Disneyland with Dole & A Yonanas Giveaway

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Last week we went to Disneyland for the first Banana Summit hosted by Dole Foods. We stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel, which is located right by Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park.

Before the event started, we walked around Downtown Disney with Kevin and Amanda, Jenny and cute little Paxton, Lauren, Shaina, and Shari. We always love spending time with our blogging friends!

We knew we were going to be eating a lot of healthy bananas so of course we had to find some sweet treats at Disneyland:) Don’t you love the Mickey Mouse caramel apple? Too cute! I loved the Chocolate Peanut Butter Graham Sandwich! Jenny has recreated Disney’s favorite treat, check out her recipe! I know I will be making them soon!

We are glad our husbands and little guys had a chance to hangout! Caleb and Paxton are buddies already:)

For breakfast, we had Banana Ginger Mickey waffles! Our Brown Butter Banana Waffles are one of our favorite waffle recipes, but I am going to try and recreate these Banana Ginger waffles soon. Although, I don’t think they will taste as good since I don’t have a Mickey Mouse waffle iron:)

We learned a lot about bananas at the Banana Summit. Did you know you can polish your shoes with a banana peel? Did you know it easier to peel a banana from the bottom up? That is how the monkeys do it! Just a few fun banana facts for you! Bananas are also the perfect energy snack for on the go! I always pack a banana in the diaper bag for Caleb and one for me! You never know when you will need a banana pick me up!

Dole gave each of us a big stuffed “Bobby Banana.” Caleb had so much fun wrestling Bobby in our room. Bobby is his new best friend. And look at those cute little bananas Amanda is holding! They are the perfect size for Caleb. We also got to try mini raspberry bananas. They are sweet with a hint of raspberry. They are so good! I am going to hunt them down this week.

After lunch, we got make our own Yonanas treat! Have you seen a Yonanas machine? They are so cool and so easy to use. All you have to do is put frozen bananas, or any other frozen fruit you want, into the machine and it will make a creamy and dreamy frozen treat in minutes. I love that you don’t have to add any sugar, eggs, or cream…but it tastes just like soft serve ice cream! I could easily eat a scoop of creamy frozen fruit every night for dessert! And Caleb loved it too! I gave him a bite:) Watch a Yonanas video here!

We also got the chance to try a famous Dole Whip and we went to the Enchanted Tiki Room! Caleb LOVED the Tiki Room! He went crazy for the talking birds.

After the Tiki Room, we went on a special tour of the new Cars Land at Disneyland. It is amazing! I felt like we were all characters in the movie walking around the town.

We also got to ride the Cars ride. It was so fun! Kevin, Amanda, and Shaina were in the front! Josh, Lauren and I held on tight in the back! Weeeeee!

We ended the event with a wonderful dinner at Carthay Circle Restaurant. The Carthay Circle Restaurant is located on the second floor of the iconic reproduction of the Cathay Circle Theatre. The atmosphere and food were fabulous! It was a fun night!

Before we left Disneyland, Amanda made sure we got a “family” photo! Thanks Amanda! We are one big happy family! Now, we all just need to live in the same state:)

This giveaway is now closed! The winner is Ali (#86). Thanks to everyone who entered!

And now for a fun giveaway! Dole sent us home with our own Yonanas machine and good news, they also gave us one to giveaway to our readers! Yahoo!

To enter to win a Yonanas machine, leave a comment on this post telling us, “What is your favorite way to eat a banana?” Plain, in your cereal, banana bread, banana cookies, banana smoothie?

The giveaway is open until Friday, October 19th at 11:59 p.m. MST. The giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. Be sure a valid email address is included with your comment(s). Winner will be chosen randomly and announced on this post. We will email the winner and if the winner doesn’t respond in 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Good luck!

Disclaimer: Dole paid for our travel and accommodations and is providing the Yonanas giveaway. All opinions expressed our own.

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  1. I LOVE banana bread and banana muffins. I buy bananas and then they don’t get eaten so I freeze them and use them in the bread and muffins. My girls like the muffins with some chocolate chips:).

  2. What a great time!!! I have yet to go to Disneyland or Disney World. My co-workers think I’m crazy! They say it is the best place on Earth and to think I live in California where it wouldn’t be to hard to go there!!

    My favorite way to eat banana’s is as a soft serve mixed with cocoa powder and peanut butter! Yum!

  3. Well I will admit, I am not a banana lover. Wish I was! But my family loves them so I always have them in the house. I make banana bread, they make smoothies, and my husband always adds bananas to his protein shake in the morning.

  4. Mine is a toss up between fresh banana ice cream and the best banana cake in the whole world…my grandma’s recipe….have been eating it for oh….50 years or so!!! Love your blog!

