It's good to practice what you preach. Following from my Food Waste article last week, I make for you: Banana Nuggets.
Our staple bananas are the sixth most common item Kiwi's throw out, which equates to 3,242 TONNES annually, costing us a whopping 8.42 million dollars! Bananas are already facing extinction from a fungal pathogen so I personally think it's a moral obligation to be resourceful while we still have them. Don't be put off by a few brown parts. You can freeze them before they get overripe. You should store them away from other fruit, as ethylene gas from other fruit can make them ripen faster.
So with a discounted bag of second grade bananas from my grocer, I had a browse through the banana saving recipes from the Love Food Hate Waste site. This recipe had me at "Nuggets". There was also a cake recipe made with Banana peels but I thought that may be a bit too obscure for some of you.
The original recipe calls for ground almonds which might not be in everyone's pantry. I used normal flour and desiccated coconut and it was fine.
Prep time was less than 10 minutes, making saving bananas effortless, plus you’ll get a good study snack.
Ingredients
- 2 large ripe banana, mashed
- 1 cup of rolled oats
- 3/4 cup of flour
- 1/4 cup of dessicated coconut or ground almonds
- 1/2 cup of dates or raisins, chopped
- 2 teaspoon of honey
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil
Method
- Set your oven to bake and preheat it to 175°C
- Mix all of the ingredients together.
- Spoon mixture into biscuit sized portions onto a lined tray, flatten with the spoon.
- Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Derived From: lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz/recipes/banana-nuggets