I'm 6 weeks post-op with a gastric sleeve. I see people mentioning frozen bananas on here. I froze some today but I don't know how you all use them. In a shake done with a blender?

Thanks

Grace

Hi @IAmGrace!

I love frozen banana! It was something that was suggested to me by my nutritionist. I do the following two things with frozen bananas:

1. Smoothies - As you guessed they are great for smoothies. Ill freeze them once they reach my desired ripeness and when I need a quick breakfast I'll make a smoothie with frozen strawberries, a Fairlife protein shake, and a frozen banana.

2. Dessert - My nutritionist suggested the frozen bananas when I mentioned I was looking for something to satisfy my sweet tooth. She said to try out frozen chocolate covered bananas. At Trader Joes they sell frozen chocolate covered banana slices and at my local grocery store they sell the brand "Diana's bananas" in milk and dark chocolate. They are half sized on a stick and are 100 calories. Definitely much better than eating ice cream or other treats. Oh and if you cant find them at the store they are super easy to make. They taste great naked too!

they lose their texture in the freezer (but not their taste), so they're really best in something like a smoothie or a protein shake that you stick in the blender, as others have mentioned.

So glad to know this.

Many thanks.

I love frozen bananas. Blended up, they taste just like ice cream. My kids love them too!!

In a Nutra bullet

One Frozen Bannana - 2 Tablespoons of healthy Peanut butter, 4 strawberrys 1 scoop vitamin powder and 1 scoop protien powder, add almond milk to make paste