This recipe for a healthy banana and chocolate shake is the reason that you should always have a few bananas in your freezer. When we have some bananas that are starting to get a little soft and brown at the edges, we never throw them out like most people would do.

Read also: Recipe for Healthy Banana Pancakes

This recipe for a shake with bananas and chocolate is super delicious, it only consist of four different ingredients and it takes about 5 minutes to make!

Use frozen banans to make a healthy Banana shake

We just peal the ripe bananas, bag them in a plastic bag and freeze them so that they can be used at a later point - and by that saves some money from buying new ones. A frozen banana can be used for many different things like these healthy homemade banana pancakes - they are one of our most popular recipes.

Read more: How to Bag and Save Ripe Bananas

The frozen bananas gives the shake a nice, smooth and cold consistency and the cocoa gives it a delicious chocolate taste and color. If you want to add more sweetness to the shake think about adding a table spoon of date syrup or honey.

Healthy Banana and chocolate shake after your workout

This shake is perfect to be served right after a workout at the gym or maybe just as an late afternoon drink before dinner. When you have tried this shake, or the banana pancakes, you will never throw out bananas any more just because they are a bit brown, you will save them in the freezer.

This shake is super easy to make and very delicious, we hope you will try it.

If you are looking for a good afternoon snack, then consider a slice of this delicious bread topped with a slice of cheese or ham. The bread has 6 different kinds of grains, seeds and nuts and are really healthy and filling.

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Healthy Banana and Chocolate Shake

Super easy recipe for a healthy banana and chocolate shake. Perfect in the afternoon or after a workout. Great energy from a few and simple ingredients.

Course Shake

Cuisine Danish

Keyword After workout, Banana, Chocolate, Healthy shake

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1 person

Author NordicFoodLiving.com

Ingredients

• 2 dl milk
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 bananas (frozen)
• 1/2 tbsp honey (optional)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Pour all the ingredients in a blender and blend until it has a nice and smooth consistency. Add a little honey if you need a bit more sweetness. 
• Pour the banana and chocolate shake in a large glass or two smaller and drink it when it is ice cold

Notes

Serve this cold shake as an snack before dinner or after a workout

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Healthy Banana Pancakes

15 pancakes
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Danish title: Sunde banan pandekager

Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas (or frozen bananas)
3 eggs
1 dl (0.4 cup) oats
1 dl (0.4 cup) flour
1/2 tsp. salt

Instructions:
Mash the bananas. You can use a fork or a hand blender. Mix in the last ingredients and stir until the dough is homogeneous. Heat up a skillet using a little bit of oil or butter. Distribute some dough on the skillet and use a tablespoon to level it out. I was able to fit 3 pancakes in one skillet. Bake until small bubbles appear on the surface on the pancakes. Flip the pancakes over and continue the baking until they are done. The pancakes are great when they are served right from the skillet, but they are also great the day after – and can easily be reheated or eaten cold.

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Sometimes we are just craving for something delicious dessert but we don't want all the sugar and empty calories. This is a recipe for a delicious banana ice cream which is a really great alternative to regular ice cream. This banana ice cream does not contain any sugar or heavy cream - it only contain one ingredient; bananas. The ice cream has a nice and creamy consistency which is similar to sorbet ice cream. If you prefer the consistency of regular ice cream you simply just refreeze it after you have made it. Will like to serve this ice cream will some chopped dark chocolate as topping.

We normally always some bananas in our home which we eat as healthy snacks between meals or after a workout. Sometimes, we have bought too many bananas or forgot to eat them and then they get overripe. Instead of throwing them out we cut them into smaller pieces and keep them in the freezer. These frozen bananas are great for many thing - we have actually made a small guide about frozen bananas.

You should really try this great and healthy ice cream - perfect for hot summer days.

Banana Ice Cream

1 person
Preparation time: 10 minutes (When the bananas are frozen)

Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas
dark chocolate for topping (optional)

Instructions:
1. Cut the bananas into slices and freeze them in a bag or small container. They should be in the freezer for about 2 hours or until they are completely frozen or hard. You can with advantage do this some days in advance.
2. Pour the frozen banana pieces in a food processor or blender and blend them until the consistency is nice and smooth. First the bananas get turned into a powder, just continue blending and you will get a nice ice cream.
3. Serve the ice cream as it is or put it back in the freezer and the consistency will become more like a regular ice cream. Then you can also make nice ice cream scoops.

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I want to share one of my absolutely favorite recipes. This recipe for banana-oat cookies is super easy to make and you only need those two ingredients; banana and oats. These cookies, if you can call them that, literally only takes 20 minutes to make. The great thing about them is that they are very healthy and filling so it is great snack in between the main meals. Each cookie has less than 100 calories so you can, with no problems, grab a couple of them.

Great for Travel
I got this recipe from a friend of mine and it instantly became a hit. I do a lot of traveling with my job and I always find it bit difficult to find both good and healthy food in airports and in cities you don’t know. Especially, if you are in a bit of a hurry it is, unfortunately, too easy to grab some food from fast food restaurants. After I discovered this recipe I always bring a box with 10 or more cookies. Then I eat a couple of them from time-to-time so that I don’t run out of energy.

The Recipe
As said, it only takes about 20 minutes to make a batch of these cookies. The basic recipe contains banana and oat. However, I always add all kinds of different extra stuff to make them extra delicious. I can recommend some of the followings below. However, I will encourage you to come up with your own: If you find a great ingredient, please let me know in the comments below.

