Banana Bread, Baby

I sat down to write about banana bread, trying to think of all things banana … and had a vivid sensory memory of how much I loved a particular banana ice-cream as a kid!

The creamy, creamy taste, the heady fragrance of banana (no idea if real banana or not) … oh, and the nails-on-chalkboard nastiness of accidentally brushing my teeth against the popsicle stick. Forget that last bit!

Needless to say, not a single stick in this banana bread!! But it is light and wonderfully banana-y.

It’s so light in fact, I use it not just as a lunchbox filler, but also as a dessert. With a dollop of cream, or ice-cream, or custard, this banana bread has the potential to make a dull Wednesday evening eating leftovers into something special.

I searched for that banana ice-cream from my childhood, but it seems it’s been discontinued (sad face). But now my nostalgia button’s been pressed, I have a hankering for banana ice-cream.

Hunting around the internet, I found this recipe for what sounds like a nice creamy one; this one as a vegan alternative that’s more than just frozen banana; and this as a pretty amazing salted caramelised version. I haven’t tried any of these, but now certainly plan to. Will report back, eventually.

For another super delicious, go-anywhere loaf, try Nanna’s Date Loaf, which you can customise to anything in the pantry. And if we’re already baking, who doesn’t love a simple muffin?

Cool bananas.

-Popular Idiom, Contested origin.