Banana, before:
It is a curious thing, how one can take something that seems nearly useless, and repurpose it so that it has new life. You can't see it so much in the photo, but those bananas are practically goners. While it's true that I tend to enjoy a greener banana, these fellas were full-on mush. I doubt that even a lover of ripe nanners would have enjoyed them.
But I didn't pitch them. I took the inspiration-- both from the freewrite topic, and from the overripe fruit-- to make fresh banana bread. And then, having leapt over the barrier to entry to my kitchen, I made yogurt parfaits for the week's breakfasts, and layered salad jars for lunches, and then sliced and baked sweet potato 'toast' to enjoy with lox and capers for snacking.
Sometimes what seems too far gone is, in fact, just in need of a little love. There's life in the ol' girl yet.
Banana, after:
