Singular Sensation Cooking

People have various excuses for not cooking- I’ve heard everything from the usual “I don’t know how to cook”, to the “I don’t want to clean up the mess afterwards” complaint.  Sometimes “it’s too complicated” or “I don’t have any food in this house”.   Whatever excuse you might have, I’m here to tell you that today’s “recipe” will make all of your arguments null and void because today’s entry involves ONE ingredient. Not two or three, but ONE ingredient that you likely already have in your home.  So, I can’t even classify this as a “recipe” since there is no cooking involved.  I guess it would be considered more of a food manipulation, taking one thing & changing its texture.  But the reason why I’m including it in here is because it’s such an “AHA” moment when it’s finished, so amazing and strange you will stand there scratching your head going “this is amazing” when you are done. I was.

Here’s how it goes:  take two slightly overly ripened bananas, cut into slices about a quarter of an inch thick, place sliced banana on a cookie sheet in your freezer.  

Remove frozen bananas after about 2.5-3 hours (seems to be MY magical number) dump frozen bananas into your food processor and blend or chop.  At first the banana will look coarsely chopped and kind of grainy-

But continue pulsing until the magical moment where the banana becomes creamy like a luscious ice cream!  

At this point, you can eat it right from the food processor as an amazing, creamy, natural, perfect banana ice cream OR you can add some tasty flavorings.  I’ve tried the following: 

1 teaspoon of cocoa for a delicious chocolate banana result

1 tablespoon of peanut butter for a BEYOND peanut butter/banana result

1 teaspoon of pure maple syrup plus walnuts for a maple walnut banana result

1 tablespoon of Nutella for a ridiculously decadent result = )

ALL of the above are delicious and the quantity mentioned above will give you enough for one perfect portion.  Here’s one caveat worth noting, you will want to make tons & tons of this since the phenomenon of it will excite!  But, in my experience it does not freeze well and should be made as you plan to consume it.  I’ve thought about freezing this into popsicle molds which I believe will work but I’ve yet to get around to purchasing more bananas since I used an entire bunch testing out the above flavor additions.  My absolute favorite of the flavors I made was the peanut butter.  

SO, go make some natural, yummy ice cream. Make it for breakfast on a hot day, sprinkle it with granola, feed it to the kiddies- I guarantee your mind will be blown over the ease and deliciousness of ONE ingredient ice cream.