Bananas "Foster" Recipe - Cooking Index
Instead of frying the bananas in butter, this recipe bakes them instead. Serving them with half-and-half instead of ice cream also saves fat and calories. Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: Calories 130; Fat (grams) 6; Percent calories from fat 40; Percent polyunsaturated 3; Percent saturated 27; Percent monounsaturated 10; Cholesterol (milligrams) 18; Sodium (milligrams) 45; Protein (grams) 1; Carbohydrate (grams) 18; Fiber (grams) 1.
Type: Fruit, Low Fat3 | Firm bananas | |
3 tablespoons | 45ml | Dark brown sugar |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Butter |
Cardamom or cinnamon - to taste | ||
1/2 cup | 118ml | Half-and-half |
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Peel and slice the bananas into a baking dish. Crumble the brown sugar over the bananas. Bake 5 minutes. Dot with butter.
Divide equally onto dessert plates. Sprinkle with cardamom or cinnamon. Pour half-and-half around the bananas and serve immediately.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Source:
Mayo Clinic's Virtual Cookbook at http://www.mayohealth.org
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