Chocolate Banana Cardamom Jam and Swiss Orange Banana Almond Ice Cream (No Ice Cream Maker Needed)

I saw a couple of recipes for chocolate banana cardamom jam, and made it a few weeks ago.

It’s wonderful for spreading on bread or vanilla cookies.

It’s also great to eat it right from the spoon.

But guess what else you can do with it? You can make a batch of it and then combine … [read more]

Cashew Butter Banana Bread

I haven’t had banana bread in a while and was craving some yesterday morning for breakfast. So I made a loaf of cashew butter banana bread, and boy is it good!!

I adapted the recipe from Joy the Baker’s peanut butter banana bread. The only thing I did differently was use cashew butter and chopped cashews … [read more]

Cashew Banana Ice Cream (Vegan and with No Added Sugar)

Last night at work I got the shakes shortly after I clocked in, and the shakes continued almost the entire evening despite eating a very routine and normal meal for me before work…two very small pieces of lepinje (Bosnian flat bread) with butter and a bowl of vegetable broth.

I guess my sugar levels had dropped, … [read more]

Naked Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

These cupcakes are naked because they’re sweet enough that they don’t need frosting.

You could add a peanut butter frosting, a chocolate ganache, or even a cream cheese icing, but they truly don’t need it.

They have a beautiful flavor, and the bananas and chocolate chips compliment each other perfectly. The cupcakes are very moist, and while … [read more]

Sheila’s Five-Minute Peanut Butter Banana Bites

There are times when life gets crazy and we just don’t have time to make an elaborate dessert. There are times in the summer when we just can’t bear the thought of turning on our oven but still want something other than fruit or ice cream for dessert. There are times we’re making a heavy … [read more]

Easy Breezy Strawberry Banana Ice Cream (Made without an Ice Cream Maker)

If you don’t have an ice cream maker, but you want to enjoy homemade ice cream this summer, don’t sweat it. You don’t even need an old-fashioned churner, or rock salt. Nor do you need to make a custard over the stove. All you need is a blender and freezer, as well as about ten … [read more]

Baked Banana Chips Dipped in Chocolate

One of Kemal’s favorite snacks (and mine too) is chocolate covered banana chips. They’re sinfully delicious and super easy to make.

Baked Banana Chips Dipped in Chocolate (Recipe Source: Spark Recipes)

They’re hard to resist, but really…why would you want to?

Banana Nut Bread

I always enjoyed banana bread, but the recipes I tried were always a little disappointing because the bread was never moist enough to my liking. About 7 months ago, however, I found the absolute best banana bread recipe ever!! It’s very moist, has the perfect sweetness, and also combines bananas with one of my favorite … [read more]