If you’re a mom or dad (or just a big kid) looking for a healthy, fun snack for the kids, you’re going to love this banana sushi made with a perfectly ripe banana, your favorite nut butter, and crunchies on top!
WOOOOOOOO. I think I’m finally losing my high from the past weekend. HOLY MAN was that a whirlwind. Not only did we launch a business, but we did it over the holiday season, which is more difficult than it looks! Yes, I worked on Christmas and yes I worked on New Years, but it was worth ever second of it. I am so happy Mark was able to be in Minneapolis this past weekend because guess what? We celebrate our one year anniversary! We decided that we have a two day anniversary – December 31st and January 1st…because they just go together. If you’re in the reading mood and want to read “our story” CLICK HERE.
While I worked a lot over the holidays, I was able to spend some real quality time with Mark. As you know, we are doing the distance thing so when we see each other it feels like we have to rush through all of the “couple’s stuff.” I was with Mark for almost two week straight and it felt so good to do normal couple things like actually watch netflix, workout together, and figure out what to do when the other one had to work. I am excited to venture into 2017 knowing that we will soon be living in the same city.
NOW- it’s BANANA SUSHI TIME.
I know you’ve eaten banana sushi before. You may not have called it banana sushi and it may not have looked this presentable, but it was banana sushi!
- banana
- nut butter
- crunchies
- freeze
- slice
…in that order! In this particular recipe I used my Homemade Maple Cinnamon Peanut Butter. If you haven’t ever made your own nut butter, make it a 2017 resolution. It’s so easy! This is also a great recipe to 1. learn how to use chop sticks and 2. strengthen your hand muscles. Those little banana slices are slippery little bastards 😛
VIDEO: Banana Sushi
Ingredients
- 1 medium banana
- 1 tablespoon nut butter (any kind will work!)
- optional toppings: chopped nuts, chia seeds, shredded coconut
Instructions
- Peel banana and then spread on 1 tablespoon of nut butter.
- Sprinkle on optional toppings and press them lightly into the nut butter to ensure they will stick.
- Using a sharp knife, evenly slice banana into “sushi” pieces.
- Enjoy right away or transfer onto a baking sheet and freeze for later!
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Calories: 217 Sugar: 16 Fat: 8 Fiber: 4 Protein: 5Similar recipes:
I tried it… its awesome.. even my kids liked it alot
Hi,
Just wondering if the bananas look overripe or mushy after you freeze them? I’d like to bring them in for my classmates but they’d need to last several hours after I put them together. Thanks!
Easy to make and quick prep time! I’m headed to the grocery store now to pick up the ingredients I don’t have on hand!
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Thank you so much for sharing
Thanks for sharing!
My son is getting this tomorrow!
Thank you so much for sharing, and I regularly followed your blogs, keep blogging.
I can’t wait, I gonna try this tonight.
Thank you so much for sharing!
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Wow, how many negative comments. Personally I think that everyone clearly sees this is not a sushi recipe, but rather a kid-friendly snack recipe given a name that would invite kids to try it. It’s just as much sushi as kids taking a bar of soap and pretending to listen and talk to it and call it a cellphone is not a real phone. I personally appreciated the fun and original way you put on these banana snack bites (and I’m saying this as a foreigner whose national dish has been many many times misrepresented by others).
And wow! “I am excited to venture into 2017 knowing that we will soon be living in the same city.” -> are you moving or is he moving to the Twin Cities? 🙂 And when? So happy for you!! Long-distance is hard, and just as you wrote, the everyday couple stuff (watching series on the couch, waking up together, etc.) is what gives the relationship its reality 😉
I agree with you Stella. People so literal and take offense so quickly. I made these for my grandkids and they loved it! There is no intent to insult and trained Sushi chef. People need to lighten up. And yes, it is just a cut up banana with a few trimmings. Better than eating ice cream and candy. Relax people.
I think this is a great idea as an alternative to cake, cookies, ice cream, candy bars. And, no it’s not sushi. Of course not. Who on earth would think that?
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If it’s obviously not sushi, then don’t call it sushi. It’s appropriating another culture’s food and disrespectful. “Who on earth would think that”? She clearly did by calling it “Banana Sushi”.
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If I sprinkle some garlic powder and cinnamon on my fries, does that count as Indian food?
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Wow it seems so yum, I can’t wait, I gonna try this tonight.
Thank you so much for sharing, and I regularly followed your blogs, keep blogging.
So if I eat pasta with chopsticks can I call it ramen?
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Not sushi, just a banana. You don’t need to appropriate japanese culture for clicks.
This is an embarrassment to both yourself and to Japanese culture. Crank out mediocre recipes under the aegis of your own culture – don’t drag someone else’s down with you.
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