How many times has someone spotted excess, overripe or just unused bananas in your kitchen and said, “uh-oh, looks like it’s time to make banana bread!” — as if the only things possible to do with a banana are eat it or turn it into bread? Well we say “no more.” With no particular offense meant to anyone’s banana bread recipe, we believe the humble banana is in fact as versatile as bacon or eggs, and we’ve got the internets to prove it.
Here’s our carefully curated list of 100 Things to Do with a Banana (not including banana bread). Yes, we’ve got plenty of banana breakfasts and banana desserts, but how about some banana curry, banana soup or a banana martini? And don’t worry, there are — of course — a few ways to eat banana with bacon.
Click on the photos for full recipes.
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PS – What did we miss? Have a recipe that does right by the ‘nanas? Drop your link in the comments. If your photo makes us drool, we’ll add it to the list. Here’s a few more:
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Previously on ES:
100 Ways to Use a Strip of Bacon
100 Ways to Cook an Egg
Great post, neat idea. Thanks for the link to my site, I appreciate the mention!
I need to get my mind out of the gutter…
Thanks so much for including my Banana Chip Mini Muffins in your round-up!
wow neat just made a batch of b muffins sub applesauce for butter and whole wheat flour
now only 99 more to try
I love you and hate you for this roundup.
Love you because I will probably cook my way through all of these before the end of the year and I am feeling joyous just thinking about it.
Hate you because I was TRYING to cut back on the desserts because I gained some weight during the snow storms in the northeast (spent them making cookies and such!) and now I just can’t, knowing that I need to try all of these.
Love or hate, thank you! And thanks to all the bloggers who posted these morsels.
Wow! what a great post! Thanks for including me in your list!
What a great round up! I always have extra bananas, in fact I have a bag of them in my freezer right now!
Here are some recipes that I’ve used in the past, perhaps you’ll like enough to add to the list:
Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake = http://tinyurl.com/yjt7v68
Nutella Banana Boat = http://tinyurl.com/2eo4wbh
Roasted Banana Ice Cream = http://tinyurl.com/kvey4y
Strawberry Banana Cream Pie = http://tinyurl.com/25p5jc4
Thank you very much for including my Banana in coconut milk. Also for your informing email.
Don’t know if you do interesting another banana recipe Called “Fried Bananas” This is famous dessert street food for foreigners. If interesting my pleasure to link to you with a picture too.
http://tankitchen-dessert.blogspot.com/2009/02/fried-bananas.html
Best Regards,
Tan.Wiratchada
What an incredible list! Banana and bacon eggroll? Who knew.
Thanks for including my recipe here, such a pleasure to be in such great company
wow these all look awesome!
This is the most amazing post ever! The photos are spectacular and I can’t wait to peruse them. Definitely bookmarking this!
Thanks for linking me! This looks like a phenomenal list; I can’t wait to make so many things from here!
Great post! I’ve always got a ton of bananas in my freezer and I’m excited to check out some new ideas.
Thanks for including my smoothie!
“How many times has someone spotted excess, overripe or just unused bananas in your kitchen and said, “uh-oh, looks like it’s time to make banana bread!””
Never.
Great collection of banana recipes!
you for got you can stick them in your ass.. whats with that?
Thanks for including my recipes here… here’s another one
http://www.thepeachkitchen.com/2009/07/ginataang-halo-halo-fruits-and-root.html
“How many times has someone spotted excess, overripe or just unused bananas in your kitchen and said, “uh-oh, looks like it’s time to make banana bread!””
Never.
The thing is, I love banana bread. I don’t want to do anything else with ripe bananas.
Wow – nice pics, yummy. But all I could think, after purusing the photos looking for a recipe that was raw and didn’t involve tons of sugar, flour and butter, was THIS is one of the reasons why Americans are so terribly overweight. Just eat the banana before it goes bad! Bananas are surprisingly perfect & delicious just the way they were grown. If they start to go off, freeze them and add them to your next whole food smoothie!
Great list! Check out a few recipes at Equal Exchange website – using Fair Trade, organic products (such as bananas, and chocolate)
http://www.equalexchange.coop/banana-pudding-with-chocolate-walnut-sauce
Thank you so much for including “Stewed Banana”. Those are great collection. Surprised of how many ways people around the world actually enjoy something as simple as banana.
I use mashed bananas in marinades for chicken and shrimp, with orange juice, soy sauce, oil and seasoning – then grill. Also throw them sliced into stir fries – a touch of sweetness is always appreciated in these dinners.
things i’d personally like to see 100 ways: cilantro, parsley, eggplant, cabbage. seriously, if parsley can be a main ingredient in tabouli, why can’t it be a main ingredient all the time? it’s delicious.
(i’m lazy so i just freeze my overripe bananas and then food process the crap out of them for “ice cream”. )
oh one more: goat cheese 100 ways!!!
“100 Things to Do with a Banana” and all of them are food? Come on, this is the Internet.
Wowo! It’s amazing and delicious.
They go into our green smoothies…I eat one before going to the gym…they are an amazing super food!
You forgot “fuck it”. You can fuck a banana. Why didn’t that make the list?
I had this in Argentina for dessert without the chocolate syrup. Once in a while I make it at home…
http://almostbourdain.blogspot.com/2009/07/dulce-de-leche-caramel-banana-boat.html
lol. who could have imagined….awesome post !:)
Fabulous roundup, I am looking forward to trying a lot of these banana recipes soon. Here is what I do sometimes to use up ripe bananas, I make this simple Indian style cardamom flavored banana fudge…… http://www.veginspirations.com/2009/07/banana-fudge-halwa.html
Banana’s in coconut milk isn’t new, tis a very delicious Thai desert soup. Not your recipe ;]
Mmm great collection, thank you)
100 things and NONE of them are shuv em up your snatch?!?!?! Just how “inventive” are you!?! Hell, I’ve seen a chick use her mouth to mold it into the shape of the head of a dick and THEN shuv it up her who-ha!
For a literary banana extravaganza see Thomas Pynchon “Gravity’s Rainbow’” Pirate Prentise’s Banana Breakfast.
Bananas Foster
Wow! Great collection of recipes.Love the fact that it is even illustrated.
What’s wrong with banana bread….it’s the only way that you can blend them well enough to avoid the disgusting texture of bananas!
1: take out the banana
2: microwave the peel for 10 seconds
3: fuck banana peel!
Great list. I guess the list is endless.
i freakin hate bananas. so gross.
I’m intrigued by the savory recipes in particular.
i know what i’m having for dinner
Banana beer and banana bread beer
This made BananaNeil a little too excited on blogTV
i hate this. i was looking for 100 things to physically do with a banana. not fuckin cook with it. who do you bitches think you are. i hate you. i hate bananas. and i hate matt. and i hate living with this website in my memory. how do you think that i am supposed to live, and look at another banana EVER without fuckin losing it. i don’t know. somebody, give me answers. my son is gay.
One simple recipe from my side using banana:
Cut few banana in small pieces and put them in bowl. Now take some fresh cream and add sugar to it, blend it and pour it in your banana bowl. Keep in fridge for half an hour. Enjoy the great taste.
My blog has a banana snack recipe. Here’s the link: http://changingtastes.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/banana-boats/
OMG I can’t believe you can do so many things with bananas. So many great ideas. I make muffins, french toast, and smoothies with them. A very ripe banana is not garbage to me but inspiration.