  5. I love Smoothies. I use frozen bananas, yogurt , almond milk, and often throw in whatever other frozen fruit in my freezer. The yonana machine looks like a lot of fun. At 71 I am still trying to lose weight and its a hard job. That machine would help me avoid ice cream I think.

  6. I have been wanting a yonana’s machine since my friend make it for me about a month ago when I went to visit. They’re AMAZING!

    My favorite way to eat a banana is as ‘banana pancakes’ like the Jack Johnson song goes….

    Mix a smashed banana with your favorite nut butter and a little vanilla and put it on a griddle or in a pan and cook it like a pancake. I put extra fruit on top and don’t even need syrup!

  7. My favorite way to eat bananas is in a smoothie or banana muffins.
    Love your grey & pink sweater! I have the same one, but my daughter took it with her to college and I miss it!

  8. I love bananas in a wide variety of forms, but my favorite might have to be peanut butter honey banana sandwiches. Loved ’em when I was a kid, and I still love ’em now!

  9. Love a good banana bread but favorite way is straight up. I am the only one in my house who even like bananas…crazy people!!!

  10. I love bananas in your banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! I also like to slice my overripe bananas, freeze them, and blend with skim milk to make smoothies!

  11. Banana cake with cream cheese frosting. But that is very calorie laden so I will just slice it on cereal in the morning.

  12. I love to eat bananas sliced length wise and put on peanut butter sandwiches! Great when on whole wheat bread and I’d say good for you too!

  13. My favorite is just plain but I never let a banana go to waste if it gets too ripe it ends up smoothie or banana bread. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway!

  14. I love to eat bananas cooked into my oatmeal, they add extra sweentess and creamyness…my favorite morning staple!

  15. I haven’t had banana bread since going gluten-free years ago- that would have been my favorite way.
    Now the only way I eat them is in smoothies.

  16. My favorite way to eat a banana is to put slices of the banana on multigrain bread and put peanut butter on one side of the bread. I like to make a sandwich out of it. It is also good with mayo instead of the peanut butter.

  17. That would be awesome! I would love to be able to give my baby “Ice cream” that is still good for her!

  18. Oops I hit submit too soon! I love to eat bananas just plain and with some chocolate and peanut butter melted together 🙂

  19. if I’m feelin’ snacky, sometimes I’ll eat a banana and add a dollop of peanut butter and a few chocolate chips to each individual bite. it’s AWESOME! 🙂

  20. In my car! I always throw a banana into my bag so when I’m out and about and sitting in traffic or waiting for a l-o-n-g light, I can have something healthy to snack on.

  21. Oh gosh, I eat bananas EVERY day! I love them! In my oatmeal, smoothies, plain, in cereal, with nut butter, the list goes on and on! 🙂

  22. My whole family loves Bananas! Our English Bulldog eats a banana everyday- I think he was a monkey in his previous life.
    We really love bananas in banana bread and muffins. My husband has even incorporated them into his beer recipes! Thanks for sharing your wonderful travel story.

  23. My wife makes a fabulous banana bread! I, however, still like the humble banana straight out of its wrapper. There’s nothing like a fresh banana.

  24. Love to mash them in my grape nuts since I don’t drink milk. Tastes just like banana bread only healthier. Would so love one of these machines. They look awesome!

  25. I love bananas plain when they are still firm. After they get too soft I love banana bread. I made a loaf yesterday. elaine1255(at)yahoo(dot)com

  26. I love anything and everything with banana!! It is one of my favorite flavors 🙂 My favorite way to eat them is on their own, with peanut butter! So delicious!

  27. I LOVE banana dishes…but favorite “comfort” food w/bananas: open-face peanut butter and banana toast. (Toasted bread spread with PB and topped with Banana slices).

  28. It’s hard to pick a favorite way to eat bananas! I think my favorite is plain, but I love them sliced with a teeny bit of Nutella OR on top of wheaties cereal with some delicious cold milk. Yummm!!!

  29. Bananas! They are the one fruit I have on hand at ALL times! I eat one every morning in my cooked oatmeal, then I have another one, just plain, before my workout.

    What an amazing power food! 🙂

  30. I love banana soft serve and usually just make it in my food processor. I had NO idea there was a specific machine that made it! There is actually a food truck in Ft. Collins that serves all-fruit soft serve [nothing added…just like this!]. Pretty awesome! 🙂

  31. I love to eat bananas Plain when they’ve just turned from green and nice and firm. Second fave is def in a smoothie so a Yonanas machine would be sooooo awesome!

  32. I have recently just discovered a new way to eat bananas and they are SO good. Cutting them in half and then put a stick in it and freeze them. Then dip them in melted chocolate chips and then freeze. They are so incredibly good. Chocolate dipped bananas!!

