After we cooked dinner together this evening (gnocchi, a multi-vegetable salad and home-made buns, with lime and mint water), the boys were excited to investigate the dessert section of one of their kids' cookbooks (THANKS, GRANDMA!!)
They soon discovered "baked bananas", a 3-ingredient recipe that called for chocolate chips, sugar and, well, bananas!
I decided we should start small, in case they didn't like the result (I didn't want to waste food). They wanted to make four bananas; we put two bananas in the oven for 20 minutes as called for in the recipe, then opened the skin, and sprinkled sugar and chocolate chips on the steaming innards. (I replaced the sugar with chopped walnuts in my own variation.)
They soon discovered "baked bananas", a 3-ingredient recipe that called for chocolate chips, sugar and, well, bananas!
I decided we should start small, in case they didn't like the result (I didn't want to waste food). They wanted to make four bananas; we put two bananas in the oven for 20 minutes as called for in the recipe, then opened the skin, and sprinkled sugar and chocolate chips on the steaming innards. (I replaced the sugar with chopped walnuts in my own variation.)
The "YUM!" was unanimous. We'll definitely be baking more bananas next time we make this recipe!!! (In case you're interested, this recipe can be found in the "Kids Cook 1-2-3" book, pictured here.) | | |