Chocolate Mint Treat

Looking for a way to use the mint in your garden?  Try this out.  See July and August posts for how to use this machine.


Chocolate Mint Frozen "Ice Cream" Treat- 1 serving

1 frozen banana
1 teaspoon chocolate chips
1 tablespoon to 1/8 cup loosely layered fresh mint.  Use small leaves or coarsely chop the large leaves.  I used spearmint since it is milder tasting than peppermint.  Many types of mint would work here.

This leaves a fresh breath mint taste in your mouth.  I was a little short on banana but it worked out fine.


To freeze bananas:

Peel first.  The riper the banana = the sweeter it is.  If totally brown, save it for making banana bread.  If you are a gardener, save the peel.

Place whole, ripe, peeled (this means no green on stem, and can have brown dots) bananas in freezer bag, removing as much air as possible and seal or use a twisty tie.  These bananas are easy to remove after they are frozen.  A single layer is best but a few doubled is o.k.  If freezing a lot, use a plastic container for a base support and separate the layers with plastic wrap.

See these links for more information on mint, bananas, Yonanas, composting and fertilizer:

https://www.pinterest.com/tcknighthoodent/fertilizer-homemade-or-not/
https://www.pinterest.com/tcknighthoodent/garden-compost/
https://www.pinterest.com/tcknighthoodent/bananas-grow-eat/
https://www.pinterest.com/tcknighthoodent/yonanas/
https://www.pinterest.com/tcknighthoodent/spearmint-grow-use/
https://www.pinterest.com/tcknighthoodent/mint-grow-and-use/