  33. What an awesome giveaway! My favorite way to eat a banana is sliced up, with melted peanut butter drizzled over it, and then some coconut cream on top. Creamy, peanut buttery, and sweet! Love it!

  34. I have 2 favorite ways:

    1. Sliced in some yogurt with a little honey, cinnamon chips, and dark chocolate chips.

    2. Sliced on peanut butter toast with honey drizzle.

    YUM!

  35. What a fun trip! Kinda dying over the pictures of baby Paxton – newborn bliss! And I like to eat bananas as is. They are the perfect on the go snack for my toddler!

  36. I love bananas cut into slices with peanut butter in the middle then frozen so Yummy and 6 year old loves them !!!

  37. This is amazing!! I want to go on the next Dole and Disneyland adventure. 🙂 I love bananas just about any way you can serve them and I’m uber curious to try them from this Yonanas machine!

  38. Plain! But if I were to win this machine, I am sure I would have a different answer after the very first time using it.

  39. I’m a simple gal–I love plain ol’ bananas! They’re the perfect post-workout snack, great for when you’re on-the-go, and sweet enough to keep my sweet tooth pangs at bay.

  40. What a fun day at Disneyland!

    I love bananas as is, or in banana chocolate chip bread, banana muffins, bananas with nutella, and in crepes!

  41. I love bananas!!! I love baking homemade banana bread. One thing I used to love but cannot find it anymore was the baby food bananas with tapioca. I was deployed to Germany in 2001 and they had it at the BX on base. I bought a bunch to eat as a snack while in my room. YUM!!!

  42. banana in any form. in cereal/oatmeal, by itself, in ice cream, choc covered, banana bread, banana muffins & even banana cookies! YUM

  43. SO fun! Y’all go on the best trips! We’re taking Kay to Disney soon and she is going to watch Mickey make breakfast- I can’t wait. My favorite way to eat a banana? With almond butter in the middle…banana almond butter sandwich!

  44. I must admit, I hide the bananas from my kids just so they will last long enough to turn brown because I love Banana Bread.

  45. I looooove eating bananas in muffins, especially one recipe, which are banana peanut butter chocolate chip muffins and they are the best!

  46. My favorite ways to eat bananas are mixed in my oatmeal or on top of my protein pancakes or oatmeal! Mmmmmm 🙂

  47. I love bananas any way I can get them! Banana bread, banana cupcakes, banana smoothie, bananas dipped in chocolate, fruit salad, and plain is good too!

  48. I love bananas SO many ways–with granola for breakfast, just plain, in peanut butter banana sandwiches and I love them in smoothies. I just freeze the brown ugly bananas that haven’t been eaten, then pull them out for smoothies and banana bread. YUM

  49. I love freezing banana slices, putting a dollop of peanut butter on top and dipping them in melted chocolate. Put them back in the freezer for the chocolate to harden and viola! It’s like banana candy! 🙂

  50. When I don’t have my banana in the morning, I make sure I have one for dessert at night… nothing better than chocolate covered banana slices, and they freeze soooooo well!!!

  51. I actually only like bananas in their pure, fruit form. And I like them on the green side of yellow. No banana flavored things for me!

  52. I love to eat them plain …also recenlty learned you can cut them in pieces, freeze them, then put them in the food processor & it will be come a yummy ice cream!

  53. I love using bananas in my smoothies. They make berries taste a little less tart. Thanks for this great chance. What a fun trip!

  54. My husband is the banana eater. His Laborite way to eat them is in a smoothie. We were just at Disneyland too. I’m glad you had a great time!

  55. Breakfast smoothie – handfull of frozen grapes, handfull of dry roasted unsalted almonds,1 frozen banana, handful of spinach, handful of kale, spoonful of local honey, spoonful of chia seeds, 1/2 cup of almond milk – blend until creamy! Looks weird and kind of greenish, but tastes like a banana milkshake!!!

  56. Love banana smoothies ,banana bread,banana pudding,frozen bananas dipped in chocolate and just plain bananas 🙂 oh o forgot banana,peanut butter,and honey sandwich… my favorite lunch 🙂

  57. I like mine plain, on cereal, in a sandwich….I just love bananas. Thanks for the giveaway. Good luck everyone.

  58. What a fun trip! My 7 year old would be so jealous you got to check out Cars Land! I like to eat bananas plain. Bread is good too, but most of the times it is a plain old banana!

  59. I have a recipe for a pumpkin banana tart that I make around Thanksgiving every year – I love it sooooo much!! Definitely my favorite way to eat a banana!

  60. My favorite way to eat bananas is with a bowl of vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate syrup, whipped cream and walnut nuts.

  61. I can’t stand bananas plain — I love to make chocolate banana milk with chocolate malt ovaltine and a frozen banana. Yum, tastes just like a shake!

  62. Bananas are my family’s favorite year round fruit. We eat them plain, mix them in smoothies and with my Corn Flakes. Yummy!

  63. What a great adveture you had and learn all these banana fun facts. 🙂 My favorite way to eat banana is to smash them up and make breakfast cookies. I think the Yonanas dessert could be mg favorite! Would love to win if and try.

    Amy (at) utry (dot) it

  64. My husband and I are both runners, so we are very aware of our need to fuel our bodies with the right foods. We have bananas daily in our green smoothies. It would be awesome to have frozen banana and fruit treats made with the Yonanas machine!

  65. I like to slice the banana and put brown sugar and soy or almond milk on the slices and just eat it that way. Next favorite is banana coconut bread. thanks for the givaway.

  66. Your trip looks like so much fun and so does this machine! My favorite way to eat bananas is on toast with peanut butter.

  67. I cannot eat a plain banana but I love banana bread (with a sugar crust), bananas in smoothies, and banana cream pie. Yum!

  68. When my son was young and teething I would freeze pieces of banana on a stick and hold them so he could “gum” them and oooohhh how he loved that feeling of relief plus he was getting something out of the deal not just chewing on a frozen plastic ring.

  69. What a fun time it looks like you had! Disneyland and Disney World are my two favorite vacation spots and I bet your “little guy” had a blast seeing all the characters. My favorite way to eat bananas is sliced on a piece of toast with a bit of peanut butter.

  70. My favorite way to eat a Banana, is peanut butter/banana sandwiches. We get the peanut butter from Whole Foods, where we are able to grind the peanuts into natural peanut butter, and fresh organic bananas! I love this way, from when I was a little girl, watching the Babysitters club movie (they eat it on the bridge in the movie)!!

  71. My 4 kids love bananas sliced up with peanut butter and mini chocolate chips for dessert! I love bananas is smoothies, banana bread, and oatmeal!

  72. I love really ripe bananas in smoothies! Which is perfect since my husband will only eat them while they’re green, so I get any past “their prime” for my own uses 🙂

  73. My husband taught me this one: whole grain bread, peanut butter, sliced bananas and a piece of dark chocolate. Yum!

  74. I have three favorites – in my cereal, frozen and blended in smoothies, and really ripe and baked into banana bread!

  75. We have to pick one way? Oh man, I think that a banana with a scoop of Nutella on it has to be one of my many favorites. Yum.

  76. Lately my favorite is to make banana pancakes, got a little burned out on making the bread, but still look forward to the pancakes

  77. That’s a fun trip and glad you had a chance to meet other food bloggers. I’m a huge fan of banana, and my favorite is banana cook in rums and eat with ice cream. Oh, banana and shrimp wrapped like eggroll and deep fried is also good, too.

  78. My favorite way is in oatmeal with milk and a touch of cinnamon ! or blended with milk!

    I love banana breads too, and now after blending frozen bananas, i’m more in love with bananas than ever! I need yonanas!

  79. I love to eat bananas plain, but I also loved using up some brown ones recently in your recipe for banana nutella swirl cake with nutella frosting!

  80. I LOVE bananas. I use them every day in smoothies for breakfast and I love them in oatmeal, cereal or with nutella sandwiched together on yummy toast.. mmmm… bananas

  81. I LOVE bananas in every form! I like making “soft serve” using my mini food processor, but I am always afraid I am going to burn up the motor…a Yonanas Machine would be amazing!

  82. Favorite way to eat a banana is definitely my homemade gluten-free almond flour banana bread topped with a big scoop of peanut butter! Yum!

  83. My favorite wayS to eat a banana are frozen in a stick with or without chocolate). My girls eat smoothie pops made out of yogurt and bananas blended and poured into Popsicle container! Perfect dessert- guilt free!

  84. Looks like it was such a fun trip! I love banana bread with chocolate chips but bananas cut up in cereal is also really yummy and refreshing 🙂

  85. I like bananas any way but I guess the way I use them the most is in smoothies. I hope I win that fancy gadget!

  86. I LOVE it in my oatmeal every morning!
    Also loved to eat a sliced banana with cold milk poured over the top, just like you would eat cereal 🙂

  87. What a fantastic giveaway! I usually have a fudgecicle or a Dole bar or something after dinner every night, so I really should look into this Yonana machine.

    The absolute perfect way to eat a banana is to sit down with a knife and a jar of peanut butter, don’t have the tv on or any distractions, and then spread a tiny blob of peanut butter on the end of the banana before you take each bite. The contrasting textures and flavors in your mouth together are indescribably good.

