Bananas are in surplus right now, with farmers urging consumers to buy and use more of the beloved yellow fruit. So if you have a few in the fruit bowl which are ripening by the second, below are some great banana recipe ideas from Hope Drive listeners!

First, the traditional recipes

Banana Cake. – Saranne

Banoffee Pie. Kaye

Banana bread – all day, every day! – Mark

Banana sandwiches with a sprinkling of sugar. Mick

Banana and Nutella sandwiches are great. – David

Pizza with Nutella and sliced bananas. Adam

Keep it simple

Plain, slightly fried in skin. – Lesley

Deep fried. Adam

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Something for breakfast

Rice bubbles with sliced banana for breakfast. – Carol

Banana on pancakes with maple syrup! Stuart

Smashed on grainy sourdough toast. – Wendy

Smoothies – blend bananas, ice, yoghurt and a dash of honey! Tess

Shallow fried banana fritters served with brown sugar and lemon. Must have chunks of banana in the fritter mix! – Michael

And, finally, dessert

Banana Fritters with custard or ice cream! – Diane

Chocolate Mousse – using bananas, avocado, maple syrup and cocoa! Alison

Frozen bananas – pop them in a blender and you have banana ice cream! – Carolyn

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