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Healthy Banana Milkshakes

Rich and thick with sweet bananas and a touch of cinnamon, these super healthy banana milkshakes sit firmly in the treat category. Made purely with banana, ice and a milk of your choice, you could be forgiven for thinking they are loaded with ice cream and sugar.

Makes 2

Keyword banana, milk
Author Susan

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe banana – ideally with lots of black spots on the skin.
  • 250ml milk of your choice – it can be dairy, oat, coconut, nut milk
  • 75g ice cubes
  • pinch of cinnamon powder

Instructions

  1. NB You will need to start making this 1 hour before you want to drink it.

  2. Collect together your equipment (See Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.

  3. One hour before you want to drink the milkshake, thickly slice the banana and pop it in the freezer for 1 hour. I place the banana on baking parchment for ease of removal.

  4. After one hour, tip the frozen banana, ice, milk and a pinch of cinnamon powder in a strong blender or food processor and blitz until smooth and frothy.

  5. Pour into glasses, add a little pinch of cinnamon and enjoy immediately.

Recipe Notes

More details on ingredients and instructions:

Please see the ingredient list and the instructions in the post above, for further information.

Healthy Banana Milkshake in a Jam Jar

  • 1 small banana - 85g peeled banana, roughly 140g unpeeled
  • 200g fridge cold tinned coconut milk, or your milk of choice
  • pinch of cinnamon powder
  • 1 large jam jar
  1. Mash, mash, mash the banana. The more you mash the creamier it will be and the nicer the milkshake.
  2. Tip it into a jam jar and add your milk of choice. Make sure you have a couple of centimetres free of milkshake before you add a lid. This will enable you to shake it properly.
  3. Screw on the lid and shake, shake and shake again!
  4. Remove the lid, sprinkle with a little cinnamon and enjoy straight away.

Equipment:

  • chopping board and knife
  • measuring jug
  • very strong food processor/blender
  • 2 glasses

Use the correct blender:

This is very important. Your blender or food processor needs to be able to crush ice. If you are unsure, please do not attempt to make it.

What are the best bananas to use?

Older bananas, those with lots of brown spots on the skin, are by far the best bananas to use for milkshakes. They are sweeter and softer than those you would probably select for eating. There is no added sugar in this recipe, so the sweeter the better. The softer flesh also ensures that this milkshake is smooth and creamy.

Can you make a vegan shake?

Yes you can. Simply use your favourite milk. You can use dairy, oat, nut or coconut milk int his recipe.