  88. I still love them mashed, the way my mother prepared them for me when I was a baby. Although I’m a grandmother, I think mashing them realizes some extra yummy flavor. A most on waffles, but also just to eat by the spoonful.

  89. Oh man, I don’t think I can pick just one way to enjoy bananas – I love them in oatmeal, yogurt, smoothies, granola, with peanut butter, in baked goods….the options are endless! Go bananas!

  90. Sounds like you and your family had a wonderful time.
    My favorite way to eat bananas is by itself…so easy. I also like to add a little peanut butter sometimes ontop of the banana.
    Thanks so much for this giveaway.

  91. I love freezing bananas and blending them into banana froyo, or into my smoothies! Looks like a fun trip!

  92. I love making grilled sandwiches with challah bread spread with organic peanut butter, a thin layer of nutella and lots of banana slices!! But you can never go wrong with peeling and eating one right before it begins to brown.

  93. My favorite way to eat banana’s is,on white bread with mayo,i know it sounds gross but I like it. I absolutely love banana ice cream too (witout the mayo..lol)

  94. Hard to choose a favorite but I will go with banana bread. I have wanted to try a Yoanana forever!

    Thank you for the giveaway offer!

  95. I love bananas in most form, plain, smoothies, breads, muffins BUT my ultimate favorite is Cinnamon Honey Fried Banana Patties!! It’s a childhood treat for me so whenever I miss home, which is often, I’ll make a batch!! YUMMILICIOUS!!

  96. I love to eat a not-quite ripe banana and wash it down with a glass of cold orange juice. That is the best snack ever.

  97. I love bananas either slightly green or in banana bread. I also love making smoothies with these yummy things!

  98. We love bananas at our house, so I would absolutely love to win this! We like bananas in our cereal & smoothies & of course banana bread!

  99. I love a banana sandwich with peanut butter or sometimes with mayo. My mom loves to use both but I just can’t try it.

  100. My favorite way to eat a banana is in a smoothie! glad you guys had fun in D-Land, we’re headed there next month. Cars Land looks awesome, can’t wait. Next time you’re at D-Land, try the Mickey shaped beignets from the Mint Julip to-go window in New Orleans Square. Worth the trip alone . . . sheer bliss.

  101. I recently discovered the joy of sharing a banana with my 8-month-old by breaking it into small pieces from the natural thirds of a banana. Nothing tastes better than a shared banana!

  102. I grew up having banana rchunks (banana’s cut into slices) drizzled with Hershey’s chocolate syrup. We knew it was going to be a great Saturday morning when we woke up to chocolate covered banana chunks on the table! My mom still makes it sometimes when I come to visist her.

  103. I love Dark Chocolate covered frozen bananas. I really enjoy Banana Bread as well. Couldn’t decide between the two.

  104. My dad taught me to love bananas sliced under a mound of ice cream. Or maybe that was the only way my mom would let him eat his ice cream. Either way, so yummy.

  105. I love my bananas in oatmeal (especially overnight oats!) and in peanut butter banana froyo (frozen bananas and pb blended in a food processor–same idea as the Yonanas)!

  106. Hmmm…that’s a tough question. I would probably have to say the peanut butter banana bread muffins I made last week are my current fave way to eat bananas. Ask me again next week though and it might be different!!

  107. How ironic! My family just went to Disneyland for the first time last week, too! And I had to try one of the delicious Dole Whips – definitely worth the wait!

    My favorite way to eat a banana is frozen, dipped in chocolate. YUM!!!

  108. I also love bananas straight up. My toddler now loves them sliced with cream cheese on bread; a little banana and cream sammie. I anticipate the whole family’s new favorite will be a Yonanas banana treat!

  109. The banana yonanas looks delicious and creamy. I like my bananas just as they are they are a perfect pre-run fuel before my long Saturday am runs. I also like to make banana chocolate chip bread.

  110. sliced up on a good piece of bread with caramel-cinnamon peanut butter…yum….oh and the bananas need to still have a touch of green on the peel. that’s when they’re best for eating!

  111. Not much beats a peanut butter and banana sandwich, in my opinion. It is even better if it is toasted- melty, creamy, warm breakfast food!

  112. I just love bananas, period! But since I discovered how amazing they are when frozen and blended in my food processor, my love has increased tenfold! Thanks for the giveaway!

  113. I can’t just eat it one way! I love banana bread, banana smoothies, banana splits, banana shakes, frozen bananas…turned home made ice cream, banana cookies, banana pancakes, and the bestest of all….fresh bananas. But they have to be a little green still. I don’t like them too ripe!

  114. My favorite way is to eat a plain banana with a dollop of crunchy almond butter! Sooooo delicious! I bet a frozen bananas in the Yonanas with a drizzle of warmed crunchy almond butter on top would be soooo delicious!

