Seems Silly

silvers320 · 08-22-2008, 09:40 PM

I notice a lot of you eat 1/2 a banana or apple at a sitting, which I have also been doing. Anybody have any tips for keeping the uneaten 1/2 from going brown? thanks

flower faery · 08-22-2008, 10:54 PM

What I do, is only peel the banana halfway and pinch off the half I want and leave the other half still in the peel and just kind of wrap the remainder of the peel over the end. The only part that gets brown then is just the teeny tiny bit exposed where the other half was broken off. Then I can just cut that little piece off and peel and eat the rest of that half later.

For an apple, what I do is rub lemon juice over the exposed part and put it in the fridge. The other day I peeled an apple completely and cut it into chunks and rubbed lemon juice over all of it and put it in the fridge in a plastic bag and it stayed very fresh and didn't get brown at all. I don't put enough juice on it to taste the lemon either..all I tasted was apple.

georgia girl · 08-22-2008, 11:14 PM

For bananas, I cut the banana in half first and wrap the half I'm not eating with clear plastic wrap. It works pretty well.

srknepler · 08-24-2008, 09:19 PM

You can also use lime, orange or grapefruit juice to prevent browning...

After putting the acid on the fruit, try putting it in something that's airtight....like a ziptop bag (with the air sucked out) or some kind of vacuum sealed bag. It'll last longer that way...

This also works with avacados!! Mmmm.

aubrie · 08-25-2008, 01:43 PM

I'm not sure where you live, but here in south Texas we can get different varieties of bananas. There are one type from Mexico and Central America that are very, very small. Like miniature size. They are not much bigger than my thumb, and the perfect size. They also have a very nice flavor. In the Carribbean they call them "figs", but they are not figs like we know in the states. See if you can find them at one of your larger grocery stores. I actually like the flavor of them better than the traditional banana. I can also get miniature granny smith apples. They are about the size of a medium plum. They work very well for me as well.

ellendeette · 08-25-2008, 02:41 PM

I don't think this is a silly question. I wondered about this too. I dislike wasting food and don't want to eat too much.

I buy the smaller bananas (when I can find them at the store). When I can't find the smaller bananas, I buy the normal size bananas, I then break it in half and freeze the part I don't eat. I put these half portions into a zip lock freezer bag. I just open the zipper lock and drop the unusued banana into them.

At times, I will my husband one-half of the banana (or apple, pear, etc.) to share with me.

I use the left over banana pieces (or any fruit) in my protein drinks in the blender. They add a fuller flavor to chocolate protein drinks (also with a little milk). This morning I added fresh banana with my vanilla protein drink with some cinnaamon (along with some more milk). I then blend the hell out of them in my "bullet blender" (any blender will do). You can also add a ice cube or two.