{"id":479,"date":"2010-02-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/02\/recipe-banana-dessert.html"},"modified":"2010-02-10T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T01:00:00","slug":"recipe-banana-dessert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/02\/recipe-banana-dessert.html","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Banana Dessert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so proud of you for joining us here today for the 38th day of the Give-Back Diet weight loss plan.&nbsp; A central feature of this program is limiting (or eliminating) added sugar and carbohydrates.&nbsp; We&#8217;re also all about eating a balanced food plan, which means for a lot of us, adding more vegetables and fruit.&nbsp; That&#8217;s what today&#8217;s all about &#8211; adding fruit to the program.<\/p>\n<p>With the goal of fruit and less sugar (or none), here&#8217;s a favorite recipe of mine for you.&nbsp; It&#8217;s as easy as can be!&nbsp; dEE, this one&#8217;s for YOU!<\/p>\n<p><u><b>Dr. Norris Chumley&#8217;s Bananas Foster<\/b><\/u><br \/>Serves 2<\/p>\n<p>2 ripe bananas (the riper the better)<br \/>\u00bd teaspoon vegetable oil<br \/>a sprinkling of cinnamon<br \/>\u00bd teaspoon stevia (optional)<br \/>\u00bc cup rum (optional &#8211; or white cooking wine)<br \/>low-fat or no-fat frozen yogurt (no-sugar) 1 small scoop per serving<\/p>\n<p>In a skillet, heat the oil slightly and add the rum or wine, if you&#8217;re using it.&nbsp; Simmer on medium heat until it is almost boiling, and let it reduce for a few minutes.&nbsp; Add the bananas, and stevia, if you&#8217;re using it.&nbsp; Cook until the bananas are nice and soft.&nbsp; Spoon the mixture over the frozen yogurt and serve immediately.&nbsp; First, of course, say a prayer of thanks, or a moment of silence.<\/p>\n<p>This is a recipe that was supposedly invented in a New Orlean&#8217;s restaurant named Brennans &#8211; so let it also be in honor of the city and the New Orleans Saints who won this year&#8217;s Super Bowl!<\/p>\n<p>Do YOU have a great recipe for bananas?&nbsp; Or fruit?&nbsp; Please post it!<\/p>\n<p>If you are new to this column, and new to the Give-Back Diet, welcome!&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.blog.beliefnet.com\/cgi-bin\/mt\/mt-search.cgi?search=Give-Back+Diet&amp;IncludeBlogs=129&amp;Go.x=17&amp;Go.y=10\">Please take a look at the whole program here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so proud of you for joining us here today for the 38th day of the Give-Back Diet weight loss plan.&nbsp; A central feature of this program is limiting (or eliminating) added sugar and carbohydrates.&nbsp; We&#8217;re also all about eating a balanced food plan, which means for a lot of us, adding more vegetables and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18,3,24,6,21,12,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet","category-food","category-health","category-inspiration","category-recipes","category-spiritual-weight-loss","category-spirituality","category-weight-loss","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recipe: Banana Dessert - Dr. Norris J. 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