  115. I love bananas! Plain, bread, cake, dipped in chocolate….you name it I love it. Never tried them as fro yo, but I’m sure it’d be amazing!

  116. I think my favorite way is banana oatmeal cookies. I don’t get to make them as much anymore because hubby eats them like they are going out of style! I have tried them frozen and love them too. I would LOVE to win this giveaway!!!

  117. We love bananas just about any way imaginable, but our favorite has to be banana bread fresh from the oven. Yum!

  118. My favorite is straight up. Slightly green peel…or if we’re talking dirty and dangerous…salted caramel banana cream pie. Thanksgiving can’t come soon enough! YUM!

  119. I love bananas plain but have recently gotten creative and love them in blueberry banana bread or banana bread cookies! YUM!

  120. I love bananas with peanut butter and sometimes a drop of honey with each bite if the banana is still a bit green! This machine is cool!

  121. Banana bread straight out of the oven slathered with some butter, yum! I also love the banana crisp from a restaurant in my home town.

  122. my favorite way to eat a banana is with a little bit of peanut butter smeared on it. but lately i just eat them plain after a run. i love the idea of this yonanas machine!

  123. We LOVE bananas – smoothies, cookies, bread – it’s all good here! My kids favorite banana is the banana that I’m eating – love stealing mom’s banana! LOL!

  124. I definitely prefer mine plain, but I sneak them in smoothies and I do love banana bread, especially if it is loaded with walnuts!

  125. Most often I use bananas frozen in my smoothies with a few handfuls of spinach, some frozen strawberries and milk (or yogurt). Yum! Baking with bananas is always good too.

  126. Bananas! I’ve always loved them but my love deepened when I received a breast cancer diagnosis. I became a much more regimented fruit & vegetable gal with twice daily juicing and large fruit salads becoming the norm and bananas made everything creamier and sweeter. But even better, when I was just too tired to cut, dice and slice, bananas made eating healthy easy. Just peel and eat. My favorite way to eat a banana is just that: raw. My second favorite is sliced and piled high atop a warm piece of rustic whole grain toast, smeared with raw Almind butter. Yum!

  127. It’s pretty simple, but I love to mash a banana up and add it to my oatmeal as it cooks. With a drop of vanilla, a pinch of salt, and a bit of cinnamon, it tastes amazingly sweet and delicious–so much that I can almost forget I’m eating oatmeal!

  128. I love banana sandwiches! – just bread, banana slices, and mayo. my mom used to make them when I was young and now I make them too!

  129. I love to eat bananas in a nutella, banana, peanut butter sandwich… its extra indulglent but soooooooooooooooo good!

  130. I like to slice up a banana ,throw it in freezer for 30 min.&drizzle dark chocolate syrup on top &then Eat it !yummy

  131. I love to eat my bananas on the way to work 🙂 Easy to eat in the car. Although eating them in the bathroom while putting my make up on works too 🙂

  132. I usually just eat bananas plain, but a bananas on top of whole wheat toast with nutella might be my favorite way to eat them.

  133. yum!!! i love bananas and actually, LOVE frozen banana ice cream. i make it in my blender but the motor dies half of the time…i didn’t even know there was a machine that did this! awesome! would love to win it! genius idea! i think bananas just plain and simple are also a favorite 🙂

  134. I love bananas any way I can get them. Peel and eat, banana bread, in my cereal, banana pudding. They are my fave fruit!!

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

    driftedpigeon at aim dot com

  135. I eat a banana every morning in my cereal, and my kids often do too! But, my absolute favorite has to be when I made banana chocolate chip bread pudding (I had lots of bananas and bread to use up). Absolutely delicious comfort food.

  136. oooooohhh! i love bananas – most recently i’ve been eating my bananas in smoothies.
    but i do love chocolate dipped frozen bananas!

  137. I love banana in smoothies and I also love freezing then blending it for “soft serve”.. throw in some chocolate chips and PB and I’m in heaven

  138. There’s no bad way to eat a banana. My roomie and I go through several bunches a week. We mostly eat them plain, but sometimes I’ll toss them in some bread, freeze them for smoothie or faux ice-cream, or even use them as a substitute baking ingredient for healthier cooking. I often think it’d be more effective to invest in a banana tree with the way bananas go around here.

  139. What a fabulous trip it looks like you all had! Disney is such a great place to spend time with good friends!

    My favorite way to eat a banana is chopped up in a bowl of cereal and milk! Or slathered with peanut butter! Hard to decide!

