Baked Banana With Cinnamon & Honey (Low Fat / Healthy)

Wendy-Bob's Note:

I love banana's but can't stand to eat them when they're over-ripe so I always end up binning some. In a bid to cut down on wastage I now eat this delicious baked (or you could BBQ it) banana combo for my breakfast. I like it so much now that it's gone from being a recipe I use to get rid of my over-ripe banana's to being my standard week-day breakfast! It's so versatile... great on it's own, over porridge or weetabix, on toast, with yogurt, or over ice cream... Mmmmmmm!

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 1

• 1 banana (nice and ripe)
• 2 teaspoons honey
• cinnamon

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200c (or get your BBQ nice and ready if you're BBQing).
2. Either slice the banana up into bite-sized pieces or cut it in half lengthways if you're looking for a smarter presentation or are having an ice cream banana split.
3. Place the banana on an over-sized square of tin foil and sprinkle with cinnamon (to taste).
4. Drizzle 2tsp of honey evenly over the banana and gather up the corners of the foil to create a little banana parcel.
5. Place the parcel in the oven (or on the barbie) and bake for approximately 15mins.
6. NB. Baking time depends on how you prefer your bananas - the more you bake, the more soft and gooey they get and the more the honey caramelises onto them. Personally I don't like mine too over-baked as I prefer the banana to still be a bit hard and the honey to be liquid.

Reviews

[TexasHurricane]

I think I'm addicted to this! I've made it twice in the past two days - once I made it with honey and cinnamon and served it with a little whipped cream and then I made it again with cinnamon and dulce de leche (which is like caramel for anyone not lucky enough to have experienced it!) and again with whipped cream. I think I made some chopped nuts next time too. I baked it at 400F for 15 minutes and it came out perfect! Its very filling and satisfies any sweet cravings you may have while still being healthy - thanks for posting!

[seal angel]

These were ok. Simply!!!! But I don't think they were anything really special.

[Chef Jen #1]

So easy and so delicious! If you use a small banana it's only 2 WW points, with a large banana it would be 3 WW points. I had mine plain, my son had his with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I did think it tasted much better a little cooled off than it did piping hot. Oh, and I am so glad someone mentioned putting these on a tray.. mine leaked quite a bit and it would have been a terrible mess in the oven.