Healthy Banana Recipes

How about a delicious way to get some potassium and vitamin K? These heart-healthy banana muffins with a touch of apple are a surefire crowd-pleaser that's toddler-approved!

Treat your baby to a fruity frozen treat! Made with three simple ingredients, the Mango and Banana Totsicles will become a family favorite!

A treat baby will love and the family can enjoy! The Banana-Pineapple Yogurt is naturally sweet and made with nutritious and delicious fruits. Top this yogurt with baby’s favorite cereal to add texture and flavor complexity to this mixture.

Often considered the best solid food to introduce to babies, banana is a tasty, low allergy-risk food. Recommended age: 6 to 8 months.

Smoothies—like this classic one—are a wonderful vehicle for nutrient-rich fruits and veggies. Full of fresh fruit and flavor, this is sure to become a quick favorite for your baby. 

Feeling decadent? This frozen banana treat totally hits the spot. The naturally occurring sugar found in fruits, like bananas, comes with the added benefits of fiber, vitamins, and minerals — unlike added sugar found in processed desserts. Now you can feel good devouring every last spoonful!

Green is good — especially when it comes to smoothies (and smoothie bowls). Dark leafy greens, like spinach and kale, are high in nutrients and low in calories. Combine them with sweet banana and creamy cashew butter to make a delicious green smoothie bowl base for your favorite toppings!

Sweet, tart and juicy, this vibrant bowl is filled with berrylicious flavor and beneficial fiber. Adding fiber-rich fruits, like strawberries and raspberries, to your diet can help improve digestion and blood sugar control. Plus, they make great toppings for this smoothie bowl!

A chocolatey, protein-packed smoothie ideal for a post-workout treat. After a workout, your body is like a sponge ready to absorb nutrients. Replenish it with a recovery snack filled with complex carbs, protein, and a little healthy fat. Pro tip: kick up your smoothie with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper!

Our Classic Breakfast Smoothie is a dairy-free take on the Essential Green Smoothie, but also contains the belly-filling fiber found in old-fashioned rolled oats. Didn’t think you could “drink” your oats? They help make your smoothie feel a bit more substantial and create a thick, satisfying consistency.

It may be a Monday or a Wednesday, but you can kick-it off feeling like a vacation with this bright smoothie that tastes like the tropics. Coconut water is also a fun liquid choice to use in your smoothie blends since it’s a natural source of electrolytes like potassium, yet is lower in sugar and calories than fruit juice.

Eating for your health certainly doesn’t mean you have to compromise on taste. Case in point: this smoothie calls for chocolate, banana, AND peanut butter. Eating for your health has never tasted so good.