Hello,
Sheesh, my post title is a mouth full!! It has been hot here, temperatures have been in the 90′s and man does it drain you! With all the heat we have had, I haven’t wanted to cook, so you may notice my recipes this week, are light and simple and requires not much baking time, if any. When it’s hot out, I prefer to snack on cool treats rather than eating a heavy meal.
So cool treats you wonder? Today’s treat is something on found on Greenlean blog. Kate the owner of the Greenlean blog posted a comment on my blog and invited me to visit hers, so you know I had to check her out. I love her blog! What I saw and loved were her frozen yogurt covered strawberries. I took that idea and ran with it!!
These snacks are like my yogurt parfaits that I make, just all in one little package and frozen. They taste best about a 30 minutes after you make them, but I kept some spares in the freezer and had a few when I got home from work. Their such a healthy, tasty little snack!
I sandwiched the banana with strawberry and stuck them together with peanut butter and then smeared yogurt on them and sprinkled the bottom in some granola. Adding the granola is optional, you really don’t taste it, but you do the other goodies on this sandwich!
I used toothpicks for holding the banana sandwich together, which makes it easier to smear the banana with yogurt. However I ran out of toothpicks and I had to use a corn on the cob holder. I thought you would get a kick out of that! If you weren’t my friends, I would be to embarrassed to show you. :)
A healthy frozen banana treat filled with peanut butter and strawberries and dipped in yogurt.
Ingredients
- 1 Banana, sliced 1/4" thick pieces
- 1 extra large strawberry, sliced
- 1 heaping tsp. Almond Butter or other nut butter
- 1/4 cup greek yogurt, plain
- 1 Tbsp. granola (optional)
- 9 toothpicks
Instructions
- Slice banana's into pieces, make sure you have an even amount to make your sandwiches. Equally smear peanut butter on to one side of half of your cut bananas. Add 1 piece of sliced strawberry onto peanut butter. Top other banana piece onto strawberry.
- Place toothpick into center of banana to hold it together. With a knife or spoon, smear the yogurt onto the banana, than sprinkle with granola.
- Place into freezer for 30 to 60 minutes.
Notes
calories per banana treat including granola: 22, Fat: .04, Cholesterol: 0, Sodium: 2, Potassium: 70, Carbs: 4, Fiber: .05, Sugar: 1.9, Protein: 1
I recommend using a firm banana, and the amount of sandwiches you get depends on how long your banana is.
Time for me to go. I have to water my garden since it’s going to be another hot one and then when I come in, I’m going to make more of these Frozen Stuffed Banana Sandwiches!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!!!
Jen
Aw, these are so adorable!
Thanks!
WOW these are so cute, such a great idea!!! Love it!
Thank you!
I could definitely see myself gobbling these down for dessert! Yum!
I love these! I made them three days in a row! I noticed by morning, someone has been stealing them out of the freezer!
I’m thinking your treat with the corn holder looks a bit like a squat fat bird with a red beak and a huge white shaving cream beard that covers most of the rest of his body except for some little granola feet sticking out – no, I’m not drinking, I just have a silly imagination! But these treats sound wonderful for a hot day!
Oh, I almost forgot to say that the bird has a sombrero too!
Oh my gosh! I was cracking up when I read your comment! Now thats all I see when I look at the picture!
That looks absolutely amazing! Yummie like adessert but yet healthy. Perfect combination:-) I really like your blog and is now a happy follower:-) and hope to share lovely recipes with you. Have a nice day!
Thank you for following me! I love your blog too!! I am a follower of you! Have a great evening!!
Such a fabulous, healthy treat…this would definitely satisfy my sweet tooth
Hi Liz, it does satisfy, but even these little guys are addicting!!!
Yum. These look perfect for a nice summer day, I can’t wait until it gets to 90 here!!
Girl, I’m dying right now, it’s 95 out and I haven’t exercised since Sunday and that was only 20 minutes. Waiting for sunset so I can at least go for a walk!
Oh YUM! Please share this on AFW this week-these treats are fabulous!
Ok, I will, thanks for inviting me!!!
I love that you post delicious sweet treat that I don’t have to feel bad about after eating them. These look amazing.
Completely guilt free!!!! I love that too!!
Oh I LOVE LOVE The corn holder! THAT reminds me of my grandma’s and mom’s house, growing up. Lots of corn on the cob!
These are adorable! and yummy!
You are too funny! The corn holder made me laugh, but whatever works. Right? Good thinking.
Hey, you gotta use what you have on hand!
Uhhhhh….BRILLIANT!
Oh these are too stinkin’ cute! My kids (and I) would love them. Such a great idea!
Thanks Marina! Have a great day and congrats on your cookbook!
These are so cute! My kids eat plain slices of frozen bananas for a snack quite often. I just realized how boring that is! I’m going to make them some of these for a change-up; I know they’ll love it!
You’ll have to let me know what your kids think of them!
Super fun…AND healthy!
sweet! The London’s weather has to become a bit warmer though before I start to make these.
However, such a great idea!
Thank you! They are perfect for warm weather. I can alsmost see popping these in a smoothie and mixing them in too!
Love it! Frozen bananas are among my favorite treats. These look awesome!
Ahh thanks! I love frozen banana’s too!! I have some in the freezer waiting for me to come home from work!
Hi, I loved this banana recipe, I saw a pic on FB Pinterest and clicked the link. I’m a bariatric eating individual and this is the perfect little “bite” size for bariatric eaters, would love to share this one on my website and bariatric chat group, with your permission of course. I’m making these myself tonight to try! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Renee, I would be very happy if you shared my recipe! I hope everyone likes it. It’s my favorite new little snack!!
THANKS!
I love this idea and your comparison of it to a yogurt parfait. I can’t wait to try this one out! Maybe a little bit of cookie butter as a special treat?
I made these as soon as I read this post! I might post it on my blog as well! They’re freezing as we speak! Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe! Happy I stumbled on your blog and I’m looking forward to eating these healthy little treats!
There so cute and easy! I haven’t made them in a while, but as soon as I get back home I have to make them again!!