While I was looking at one of the approximately 512,000 magazines I subscribe to, I came across a recipe for a banana pseudo-custard. I lost the recipe but I remembered the key ingredient, so I decided to experiment. After I made it, I found the original recipe and my version wasn’t far off. This stuff is even pretty healthful.

Banana Custardy Stuff

5 ripe bananas
1/4 t vanilla
1/4 c nonfat milk

food processor

The bananas need to be pretty ripe – there should be some brown spots on the peels. Cut them up into small pieces and freeze them. By the way, small pieces means more like diced than sliced. More like cut each slice of banana into quarters. Trust me on this one.

Once the bananas are frozen, pop ‘em into your food processor with the vanilla and milk and process away until smooth. You may need to put the bananas in the processor in batches, depending on how powerful your food processor is. By “in batches” I just mean put some in, process, add more, process, etc. Don’t take the processed stuff out in between.

Once they are all processed, scoop out into 4 bowls and serve immediately.

I tried to save some of this in the freezer and it didn’t stay the same texture, so you probably want to eat it all the same day. You can halve the recipe, though, but if you don’t want a stray half a banana lying around, then use 3 bananas.

You could serve this plain (I did) or put chocolate syrup over it and/or nuts and/or whipped cream. It is soooooo yummy. And good for you! That’s a combo you can’t beat. It’s also pretty inexpensive. I saw bananas in the supermarket for 44 cents a pound and 5 bananas is probably about a pound.

Try it out and tell me what you think!