Nom nom.
I make banana soft serves at home A LOT. So easy. It’s just frozen banana (sliced and peeled), then whipped down in a food processor. This dessert is so versatile and the internet is exploding with different yummy variations you’d be crazy to not give it a go if you haven’t already. My go to recipe is usually some sort of peanut butter and chocolate soft serve but I do make berry concoctions for the kids quite frequently. Here is this recipe from a while back, but seriously, the sky is the limit when you start with your basic frozen bananas.
So….I headed back to first grade. If you remember, I have been there three times now. We have done pumpkin smoothies and chocolate pudding and green smoothies so far. This last treat Landon has been asking for all year. We did this in kindergarten as well and it was a big hit.
Banana Soft Serve Sundaes
Kindergarten Landon. Poor guy must get so sick of being my model all of the time.
So here is what we do and why the kids like it. We start with our banana soft serve as our base and the kids get to pile it with healthy toppings. A healthy sundae bar if you will. Healthy topping choices were strawberries, blueberries, crushed peanuts and even crushed whole grain pretzels. woot woot! To make things even more tasty the kids made a raw chocolate sauce to drizzle over the top. So naturally Landon would be excited for this snack in first grade as well.
As usual, we had a lesson on one nutrient that was in our snack.
Bananas=potassium. We talked about overall heart health and potassium’s role .
Then we got to work.
The kids sliced their bananas…
Popped them in a freezer bag.
These bananas went into the cooler that I brought. I pulled out my “magic” bananas that were ready to go, pre-frozen.
Frozen bananas, whirring in the food processor.
Here the kids are watching them get whipped down.
See how creamy and custardy it becomes?
Kids chose their toppings…
Vaughn, getting ready to go for it…
Landon, killing it.
This year was no different. Kids wanted seconds.
