How To Freeze Bananas
The key to making the best smoothies is to use frozen bananas.
They make sure your smoothies are cold, creamy, and sweet.
That's why we always make sure we have frozen bananas in our freezer, at the ready!
Here's how to easily freeze bananas, it only takes minutes and is totally worth it.
No more wasted bananas!
The first key to keeping frozen bananas always handy, is to make sure you buy enough.
I pick up bananas about every time I'm at the grocery store.
We can never have too many!
When we are freezing them like we do, the more the better.
Some get eaten fresh, if they are the perfect yellow color.
But some go brown, and those are primetime for freezing!
HOW TO FREEZE BANANAS
Here's how we freeze sweet, ripe, brown-ish bananas:
- make sure the brown banana isn't rotten, throw those out
- peel the perfectly brown bananas still good but overripe
- cover a plate or cookie sheet in wax paper or a reusable wax wrap (affiliate)
- break the bananas into halves or thirds for strong blenders
- cut bananas into 1" slices for weaker blenders
- place the bananas on the wax in one layer
- place the plate or cookie sheet of bananas into your freezer to flash freeze until frozen
- once frozen, place the bananas into a freezer container like a freezer bag or freezer container
Pull out what you need when you're ready to blend a smoothie.
Keep the rest of the bananas frozen for later.
Enjoy frozen bananas in our simple smoothie recipes!
