When summer rolls around, there are two certainties: gas prices will rise, and so will my food bill.
Happens every year; see, triathlon season’s in full swing, and as anyone who does endurance sports will tell you, training turns your body into a voracious fuel-burning furnace that must constantly be fed. This will not continue indefinitely; they say once you hit 40, your metabolism does a Thelma and Louise off a cliff. But for now, it is what it is.
So I’m eating a ton, and I have food cravings. At the moment, it’s for dessert. Fruit usually does the trick, but once in a while when I need something more, I’ll make bananas with chocolate sauce.
It’s so easy — just slice a couple of ripe bananas lengthwise, heat up a drip of olive oil, and pan fry the sliced bananas for a few minutes on each side until they’re soft and golden brown.
Meanwhile, pour out a small handful of chocolate chips (or a piece from a chocolate bar).
Put the chocolate in a saucepan with a bit of milk, heat it up, and stir until you’ve got a nice melted sauce.
Then drizzle the chocolate sauce over the warm bananas.
Immensely satisfying and so simple to prepare. The bananas turn sweet all on their own; the chocolate sauce is the bonus.
As nutrition goes, you could do far worse; all you’ve got are bananas (healthy) and a small amount of chocolate (also supposedly healthy).
An Almost Guilt-Free Dessert
When summer rolls around, there are two certainties: gas prices will rise, and so will my food bill.
Happens every year; see, triathlon season’s in full swing, and as anyone who does endurance sports will tell you, training turns your body into a voracious fuel-burning furnace that must constantly be fed. This will not continue indefinitely; they say once you hit 40, your metabolism does a Thelma and Louise off a cliff. But for now, it is what it is.
So I’m eating a ton, and I have food cravings. At the moment, it’s for dessert. Fruit usually does the trick, but once in a while when I need something more, I’ll make bananas with chocolate sauce.
It’s so easy — just slice a couple of ripe bananas lengthwise, heat up a drip of olive oil, and pan fry the sliced bananas for a few minutes on each side until they’re soft and golden brown.
Meanwhile, pour out a small handful of chocolate chips (or a piece from a chocolate bar).
Put the chocolate in a saucepan with a bit of milk, heat it up, and stir until you’ve got a nice melted sauce.
Then drizzle the chocolate sauce over the warm bananas.
Immensely satisfying and so simple to prepare. The bananas turn sweet all on their own; the chocolate sauce is the bonus.
As nutrition goes, you could do far worse; all you’ve got are bananas (healthy) and a small amount of chocolate (also supposedly healthy).
It’s an almost guilt-free dessert.