Baked Bananas

(from The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain and Joe Friel, p256)
Serves 4


4 bananas
¼ cup olive oil
Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons
1 tbs vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut the bananas in half lengthwise and place cut side down in a baking dish greased with the oil. Drizzle the bananas with the lemon juice and vanilla and sprinkle with grated lemon rind and cinnamon. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.


My thoughts:  Delicious!!  I wasn't sure about lemon juice and bananas but it really was tasty with the cinnamon and vanilla mixed in.  A bit of tart and sweet.  I ended up with nearly a 1/2 cup of lemon juice by the time I was done squeezing two lemons - I'm not sure if this was too much or just right.  When I poured it into the pan, there was quite a bit of liquid but it didn't seem to hurt the dish much.  Maybe made the lemon a bit stronger than intended?  I didn't sprinkle any grated lemon rind on the bananas either since I couldn't get my rinds to grate.  Grr.  I shaved a cinnamon stick so my dish looked like it had little twigs in it but since I didn't have any ground cinnamon at the time, it worked.  I think this would be delicious all mashed up and stuck in something.