I love you for doing a post about banana dessert recipes and not including banoffee pie (which I hate btw.) I cannot wait to try the icebox banana cheesecake!

When in doubt, a PB-banana sandwich hits the spot as a quick lunch fix. Even better with a tad of Nutella. Elvis had the right idea!

Just put two pans of banana bread with rum soaked currants and walnuts into the oven. Thank you gifts for beach house hosts.

I've been making banana quesadillas lately. Mash some banana on one half, spread chocolate and/or peanut butter on the other half, maybe add some sliced strawberries, fold and slide into the pan. Delicious.

I also like to add banana slices to a bowl of vanilla ice cream. Big payoff for such a small amount of preparation.

I like banana upside-down cake. All that caramel-ly goodness is great with bananas.

Easiest dessert ever--saute some bananas in a lot of butter and brown sugar, and flame a bit of rum in it at the end. SO good, SO easy

Classic, Southern banana pudding. Nilla wafers lining the bowl (even stacked up the sides!), banana pudding with chopped bananas, topped with meringue and put into the oven to brown the tips. Good stuff.

OK, so the green plaintains are the ones for tostones, and yellow ones are the sweet ones? I can never figure out which to buy in the store. I want sweet plantains, but always seem to pick a starchy variety.

Here is a recipe that is super-easy and delicious. The bananas replace egg, resulting in a fluffy, excellent vegan adaptation of this classic breakfast treat.

Banana-Pecan Pancakes

- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/4 cups very well-mashed banana
- 1 1/2 cups soy milk plus 1 tsp vinegar (let sit 5 mins)
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
- canola oil or cooking spray for pan

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, mix the mashed banana with the soy milk mixture, oil and vanilla until very smooth. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix, but do not over-mix or else the pancakes will end up rubbery. Fold in the pecans. Cook over medium-high until bubbles appear and the pancakes are golden-brown, about 1-2 minutes each side. Serve with fresh fruit and pure maple syrup.

I like to make healthy banana bread, with a treat: dark chocolate. The bread has flaxseed and oat bran in it to increase the nutrition. You can see the recipe here: http://remarkablydomestic.com/2009/12/04/moms-banana-bread-updated/

Great recipes! I love smoothies but of course this is the time of year when I have other flavors than banana. Now strawberries and blueberries are so cheap I want to have those. Bananas are so prolific throughout the year they are better to use when other fruit is not in season. Automated Forex Trading

This makes me really wish I liked bananas, but I just don't. Bummer.

Hate to break it to you, but it's an illusion that bananas are so easily available. And we might not be able to count on it for long. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/opinion/18koeppel.html?_r=1&ref=bananas. I love bananas too, but the real cost of them is actually quite high. I buy fewer of them now, and try to go organic. I'm not trying to preach here, just myth-busting for anyone who might be interested.

The other day I made a thai dessert which consisted simply of bananas simmered in coconut "mash" (I can't think of what to call it...it's a very thick liquid, like pureed coconut, not milk or cream...I buy it in little boxes). Top with a bit o' honey and cinnamon...DREAMY!

That "one-ingredient" banana ice cream has changed my life! Must go pop some bananas in the freezer ...

I'm with @Charlotte, we used to flambee bananas a lot at uni, with added Kahlua. Yum!

I made the banana ice cream and it was delicious! You have to have faith, because it goes through some odd stages before it turns into "ice cream." I added a few tablespoons of coconut milk to make it really smooth and creamy.