Do you have an appliance that you rarely drag out, but when you do, you wonder why you’ve been putting it off for so long?
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For me, it’s my Oster food processor. It’s heavy and a pain to clean, so I hardly ever use it. But when I do, it’s like magic!
What does the food blender make best? Banana Soft Serve, a recipe created by Gina of Choosing Raw. When she wrote about this simple but healthy dessert, it swept the blog world like a craze (her post with the recipe on it has over 500 comments!). I’ve only made it once before, but I was feeling inspired last night!
The most amazing part of Banana Soft Serve? It includes just one ingredient: frozen chunks of banana. It works best to use two bananas so the food processor has a little to work with. And it REALLY tastes like frozen yogurt or ice cream – I swear!
For breakfast, I had an almond buttah and strawberry jam sandwich à la mode.
The best part? The whole wheat cinnachip bread!
This was truly a decadent tasting – but healthy – breakfast.
What appliance do you ignore too much? I’ve been ignoring my waffle iron – perhaps I need to bring it out of hiding!
I don’t use my Kitchenaid stand mixer nearly enough. Some odd appliances that I do get a fair amount of use out of though are my: bread machine, my Blendtec blender, and my waffle iron.
I discovered that I can make my son healthy “waffle sandwhiches” by putting blending cooked butternut squash (or apple sauce, pumpking, etc) with cottage cheese, a bit of brown sugar and cinnamon and then spread it on bread and cook it on the waffle iron. He loves it and I feel good about him eating something semi-healthy 🙂