Stylish Cuisine « bananas

Banana Oat Energy Bites

We go through a lot of protein bars in our house, Rx bars being one of our favorites. I love their simple list of ingredients. Similarly, this is a recipe for a healthy snack that uses a simple list of ingredients and as a bonus, doesn’t involve any baking. It’s mix and go. We keep […]

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

I always have a couple of overripe bananas in my freezer. I keep them for times when I want to make a banana bread or a smoothie. It’s tough to buy a banana that’s perfect for cooking. I find it takes a couple of days of sitting on a kitchen counter to get to the […]

Banana Bars with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

I’ve made these a couple of times now and they are unbelievably good. I love banana bread and I really love frosting (my girlfriend Lisa and I used to buy white frosting and eat it straight from the can when we were roommates. I’m kind of horrified by the thought now, considering that it’s loaded […]

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

These are the best banana muffins I have ever eaten. Really. I don’t know if it was that fact that I had incredibly overripe bananas, or the fact that I substituted mascarpone cheese for the sour cream called for in the original recipe, but whatever it was, these muffins were incredibly delicious. My boys wished […]

Super Moist Banana Bread

This is the most moist banana bread I have ever made. And there’s no butter in it! The secret is coconut oil. I bought some coconut oil a couple of months ago because my husband and a couple of my sons got very dry hands this winter, and I read […]

Cocoa-Banana Muffins

When I made these muffins, I followed the recipe below with two exceptions. First, I left the nuts out because the boys don’t like nuts in things. I also doubled the vanilla extract because I didn’t have any chocolate extract on hand and didn’t feel like buying any. This is […]

Cherry Banana Muffins with White Chocolate Chips

I must get a better picture of these muffins because based on the picture, you might not want to make them, but you really should. These are incredibly delicious. They’re one of the best tasting muffins I’ve made in a long time. There’s something about the combination of bananas, white chocolate chips and tart cherries […]

Ultimate Banana Bread

This recipe comes from the August 2010 issue of Cooks Illustrated. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy reading the magazine? One recipe is better than the next. I typically try several new recipes from each issue.

When coming up with this recipe, the folks at Cooks Illustrated tried […]

Banana Caramel Cake

It was a rainy day today and one of my sons is sick so I was stuck in the house with him and three overripe bananas. I’m always on the lookout for new banana recipes and I found this one on a blog called Technicolor Kitchen. It is really good. The caramel on top is […]

Frozen Chocolate Covered Bananas

These are incredibly easy to make and SO delicious, especially if you make them with a good bar of chocolate. I like milk chocolate, but these would also be great with semi-sweet chocolate as well. If you’re not a big fan of sprinkles, try rolling the bananas in nuts. Yum! They’re a great, fun warm-weather […]