50 Brilliant Banana Recipes

Deep fried, baked, steamed or mashed; the next time you peel a delicious yellow banana, try one of these 50 Brilliant Banana Recipes. From cakes to pudding, from smoothies to breads, cooking and baking with bananas is truly diverse and delicious.

The banana is one of the world’s most popular fruits. The average American consumes 25 pounds of bananas a year! It is the #1 fruit in the United States. Botanically it is classified as a berry (I did not know that! Did you?) Bananas may be yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe.

Bananas were first domesticated in what is now known as Papua New Guinea, as far back as 8000 BC. Today bananas are grown in over 100 countries worldwide. Cavendish bananas are the main type of commerical banana grown for consumption due to shelf life and easy of transport, not due to taste. India produces most of the world’s bananas, followed by China and the Phillpines.

Export bananas are picked green, before mature, and shipped refriedgerated. Bananas ripen in special rooms upon arrival in the destination country. These rooms are air-tight and filled with ethylene gas to induce ripening. The vivid yellow color consumers normally associate with supermarket bananas is, in fact, caused by the artificial ripening process. Tree ripened Cavendish bananas taste better than artificially ripened bananas, but only have a shelf life of a week.

Bananas are a good source of Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C as well as Manganese.

50 Brilliant Banana Recipes

● Applesauce Banana Cake Recipe | The Country Chic Cottage

● Baked Banana French Toast Recipe | Caroline’s Cooking

● Banana and Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Cups Recipe | Organize Yourself Skinny

● Banana Bread Breakfast Casserole Recipe | Simply Stacie

● Banana Bread Cookies Recipe | Organized Island

● Banana Cheesecake with Peanut Butter Swirls Recipe | Caroline’s Cooking

● Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake Recipe | An Italian in My Kitchen

● Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe | Lydi Out Loud

● Banana Cream Cones Recipe

● Banana Lumpia {Filipino Turon} Recipe | The Good Hearted Woman

● Banana Mug Cake Recipe | Becomingness

● Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Recipe | This Mama Loves

● Banana Pudding Milkshake Recipe | Thrifty Treasures

● Banana Pudding Surprise Cupcakes Recipe | Say Grace Blog

● Banana S’mores Recipe | Andrea’s Notebook

● Banana Split Icebox Cake Recipe

● Bananas Foster Popsicles Recipe | Snappy Gourmet

● Blueberry Banana Bread Recipe | Mary Ellen’s Cooking

● Chocolate Maple Banana Bread Recipe | The Monday Box

● Classic Strawberry Banana Smoothie Recipe | Two hHealthy Kitchens

● Chocolate Banana Cake Recipe

● Easy Butter Pecan Banana Loaf Recipe

● Chocolate Banana Pudding Pops Recipe

● Crockpot Banana Nut Oatmeal Recipe | Freebie Finding Mom

● Copycat Starbucks Banana Nut Bread Recipe | Saving Dollars and Sense

● Deep Fried Banana Bites Recipe | Cincy Shopper

● Easy Banana Muffins Recipe | Mission to Save

● Easy Banana Pudding Recipe | Moms Confession

● Easy Pancake Mini Muffins Recipe | Pixie Dust Savings

● Frozen Chocolate Covered Banana Bites Recipe | Couponing For 4

● Gluten Free Buckwheat and Almond Flour Banana Nut Muffin Recipe | Fancy Shanty

● Healthy Banana Pancakes Recipe | My Heavenly Recipes

● Homemade Banana Bread Baked In A Mason Jar Recipe | Reuse Grow Enjoy

● Homemade Banana Pudding Recipe | Little House Living

● Low Carb Sugar (almost) Free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe | Thrifty DIY Diva

● Low-Sugar and Whole-Wheat Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe | Kalyn’s Kitchen

● Nutella Banana Cheesecake Egg Rolls Recipe | Couponing For 4

● Orange Mango Banana Spinach Smoothie Recipe | The PinterTest Kitchen

● Peanut Butter & Banana Quinoa Muffin Recipe | Midwest Modern Momma

● Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie Recipe | Lydi Out Loud

● Peanut Butter Banana Granola Pops Recipe | Mom on the Side

● Peanut Butter Espresso Banana Bread Recipe | Strength & Sunshine

● Rustic Banana Bread with Crumble Topping Recipe | Dear Creatives

● Sinfully Delicious Banana Raspberry Icebox Cake Recipe | Just Short of Crazy

● Southern Banana Pudding Recipe | Creative Southern Cooking

● Strawberry, Banana and Kiwi Smoothie Recipe | Sidewalk Shoes

● Strawberry, Banana, Orange Smoothie Recipe | Creative Homemaking

● The Ultimate Thick Homemade Banana Milk Shake Recipe | Recipe This

● Vegan Walnut Banana Bread Recipe | Lavende & Lemonade

● Whipped Banana Cream Pie Recipe | Bake Craft & DIY

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