Banana

"Until the day I live in Hawaii and can pick them off the tree, I will continue to hate bananas and all that they stand for." —Andrew Knowlton, BA restaurant and drinks editor

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A vegan’s delight, with a gentle bonus buzz from the matcha.

Loaded with oats and bananas, this is a great treat to have on hand after soccer or baseball practice.

You can pack the peanut butter in a plastic pastry bag, but a resealable plastic bag works just as well.

To check if your meringue is stiff, lift the beaters out of the bowl and upend them: The peaks should stick straight up.

A trick we like: Peel all overripe bananas and put in the freezer, then use to make supercreamy smoothies.

This cake is perfect for beginners—it’s moist, forgiving, and easy. Jif creamy peanut butter is our favorite for the decadent frosting.

This simple, moist banana bread recipe can also be baked in three small (5¾x3¼”) loaf pans, which is how you’ll find them at Julia’s stand; cooking time will be 40–50 minutes. For the deepest flavor, use ripe bananas with lots of freckles.

A twist on bananas Foster, this parfait is made with rye instead of rum and finished with caramelized-maple pecans. The parfaits can be made ahead and look great layered in freezer-proof rocks glasses or mason jars.

Chef Kenney often makes these crepe-like pancakes for his family on the weekend. He couldn't resist including them in this menu as a shout-out to Jack Johnson's 2005 song "Banana Pancakes."

Banana's naturally creamy texture gives this dairy-free frozen treat its delightful consistency.

Tasty, and healthy, too: Coconut water is high in potassium and other electrolytes, and Flaxseeds are a good source of beneficial omega-3s.

Tired of the same old yogurt for breakfast? This blackberry smoothie recipe keeps things interesting (yet healthy!).

This chocolate chip cake recipe is perfect for beginners—the result is moist, forgiving, and easy. Jif creamy peanut butter is our favorite for the decadent frosting.

This healthy fruit smoothie recipe is packed with peaches, grapefruit, orange, banana, and strawberries. But any fruit you have on hand will work, too.

These cupcakes, slathered with rich peanut butter frosting, are like a banana bread recipe gone, well, bananas.

This is essentially the cake version of banana pudding mashed up with sticky toffee pudding, which is actually cake. All of which is to say, this is a very good thing.