Banana Nut Salad
by Oct 21st, 2010 // Breakfast, Recipes
Banana Nut Salad
I’ve noticed that when it comes to fruit salad, bananas tend to get a bad rap. Yes, they brown quickly but when there perfectly ripe they make such sweet compliment to a savory meal.
While I do feel bad for all the banana neglect in this world, I’ll fully admit that this dish was inspired more by a kitchen gadget than by banana guilt. It’s a banana cutter. You read that right. A banana cutter. My lovely and thoughtful mother in law gave it to my kid as a gift. I was shocked that this sort of thing even made it to market – how hard is it to cut a banana? Turns out my mother in law was on to something because my kid is just itching to use the cutter whenever there is a banana on premises.
After some super-cool banana cutting, throw some dried cranberries, nuts and honey on top and you’ve got yourself a bunch of liberated bananas. Now for the recipe…
Banana Nut Salad Recipe
Prep Time: 5 mins
Ingredients:
4 bananas, sliced
handful of dried cranberries
handful of chopped pecans
honey for drizzling
Place banana slices is a bowl. Top with pecans and cranberries. Drizzle honey and serve with something savory, or with yogurt for dessert. Serves 4.
wow, what a joy to see you at work with your unique banana cutter!
this looks sooo delicious…..great job!!
Cool gadget! That looks like a really delicious salad.
We eat a lot of bananas in our house! Love the banana cutter!
That looks yummy! I'm going to give it a try.
That banana cutter is the most awesome thing ever! My son would love it. Can you ask your mother in law where she got it from!?
My kid loves the apple cutter so somehow it doesn’t shock me that they made a banana cutter. The salad looks great too.
Could this be served before school? I wonder would it give the kids enough energy to power through until lunchtime?
Oh, how we loved this recipe. My 9 y/o made this himself to serve to our family with the dinner frittata on your site and we loved both recipes. Thanks!
Since so many people emailed to ask, I updated the post to include a link to the banana cutter!
We tried this the other night along with the breakfast biscuit/muffins. My kid and I even documented the banana salad making process on my blog with lots of credit to you. She LOVED it. Thanks so much for sharing all of your wonderful ideas and great recipes. Our family is enjoying so many new ideas thanks to you and your son!
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