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Bananas

Fun and Easy ways to eat

What could be easier or more fun than eating a banana for a delicious snack? Bananas taste great any time, any place!

Look for bananas in your school cafeteria. If your school cafeteria doesn't offer bananas, tell the cafeteria manager you would like them served. They are an awesome choice for breakfast, lunch or even an after-school snack. See the many ways to eat bananas:

Breakfast:

• Add sliced bananas to cold or hot cereal.
• Top pancakes or waffles with sliced or mashed bananas.
• Add mashed bananas to muffin batter.
• Make a "super smoothie" by blending low-fat yogurt with sliced bananas and your favorite 100 percent fruit juice.
• Add bananas to a bowl of mixed fruit.
• Dip banana spears into low-fat yogurt.

Lunch:

• Eat a banana with your lunch.
• Add sliced bananas to a fruit salad.
• Make a banana and peanut butter sandwich. It's delicious!

Snacks:

• Eat a banana. All you have to do is peel and eat!
• Spread banana spears with peanut butter.
• Top low-fat cottage cheese with sliced bananas.

Dessert:

• Top low-fat yogurt or low-fat ice cream with sliced bananas.
• Make a delicious, nutritious banana milk shake! Just put low-fat milk or soymilk in a blender with banana slices and a few ice cubes.
• For a special treat, dip banana chunks into chocolate or strawberry syrup.

Try these recipes featuring bananas from the 5 A Day Kids Cookbook.

• Fruity Breakfast Parfait
• Strawberry Banana Waffles
• Fruit & Juice Breakfast Shake
• Honey "B" Breakfast Shake
• Raisin Buddy Banana Muffins
• Banana Raisin Pancakes
• Island Blast Smoothie
• Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Milkshake
• Tropical Fruit Punch
• Honey Lime Fruit Toss
• Raspberry Banana Pops with Candy Sprinkles
• Banana Peanut Butter Sandwich
• Banana in a Blanket
• Banana Peanut Butter Cookies
• Pineapple Fruit Fries with Strawberry Ketchup
• Rainbow Fruit Kabobs
• Rainbow Fruit Platter with Strawberry Yogurt Dip