Recipes with ripe bananas and unusual uses for their peels
Bananas that are overripe, which are already overdone, can turn into unimaginable things. Take a look
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Purchasing fruits and vegetables produced in the vicinity of where you live is a healthy habit for both you and the environment. The fair is a good place to buy bananas, for example, but if you come to the end, you may be seduced by the merchants' bargains and take a lot more bananas than you can eat. The ideal is to buy only what you are going to consume, but if it's left over and you have that overripe banana losing in the fruit bowl, we have some amazing recipes with ripe banana recipes.
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1. Make a sugar scrub
Bananas are rich in nutrients like potassium, for example, and serve as a natural moisturizer for the skin. In this way, it works as a base for the sugar scrub. It's simple to do: lightly mash a ripe banana with three tablespoons of granulated sugar, a teaspoon of olive oil and a few drops of vanilla essence. Enter the bath and, before turning on the water, massage the mixture all over your body. Rinse off and, if your skin is not very sensitive, set aside some to put on your face, avoiding your eyes. Then just rinse again. Granulated sugar can be too rough for the face, so you may want to exfoliate for that area separately, using a finer sugar, such as refined or powdered sugar.
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2. Use the ripe banana to make ice cream
You can also use the frozen banana cubes to make homemade ice cream. The recipe only uses banana - and the more ripe, the better, as it will be very sweet. It's a great dessert for anyone on a diet or wanting to consume more fruit. You also prevent the stale banana from ending up in the trash. Check out the complete recipe in the article: "Turn overripe bananas into ice cream".
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3. Make banana ice
It sounds strange, but nothing has the rich, smooth flavor of a frozen banana. How about swapping ice cubes for frozen banana pieces? So you refresh your drinks and mix them with a unique flavor. Peel the ripe bananas, cut them into cubes and freeze. Ready! Just add it to the drinks and try it.
4. Shoe polishing
The traditional way of polishing the shoe can be toxic. O Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), from the United States, has already made some notes about this. Grease may cause eye and skin irritation depending on the level of contact.
Alternatively, you can use the banana peel to polish the shoe. Potassium and the oils that make up the skin preserve the shoe in the same way as a traditional polish. The difference is that, in addition to being non-toxic and more ecological, the process of using the peel also reduces the generation of waste from the fruit - which you can freeze or use in one of the other tips!
Simply rub the inner part of the skin against the surface of the shoe and then buff it with a soft cloth. And finally, compost the bark.
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5. Rosehip Elixir
If any roses on the rose have faded, try putting a ripe banana with half a cup of water in a blender. Dig the earth around the rosebush, place the mixture into the hole and cover it again with earth. After a while, the rose will come back to life.
6. Juice for plants
Place banana peel in a large jar and fill with water. Use this banana peel “juice” with water to water your garden plants. The mixture is as follows: one part banana peel "juice" to five parts water.
7. Banana bread pudding
- 6 stale French breads;
- 6 units of very ripe dwarf banana;
- 1 linseed egg;
- 1 tablespoon of vegetable ghee;
- 500 ml of coconut milk;
- 2 cups of sugar;
- 1 scoop of vanilla coffee.
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Cut ripe bananas into slices and wait. In another bowl, mix with your hands all the other ingredients, kneading, until they form a dough. If necessary, add a little more milk, as the dough should be soft. Grease the tray, lining it with sugar and cinnamon. Place the sliced bananas inside the pan and cover with sugar and cinnamon. Then, just put the dough on top. Bake in a preheated medium oven for about 40 minutes, or until golden.
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8. Mad meat with ripe banana peel
The fate of ripe banana peels doesn't have to be garbage. In addition to having several possibilities for use, such as shining shoes and even whitening your teeth, did you know that ripe banana peel is very healthy (if organic) and can even be consumed? That's right! In addition to generating savings and reducing waste, making a recipe with ripe banana peel is very nutritious. In India, for example, people have benefited from their nutritional advantages for decades.
- Banana peels cut into very thin slices
- 3 ripe tomatoes
- 350 ml of tomato extract
- 1 small green pepper
- 1 small red pepper
- 1 shallow tablespoon of smoked paprika
- 1 small onion
- 6 units of black olive
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 5 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons of oregano
- 4 tablespoons of oil
- 1 level tablespoon of salt
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