  140. My 4 kids like to freeze bananas that have been rolled in granola for a summer snack.Thanks!
    lstanziani(at)yahoo(dot)com

  141. Favorite wayto eat a banana is dipped in chocolate and rolled with some peanuts yummy. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

  142. Bananas don’t last long in my house… I devour them on the way home from the store, as dessert, snacks, throw (“”) them in homemade ice cream when I get to make it, plus I have grandchildren..so far, I haven’t found a bad way to eat bananas! Oh, and f you’re having potato chips,I love cheddar sour cream chips with bananas… Yum!

  143. My favorite way to eat bananas is banana bread but I would love to try them in a frozen treat. It looks great.

  144. I love bananas! Sometimes we go through them like there’s no tomorrow. Sometimes we just plain forget they are there! I like to eat PB and banana sandwiches and sometimes with a hot, steaming bowl of rice. When we almost forget about them, I mash them up and make some bread. I love the way the house smells with banana bread baking.

  145. I use bananas instead of sugar in a lot of treats that I make and this would be amazing to have and a lot better then smashing them up by hand! I also get two waffles some peanut butter and slices of bananas in between. Yummy!!

  146. I love my morning smoothie: 1 banana, vanilla soymilk, frozen strawberries and flax seed. Super healthy 🙂 Love bananas!

  147. Has to be banana nut bread with crumb topping whether made into a loaf or lots of cupcakes. I use pecans in mine – lots of them, and make sure to use banana chunks and not just all mashed up.

  148. I love to make a banana smoothie for my breakfast each morning. I use low fat milk, banana, whey isolate, sometimes a sprinkle of instant coffee or a squirt of chocolate syrup. Mix in blender. Really good!

  149. I love my bananas frozen with chocolate covering them so yummy and savory and just the right amout of sweetness !

  150. This is difficult. There are so many awesome ways to use it, but I’ll have to say I love Granny’s banana bread!

  151. My favorite way to eat a banana…after a banana has just turned yellow, while it is still firm…I slice it into bite size pieces, dip it in pineapple juice and freeze! We have a cold, refreshing, and YUMMY treat to enjoy anytime!!!

  152. With my mouth those bananas fit,
    Here in my house they do not sit,
    Added to things or alone they are a hit!!

    Ok if I have to pick just one way I pick alone!

  153. I’ve been wanting to try this machine, my boyfriend n I love bananas! Can’t wait to try this yummy invention! And what a healthy snack for everyone!!

  154. Plain, in your cereal, banana bread, banana cookies, banana smooth,
    I love eating bananas with peanut butter ….

  155. Bananas are a grat grab and go snack. They also are great to add in a cake and lighten the amout of oil a bit.

  156. That Yonanas machine looks amazing. I love bananas in a smoothie, but they are wonderful no matter how they are eaten.

  157. I love banana sandwiches….toast 2 slices of bread (a nutty whole grain is best) lightly butter your toast, add sliced bananas to toast, top with other slice, cut in half and eat!

  158. I enjoy blending my bananas up in my smoothies.. They are so delicious. I also enjoy making banana bread, and it is so nice to make your own banana bread to enjoy is this fall weather.

  159. Banana’s are great, has just a peel and eat, but my kids like their bananas has a cupcake with cream cheese icing, or plain, warm, and with chocolate ice cream…thanks for the shoe tip 🙂

  160. I love bananas with everything…by itself, frozen, in my cereal, bread, cookies, smoothies, and sandwiches. They are all too good to pick a favorite!

  161. I LOVE my bananas these ways:
    B – Before a long run
    A – Any time snack for kids
    N – Nut Bread infused as key ingredient
    A – Almond-butter smothered!
    N – Nutella-covered 🙂
    A – Always better plain – peel and eat
    S – Smoothie-time!

  162. What’s my favorite way to eat bananas?? The question should be what isn’t my favorite way. I love them plain, in my ,cereal, in my yogurt, in my oatmeal, in pancakes, banana nut bread, and when my daughter was little I loved it out of a baby food jar! It was even good smashed up with baby cereal. I also love bananas because they help prevent cramps and lower blood pressure and are a good source of potassium. If I win I can definately have a new way to love bananas!

  163. Oh my goodness, I eat at least 2 bananas everyday! I absolutely love them in everything from oatmeal and cereal to smoothies and desserts. But banana ice cream is my absolute favorite!!! I usually blend up one frozen banana, a spoon full of peanut butter, cocoa powder and a little almond milk for the best dessert ever:) this machine would make it so much easier!!

  164. my favorite way to eat a banana is with PB2, it’s so yummy, i eat one almost every day before i workout!

  165. Sweetness of bananas … hard to decide what’s the favorite, if it doesn’t have garlic it’s most likely to have banana … a great source of potassium 🙂

  166. I’m not a huge banana lover, but I adore banana bread and for some reason have been wanting a yonana maker since I first saw it a month ago. My mother on the other hand eats at least 2 bananas a day.

