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Today I'm sharing anotherof my easy recipes for kids- frozen banana bites! These little bitesare made fromsimple healthy ingredients but they taste like a real treat, and would make a fantastic healthy snack, dessert, or even a fun breakfast idea!
I've also included a freeprintablerecipe sheet at the end of the post so your own child can try makingthese themselves - following a recipe from start to finish can feel like a real achievement for a child and can be a great confidence boost! Thisis anallergy friendly recipetoo, as it's dairy free, nut free and gluten free (do look at your oatspacketto check they aregluten free if you need to avoid gluten).
Frozen Banana Bites
Ingredients
- ½ cup oats
- ¼ cup desiccated coconut
- 1 tbs sesame seeds
- 3 or 4 bananas
Method
Before you begin, find a baking tray fits into your freezer. Coverthe baking tray with tinfoil or baking paper.
Measure the oats, coconut and sesame seeds into a bowl and mix well.
Peel thebananas and cut them into bite sized pieces. A quick note on knives here - I allow six year old Small Child to use a small sharp knife under close supervision. I believe that teaching your child to use a knife safely is preferable to keeping them away from the altogether, but it really does depend on the individual child - use your judgement to decide whether your child is ready to use a knife. With this recipe, a blunt butter knife will also work just fine on banana.
Dip each piece of banana into the oats and turn until well coated in the oat mixture. Place on the baking tray and repeat until all the banana pieces are gone.
Freeze for 2 hours or overnight then serve frozen. Once frozen solid, pop any leftover bites intoa bag and keep frozen until ready to use. Best used within a week.
Store any leftover oat mixture in an airtight box to use to make more banana bites or to throw into a homemade smoothie, yum!
If youor your child would like to try this recipe for yourself,here'sa simple child friendly recipe for you to print off. Click on thepicture below to open the file. Do let me knowif you try them!
If you’d like more child friendly recipes like this one, be sure to check out my easy recipes for kids section, and why not follow my Cooking with Kids Pinterest board too?
Grace
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Frozen Banana Bites
Frozen Banana Breakfast Bites Recipe - easy recipe for kids with free printable recipe sheet - healthy breakfast idea.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time0 minutes mins
Freezing1 hour hr
Total Time10 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: British, Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 4 people
Author: Grace Hall
Ingredients
- ½ cup oats
- ¼ cup desiccated coconut
- 1 tbs sesame seeds
- 3 or 4 bananas
Instructions
Before you begin, find a baking tray fits into your freezer. Coverthe baking tray with tinfoil or baking paper.
Measure the oats, coconut and sesame seeds into a bowl and mix well.
Peel thebananas and cut them into bite sized pieces. A quick note on knives here - I allow six year old Small Child to use a small sharp knife under close supervision. I believe that teaching your child to use a knife safely is preferable to keeping them away from the altogether, but it really does depend on the individual child - use your judgement to decide whether your child is ready to use a knife. With this recipe, a blunt butter knife will also work just fine on banana.
Dip each piece of banana into the oats and turn until well coated in the oat mixture. Place on the baking tray and repeat until all the banana pieces are gone.
Freeze for 2 hours or overnight then serve frozen. Once frozen solid, pop any leftover bites intoa bag and keep frozen until ready to use. Best used within a week.
Notes
Notes: Store any leftover oat mixture in an airtight box to use to make more banana bites or to throw into ahomemade smoothie, yum!
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Lucy Goodwin says
I love this idea, so simple and I may be able to swap a few ingredients for what we have in the cupboard as we have been lucky so far with no known allergies in our house and don't have any coconut so I am wondering if ground almonds might work instead of the coconut and maybe some cinnamon. Thanks for another great idea 🙂
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Grace says
Thank you, it's definitely highly customisable, I created it using what I had lying around myself! 🙂
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Alyssa @ Mum to a monster says
what a great idea , we shall have to try these
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Grace says
Thank you, I hope you enjoy them!
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becky says
Ohhhh love them! We will have to give thee a try! We have some desiccated coconut and I have been wondering what to do with it!!
#LittleChefs
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Grace says
Thank you! You might like my coconut ice recipe too for using up the coconut - not healthy but definitely delicious!
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Clare Nicholas says
These look delicious. Will definitely be trying these soon
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Grace says
Thank you, I hope you enjoy them!
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Grace says
Thank you, I don't know where the idea came from to be honest, I do have to avoid dairy most of the time due to allergies in the family, so I that was probably where my train of thought led!
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