1. Chocolate chips
2. All kinds of chopped nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts)
3. All kinds of dried fruits (cranberries, blueberries, raspberries)

The instructions are super simple. You simple just mix the banana and oats in a large bowl and add the different filling you like. Using a table spoon; then you transfer small cookies onto a parchment paper covered oven sheet. Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes and then they are done. It is that easy.

Help me
I am always on the look for great and simple recipes, like these banana-oat cookies, which I can bring on my business trips. If you have a great recipe you will share with me, I would love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Healthy Banana-Oat Cookies

2-4 people
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Danish title: Sunde banan-havregryn kager
Category: snacks

Ingredients:
Basic Recipe:
2 large bananas
5 dl (2 cups) oats (fine/instant/quick)

Filling:
Chocolate chips
Peanut Butter chips
Coconut flakes
Chopped almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts
Dried blueberries, raspberries, cranberries
Raisins

Instructions:
1. In a large bowl; use a fork to mix together banana and oats into a sticky dough.
2. Add all kinds of different fillings like chocolate chips, chopped almonds, coconut flakes and so on.
3. Using a table spoon to make small banana-oat cookie. Place them on a parchment paper covered baking sheet.
4. Bake the cookies for about 8-12 minutes at 175 C (350 F).

Tip: Keep the cookies in a closed container for some days. You can also store them in your freezer for later.

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This simple how to guide describes how you can easily bag and freeze your overripe bananas, and what you can later use them for. Using this guide you never have to throw out bad bananas anymore. Ripe bananas are really great fruits and it's properly one of the most popular in the world.

For many families this fruit is a common fruit to have in their fruit baskets. However, one of the downsides of a banana is that it has a relatively short expiration date. If you leave them in the fruit basket for too long, the peel will turn brown and the bananas start to get soft - and eventually they will turn bad. When this happens many people don't think the bananas are delicious anymore and they will throw them out. We think this is kind of sad - first, it's important that we use as much as the food we have available and by that save the worlds resources, and secondly overripe bananas can be used in many recipes and turned into delicious food.

If you follow this guide you will never have to throw out bananas which have gone bad. The guide is very easy - you simply just peel the overripe bananas, bag them and store them in the freezer. A frozen banana can be stored way longer and it can be used in so many different recipes. We can recommend to take a look at our recipes where bananas are an ingredient - in many of the recipes you can use frozen bananas.

Top-3 Banana Recipes:

This is our top-3 recipes where you can use overripe and frozen bananas:
-1- Banana cake with chocolate
-2- Healthy banana pancakes
-3- Banana and chocolate shake

How To: Bag and Save Ripe Bananas

You'll Need:
1. Ripe bananas
2. Plastic bags
3. Knife
4. Chopping board

Directions:
Step 1: Peel the bananas. You can with advantage use a knife if the bananas are a bit soft.
Step 2: Use a knife to cut the bananas in smaller pieces.
Step 3: Bag the banana pieces and put them in the freezer. Remember to write the date on the plastic bag so that you always uses the oldest bananas first.

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When it comes to dessert we normally like to make some kind of cake or some homemade ice cream. However, when we want to make something special we make a fruit salad with all kinds of different fruit, the more the better. This recipe for a simple fruit salad with vanilla cream and chocolate pieces is one of our all-time favorites. It is easy to make and super delicious! We have never met anybody who does not like it. Because it is possible to clean and cut out some of the fruit, and store it in the fridge for some time, it is very convenient when you are having guests - in this case we are always busy with all kinds of different work, then it is nice to be able to prepare the dessert in due time.

The vanilla cream is made out of 4 simple ingredients, egg yolks, sugar, heavy cream and a vanilla bean, and it gets really light and fluffy, exactly as an vanilla cream should be. The vanilla cream goes perfectly together with the fruit salad with chocolate pieces, but it can also be used for many other desserts. We can highly recommend serving this vanilla cream with our super delicious homemade strawberry pie or just any kinds of berry-pies.

Fruit Salad with Vanilla Cream and Chocolate

4 people
Preparation time: 1.5 hours
Category: Dessert

Ingredients:
Fruit Salad:
1 pomegranate
2 oranges
500 g (1 lb) grapes (both green and blue)
3 bananas
1 apple
2 pears
150 g (5 oz) dark chocolate

Vanilla Cream:
3 egg yolks
3 tbsp sugar
2.5 dl (1 cup) heavy cream
1 vanilla bean

Instruction:
Fruit Salad:
Step 1: Break out all the seeds from the pomegranate and rinse and clean the grapes. Peal the oranges and cut them into small pieces. Peal the bananas, split them and cut them into half slices. Wash the apples, remove the core and dice them - do the same with the pears.
Step 2: Mix all the prepared fruits in a large bowl.
Step 3: Chop the chocolate into small pieces and mix it with the fruits. Store all of it in the fridge until serving. It is always nice to serve the fruit salad with some extra chocolate, so prepare a small bowl with chocolate.

Vanilla Cream:
Step 4: Whip the egg yolks, sugar and the seeds from the vanilla bean unto a light cream.
Step 5: In a different bowl whip the heavy cream into a whipped cream.
Step 6: Gently mix the egg yolk mixture with the whipped cream. Now you a have delicious vanilla cream.

Tip: Serve the fruit salad with the vanilla cream. If you are having guests and want to cut out the fruit in advance then wait with the apples and bananas, they tend to get slightly discolored. The rest can be prepared in due time.

By Kim Nielsen

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