Self Indulgence is OK occasionally

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You take two modest sized fair trade bananas and place them in a dry  covered pan, skins on. Five minutes gently griddled and the bananas are warm but not cooked. Meanwhile chop almond, hazel and brazil nuts into big chunks and put them in another wee saucepan to gently roast them, and then add a generous helping of maple syrup (a gift from New England friends over for a visit) and turn off the heat.

Nice long desert dish and place a peeled warm banana on each side, a not small scoop of ice cream in between, and then pour over the roasted nuts and maple syrup, and sprinkle with cinnamon.

No idea what it’s called cos it came out of my head – but as preparation for the Euro-Final I had two portions of fruit, some sugar, carbohydrate and protein. Balanced diet, balanced indulgence, eh?

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6 responses to “Self Indulgence is OK occasionally”

  1. alepie avatar
    alepie

    You can only count banana as one portion no matter how many you have. I would never thought to heat banana in skin, interesting…

  2. alepie avatar
    alepie

    You can only count banana as one portion no matter how many you have. I would never thought to heat banana in skin, interesting…

  3. Catriona avatar
    Catriona

    Warm, nutilicious banana sundae – sounds wonderful. Have you tried the same method but substituting the the nutty topping for melted fairtrade dark chocolate? Or maybe you could have both? Reminds me of Girls’ Brigade barbecues at dusk.
    I’d let you count it as two portions of fruit – but then I’m miffed to discover that coconut doesn’t count, so I can’t justify a daily dark chocolate Bounty bar!

  4. Catriona avatar
    Catriona

    Warm, nutilicious banana sundae – sounds wonderful. Have you tried the same method but substituting the the nutty topping for melted fairtrade dark chocolate? Or maybe you could have both? Reminds me of Girls’ Brigade barbecues at dusk.
    I’d let you count it as two portions of fruit – but then I’m miffed to discover that coconut doesn’t count, so I can’t justify a daily dark chocolate Bounty bar!

  5. Margaret avatar
    Margaret

    I’m sure bananas and coconut count as fruit portions – certainly count more than red wine and I know people who try to say that’s a fruit portion (and a glass of red and then one of white counts as two portions!) x

  6. Margaret avatar
    Margaret

    I’m sure bananas and coconut count as fruit portions – certainly count more than red wine and I know people who try to say that’s a fruit portion (and a glass of red and then one of white counts as two portions!) x

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