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If you’ve been around for a while, you’ll know that for most of Winter, I complained about the lack of ripe bananas to be found. Groceries and farmers’ markets were filled with too green bananas that took weeks to ripen. Since I try to have at least one banana a day – usually more – and I prefer my bananas to be pretty ripe, I was not amused.
Thankfully, the cold weather is over for the most part, and ripe bananas are making an appearance. Even if I buy green bananas in the grocery, it takes no time at all for them to ripen. This is generally a good thing, but sometimes they can ripen too quickly if I buy too many, and I’m left with some extra ripe, soggy bananas that even I won’t eat. Usually, I just put them in smoothies, but those overripe bananas are also perfect for baking.
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Almond-Chocolate Breakfast Cookies via Diary of an ExSloth
Lentil Banana Muffins via The Lean Green Bean
Banana Bread Granola Bars via Running with Spoons
Ice Tray Banana Yogurt Pops via Fit Foodie Finds
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies via Diary of an ExSloth
Gluten-Free Banana Bread Donut Splits via Food Faith Fitness
Banana Fosters Cinnamon Rolls via The Healthy Maven
Banana Smoothie Breakfast Bites via The Big Man’s World
Blueberry Banana Baked Oatmeal Cups via Diary of an ExSloth
Strawberry Banana Overnight Oats via The Almond Eater
Single-Serve Cacao Nib Banana Bread Muffin via Clean Eating Veggie Girl
Banana Cacao Avocado Acai Bowl via Hummusapien
Gluten-Free Banana Mac Nut Protein Bites via Cotter Crunch
Coconut-Banana “Ice Cream” Sandwiches via Diary of an ExSloth
Banana Honey Cornbread via Peas and Crayons
Cinnamon Coffee Cake Banana Bread via The Fit Foodie Mama
Sesame Banana Buckwheat Muffins via Skinny Fitalicious
Banana Bread Pizza Crust via Fresh Fit & Healthy
Chocolate Banana-Nut Bread via Diary of an ExSloth
Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Cups via Pancake Warriors
Vegan and Gluten-Free Banana Pudding via Almost Getting it Together
Flourless Protein Banana Cake (in a rice cooker) via Fairy Burger
Fruity Banana Coconut Pancakes via Strength and Sunshine
What about you?
Do your bananas go bad around this time of year? What do you do with the overripe ones?
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I love banana recipes!! Thank you so much for posting, I will be pinning this!
Stephanie recently posted…Kisspat- Professional Hair Chalks Review
Oh my goodness these look amazing! I’m always looking for banana recipes…seems like I can never eat them fast enough 🙂
Erin recently posted…What I read in March
Yum! I had a banana for breakfast this morning. I hope you have a great day!
Leslie recently posted…Guilty
Yayyyy for bananas! I’m always looking for all sorts of uses to throw em’ into! My overripe ones tend to go into baked goods, or I chop em’ up and throw them in the freezer for future smoothies! :]
Thanks for sharing my banana cake! 😀
Ripe bananas are the only kind I’ll eat! And lately, I’ve been buying double what I eat in a week so that they can ripen and I can cook with them. I just made the most delicious peanut butter banana oatmeal protein no bake balls- wish I had shared them with you for this post! I’ve printed a few of these recipes- can’t wait to make them!
Monique @ burpees to bubbly recently posted…Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Protein Balls {No Bake!}
I absolutely love over ripe bananas, I seek them out in the grocery store (sometimes i can get 2-3 lbs for $1). I freeze them for smoothies or use them in breads. But girl this is going to be my new go to place on how to use them!! PS thanks for including my frozen PB cups 🙂 xoox
Sam @ PancakeWarriors recently posted…Overnight Oats: Cinnamon Raisin
I have two spotty naners on my counter right now – this is perfect!!
Ange @ Cowgirl Runs recently posted…Let’s Talk Physio
So many delicious recipes! I love freezing overripe bananas to put in smoothies!
Maureen recently posted…#WIAW Whole30 Days 5-10 {This really isn’t so bad}
I’ve been wasting bananas for years! If only I had known there were so many recipes and options for them….
Miranda @ Miranda Writes Blog recently posted…Beers To Try (If You Think You Don’t Like Beer)
Nice round up! The ice cream sandwiches look yummy! Bananas don’t last too long around here!
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…Spring Cleaning With PhenOh 7.4
I love bananas – have at least 2 a day 🙂 Those ice cream sandwiches are calling my name!
Nicole @ Fitful Focus recently posted…Scotland Run 10K Recap
I need this. I’m the worst about buying bananas then forgetting about them until they’ve gone bad 🙁
Mags recently posted…Push Pin Travel Map Review
I love a good bananas recipe!!! Thanks for posting!
Margo recently posted…What Did We Learn This Month? Health Magazine with the Lovely Anna Faris @goodhealth
Maybe some of these will get me to like bananas more. I NEVER buy them ever….I like banana flavor, but hate actual bananas…so I just never end up buying them whole!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine recently posted…What To Avoid With An Egg Allergy
Mmmm. gonna check some of these out. I could use some new ideas!
Elle recently posted…Do You Really Love and Use Those Products You Review?
I’ll have to try some of these out. Thanks for rounding all of these great looking recipes up!
Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…2015 Florida Vacation Recap – Part 1
Thanks for including my oats! This is an awesome roundup and this is perfecttttt timing considering I have extremely ripe/slightly rotting bananas sitting on my counter right now. …..yum.
Erin @ The Almond Eater recently posted…Raw Vegan Citrus Pie
I love it when my bananas go bad just so I can make yummy baked goods! Thanks for the great ideas 🙂
Lauren Allen recently posted…Chicken Milanesa Torta
Yum! Now I’m hungry 🙂
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Thank you so much for including my coffee cake in your roundup!!!! Everything else looks amazing, can’t wait to check them all out 🙂
Annmarie recently posted…Spiced CocoaVia® Recovery Smoothie + Giveaway!
This is exactly what I needed!! I always have a stock of bananas in the freezer and as much as I love them, there’s really only so many times you can add them to smoothies and bake banana bread before you need some variety!
My family is obsessed with bananas so we have two methods for ripening.. One to put them in a brown bag in a dark space and the other in the fruit bowl with various other types of fruit. They both work equally well.
GinaB @ Mirror Watching recently posted…Untamed Emotional Eating
Such a great round up starting with almond banana breakfast cookies. I love bananas so love all of these new ways to incorporate them into eating!
Sandra Laflamme recently posted…Review | Prescription Glasses from Firmoo.com
Thanks for sharing my banana pudding, girlie… and for all of the other recipes because I ALWAYS am trying to figure out how to use extra bananas!
Cassie @ Almost Getting it Together recently posted…Now Trending – Best Links Week of 4.6
Thanks for sharing, G! Now I need my green bananas to go yellow. or preferably skip that stage and go brown!
Arman @ thebigmansworld recently posted…Healthy Greek Couscous Salad
Love this round up bananas recipe for lunch inspiration! 🙂
So glad you were able to find this post to use up your banana recipe 🙂 🙂