Cream

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!



One ingredient banana ice cream to be exact.  That's right! One ingredient, and it's, you guessed it, bananas! 
Well mine was four ingredients including the toppings but other than that, yeah, it's one.  This is great for vegans (without the honey and waffle bowl of course) and those who are diary-free, I know I would've loved this when I was vegan a few years back. 


Banana Ice Cream
1 Serving

Ingredients: 
1 banana
2 tbs crushed peanuts (about 9 peanuts) (optional)
3 ts honey (optional)
1 waffle cone or bowl (optional)

1. Freeze the whole banana for three hours or until frozen.  You may peel and chop it before you freeze the banana in order to make it freeze faster.  It's best to use a ripened banana but I just couldn't wait any longer to try this out!

The Frozen Banana


2. Place the peanuts in a plastic baggies and crush them with anything.  I used a mallet that's meant for spices.



3. Chop banana into slices and peel the skin off if you did not do this before before.  My slices were pretty thick but you can make yours as big or small as you'd like.



4. Place in a food processor or blender until smooth.  I prefer the processor since I didn't have to keep mixing the bananas so that the blades could reach the others.  With the food processor it only took me about two minutes to completely mix it.



That's all banana, nothing else, I promise!


5. Take the ice cream out and serve immediately.  You can put whatever toppings on it that you like.  I chose to put it in a waffle bowl with honey and crushed peanuts, it made the flavor of the sweet bananas really pop out. 



6. Enjoy the sweet, healthy snack!

Friday, May 25, 2012

The Fourth of July

The last few nights have been full of thunderstorms, my neighbors' fireworks, and Air Force jets practicing in the little windows of good weather possible.  These are all signs that the Fourth of July is coming up soon; I know it's a month away but I just get so excited for holidays like this!


My dog, John, curling up and trying his best to sleep.  He's actually shaking in fear as he hates the loud noises. March and July aren't his favorite months to say the least.

Even with my baby being so miserable I can't help but love the Fourth of July.  It's wonderful to have the family around for good food and a ton of oohs and ahs at the end of night.  Last year a bush was set on fire during the show and everyone forgot about the booms up above until it quickly burnt out. 

Although I can't promise that your local neighborhood will set ablaze I can promise you a beautiful Fourth of July with a few of these simple tricks.





Outfits

For the more laid back girl.

And for that "you can never be overdressed" girl.

Untitled #9



AX Paris belted dress, £22
Steve Madden platform heels, $100
Retro handbag, €130
Banana Republic indigo jewelry, $35


So what are you guys doing for the Fourth of July?