We had our first 'crop' of bananas yesterday which is great but note, crop, quite a few ripen at the same time, err, obvious really. So, last night after force feeding the children as many as possible accompanied by 'isn't this fantastic, our own bananas off our own tree, aren't they even sweeter' in a Mary Poppins type voice (I need more adult company clearly), I acknowledged that we need to distribute their useage more. Chloe suggests banana cake in a resigned voice (think she still wistfully recalls the days of going round the supermarket and buying what she refers to as 'real' cakes, you know those pink Disney Princess packaged ones with over 100+ bizarre ingredients in in v.tiny writing that you can't read. (With the calorie content displayed in large letters too as if kids care?). Saying that, there is still a packet lurking in the bottom of our fridge our friend brought out, that no-one's touched so maybe they have moved on....
Anyway, I then did a Google on banana recipes and something caught my eye - Banana Daiquris - bingo - banana, fresh lime juice, ice, shot of rum, teaspoon of sugar, throw it in the liquidiser and there you go. The whole process caught the kids' interest too (noisy ice crushing sounds fun) so we used up a few more bananas making more, yeah yeah, minus the rum. The childrens' Christmas school fair is tomorrow, think I should set up a little stand selling cocktails. Would just need to add a touch of tinsel to the straw....
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