Thanks to the Chicago Trib’s Good Eating section and Universal Press Syndicate writer Sally Schneider, I now have a new favorite dessert. The best part is that it’s an ingredient always easy to find, is simple to make and…depending on the add ins…can be a fairly healthy treat.
All I have to do is cut up a banana, sprinkle it with a bit of sugar, dot it with butter, put it on a baking sheet and broil it until it caramelizes.
That’s the fairly healthy part, especially if you limit the butter. Adding toasted walnuts adds a bit of crunch and some of those Omega-3s everyone keeps talking about.
Here’s how I tricked it out a bit…Caramelized bananas with:
Whipped cream and toasted walnuts.
Whipped cream, toasted walnuts and homemade chocolate sauce a neighbor gave me (She should really make chocolate sauce for a living. It’s amazing. When I ran out of that, I used melted chocolate chips. No comparison, but still a nice add on.)
Vanilla ice cream and toasted walnuts.
I plan to experiment with more add ons and am more than happy to entertain suggestions.
Virtual Farmgirl 