This month's no waste food challenge was spotty bananas. You will never be at a loss with what to do with those bananas again. We have now collated some fantastic recipes and I hope you all have some inspiration for using up your future brown bananas. 

Just a few quick obvious tips. Banana's can be frozen and also make a really good base for a quick smoothie. I take their skins off chop them up and use them in smoothies. A basic smoothie recipe is:
1 spotty banana frozen or normal
1 glass of apple juice
1 handful of frozen berries.
Whizz it up and off you go!

This month proved quite popular so let's get started.

Firstly, Linzi from Lancashire Food submitted several recipes. Linzi's blog focusses on Lancashire recipes and regional produce. Linzi's first entry is a Banana and Almond Tray Bake. As Linzi says this is perfect for wrapping up and taking with you somewhere.

Secondly Linzi offered us Chocolate and Banana Muffins. These have a twist of cardamon in them which sounds lovely, a combination I definitely need to try. As Linzi points out muffins are good for using up bananas as they often only need store cupboard ingredients and things that you tend to have in the fridge.

Lastly Linzi offered us this Banana Crumble Slices. These look like perfect comfort food and have me warming up a bowl of custard as we speak!

Next up Janice from Farmers Girl Kitchen posted these simple Banana Muffins which look really quick to whip up and are topped with a sneaky helping of toffee and walnuts. They look very tasty!

Our next baker is Ros, Baking Addict who blogs on More than the occasional baker. She has been super creative with this challenge. First up Ros made a Cranberry and Banana Bread adapted from several different recipes. It looks really healthy and is made with spelt flour and topped with oats.

Secondly, Ros got complete into the spirit of this challenge and made her next recipe from the banana skins leftover from the bananas in her Cranberry and Banana Bread. The result is this Banana Skin Cake, originally a recipe from Edna Toledo. Ros explains that the cake doesn't particularly taste of banana but does taste super healthy and is full of fibre. I really want to try this soon.

Next up we have Karen from Lavender and Lovage who was so dedicated to the challenge she purposefully let some bananas go spotty. Not quite the aim of the challenge but I am glad she did because now we can all whip up her delicious Buttermilk Pancakes with Banoffee Bananas and Cream. 

Julia from Eat Healthy But Tasty cooked this Low Fat Banana and Walnut Cake. Julia's cooking is brilliant if you are on a diet (or just want to be a bit healthier) and works with the weight watcher's points. Banana and walnut are such a good combination.  

Next up we have our second pancake entry - great minds think a like - from Ren at Fabulicious Food. Ren cooked Banana and Maple Syrup Pancakes with Cinnamon Cream. Cinnamon is one of my favourite flavours and is a really warming spice. I bet these taste fantastic.

Kit's entry is for Chocolate, Hazelnut and Banana Muffins these muffins look like they would definitely satisfy my chocolate craving. Kit blogs at I-Lost in Austen a beautiful blog about baking and all things pretty intertwined with Jane Austen quotes and has the most calming music playing when you arrive at her blog. 

Lastly we have the couple of recipes that I blogged. Nutella and Banana Milkshake, Strawberry and Banana Cake and Banana Souffle.

A big thank you to everyone for joining. I love the variety of recipes we have collated. Hopefully we will be preventing some future spotty bananas from hitting the bin! 

The theme for March is going to be - yoghurt. Please email entries to turquoiselemonsblog@gmail.com by the end of the month and remeber to follow the guidelines on the no waste food challenge page.