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They always ripen all at once! We’re eating tons of fresh bananas, but a bunch of this size calls for a preservation plan. Time for Excalibur! I sliced each banana a scant 1/8″ thick, dipped them in lemon juice, and placed them on a dehydrator tray. I’m telling you this because while you may not have a banana tree in your backyard, you probably DO have the chance to harvest bags full of slightly spotty bananas from your grocer. Not local, no. But just think: you’ll be saving those fruits from a terrible fate. And they’re generally cheap.
I filled the dehydrator before I’d used up all of the bananas from that big bunch. They’re drying right now – soon we’ll have dehydrated bananas in the cupboard.
My compost pile will be so happy!
My husband likes banana chips – I need to get a dehydrator and make my own!
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What a luxury your own banana tree. Glad you put all it has to offer to good use. Me, I freeze bananas verging on overripe and add ‘em to smoothies or bake ‘em in muffins or breads — with dark chocolate.
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Yum. Bananas are $10/kg here in Australia following a cyclone in Jan, so this is a luxury! I do want to get a dehydrator though, more for herbs than fruit at first….
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This looks so tasty! Going to try this very soon.
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Tammy of http://wheatgrassjuicer.co/
These are so good
I’ve got a nice batch in my dehydrator now too! I quartered them lengthwise, but haven’t tried dipping them in the lemon juice