Healthy breakfast recipe: Banana porridge

 

Very simple yet, healthy and delicious breakfast made with unripe bananas. If you want yours a bit sweeter, use a mix of unripe & semi-ripened bananas; adding one or two ripe bananas to the mix also goes. The ripened the bananas, the sweeter. Unripe bananas are a must as a majority used, to achieve the desired texture for this recipe. This is a wholesome family meal.

Method

■ Thoroughly wash bananas with skin on to remove dirt.

■ Peel off banana peels and slice in bits.

■ Add diced bananas to a blender. Add water enough to make a fluid blend.

■ Transfer to a pot and cook on low heat. Stir as it cooks and add water till you have a porridge consistency.

■ Serve as desired with sweetener, milk, nuts & fruits or without. You can make your own homemade healthy sweetener from dates. Sweeteners made from dates complement this dish perfectly. Recipe HERE

Health benefits of bananas

■ Unripe bananas have lesser sugar and resistant starch than ripened ones. This can be beneficial for managing blood sugar.

■ Bananas are nutritious containing fiber, vitamin C, vitamin B6, Potassium, Magnesium, Copper, Manganese.

■ Bananas promotes heart health and normal blood pressure.

■ Improves digestive health.

■ Good source of energy.

■ Brain food.