Clear out the banana backlog, no matter how ripe, with Banella ‘Ice Cream’

Inever throw away an overripe banana. I peel it, freeze it and pull it out whenever I get a hankering for banana bread or want to make a lunchtime smoothie .

Over the past several months, I’ve developed quite a banana backlog, with a dozen individually bagged bananas spilling out of a side compartment and onto the floor whenever I open the freezer. I needed to end this banana insanity (bananity?) with a recipe that would use many, many bananas. I decided to make banana “ice cream.”

Blended frozen bananas are smooth, naturally sweet and have a creamy texture similar to soft-serve ice cream. You can make a plant-based, dairy-free, sugar-free, gluten-free and organic (if you use organic bananas) dessert simply by blending frozen bananas in a blender or food processor. Eat it right away