  167. Delicious homemade, creamy banana pudding! Nothing better!! Add a dollop of whipped cream, of course.

  168. I love to make pecan banana bread with over ripe bananas but when I’m in a hurry, I just slice a banana and top it with peanut butter or Nutella. Yum!

  169. I love bananas a variety of ways, but a good, moist banana nut bread is one of my fave things that includes bananas. Just plain (chilled) is how I usually consume them though.

  170. My favorite way to eat bananas is with peanut butter and chocolate whether it is in a smoothie, or with ice cream, or on a sandwich.

  171. My favorites are – I use Andrew Lessman’s Vanilla Secure meal replacement with frozen bananas and I love banana bread.

    I roast whole bananas in the oven for 20 minutes to bring out the sweetness then I slice them and freeze them..

  172. My favorite way to eat bananas is in banana bread but I could eat them in banana pudding or homemade banana ice cream!

  173. My family & I love the Homemade Banana Bread Recipe that I got from my Mother-In-Law when my husband & I first got married over 26 years ago! It is the Banana Bread that my Husbands Mother has always made & she wanted me to be able to make it for him. It has Bananas, Chocolate Chips, Maraschino Cherries, your Favorite kind of Chopped Nuts & Buttermilk in it!!! The flavors blend & compliment each other. Everyone who has tried it loves it & usually wants the recipe! It makes a nice addition to a special breakfast or is great for a snack. All three of our children have grown up with it & now my three Grandchildren are.

    BANANA BREAD
    1 Cup Butter or Margarine 4 Cups Flour
    2 Cups Sugar 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
    4 Eggs 1/4 – 1/2 cup Chopped Nuts
    6 Ripe Bananas(mashed) 1/4 – 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips
    1 Cup maraschino Cherries

    Mix in order given(it works best to cream the butter or Margarine with the Sugar before adding anything else). Divide batter among 3 Greased 9x5x3 inch Loaf/Bread Pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour(until toothpick comes out clean). Cool & ENJOY!

  174. I love bananas any which way. But my top would be banana bread and then for plain bananas I liked them sliced the way they are served on on cruise, we called them cruised bananas! After they sit for a few minutes they get extra tasty. Thank for doing a give away.

  175. plain and simple, sliced up on my morning cereal or an afternoon treat I share with my dog! He LOVES bananas!

  176. I wont lie, my favorite way to eat a banana isn’t normal AT ALL, but I promise it is so yummy! I mash it all up in a cup (2-3 bananas), add 1/2 cup milk, and 2 tblsp maple syrup and mix/mush/mash, etc. lol. It is DELISH! I need that yonana machine because I have an ice cream/yogurt fit DAILY! If I could somehow add in fruits to my diet this would be MY chosen way!

  177. I love bananas in smoothies and when I am low on my calories for the day I like to eat them with a little bit of peanut butter.

  178. I don’t like eating first thing in a.m. but when I need to, bananas to the rescue! ( I secretly luv nutty, chocolately frozen bananas too! what, chocolate’s healthy;-)

  179. What a totally neat machine!!!!!! Can’t believe that it takes just frozen fruit and turns it into something so creamy. My family would love this!!! I’m a sucker for bread so I would say freshly baked banana nut breat hot from the oven is my favorite way to eat bananas.

  180. I like to eat bananas on a fruit smoothie and cereal , I have eat them because I have low blood pottasium, Thank-You for the chance of winning.

  181. I love bananas any- and everywhich way!! in muffins, cakes, banana pudding is a lifetime favorite!! and love them in oatmeal, cereal, yogurt or just plain or smeared with peanut butter too!!
    Laura

  182. Banana Split, Banana bread, Banana pudding….Just about anyway ya can think of! Bananas are GOOD! Love ’em!

  183. My Favorite way to eat a banana is frozen. My Mom would make banana pops. They are covered with yogurt mixed with honey, then rolled in chopped nuts(optional). She would sell them at our school bake sales and they were always a hit!

  184. My favorite way to eat a banana is to make banana bread! MMM! Haven’t made it in a while too, maybe I should this weekend? jenniferpeaslee at gmail dot com

  185. I love banana bread. Although I just love bananas! Plain, with peanut butter, sliced on my cereal, in a smoothie, with yogurt & granola, … Would LOVE to have a yonanas machine to have “healthy ice cream”!! Thanks for providing the opportunity to win one. 🙂

  186. I like them sliced up on my peanut butter sandwich w/ cheerios.

    I would say french toast, or banana bread. but i can’t cook

  187. I love waiting until a banana get mostly brown and then eating it plain. It gets so mushy and sweet – the best!

  188. I love my mom’s banana bread…she makes me my own loaf with no nuts. She only makes them in the fall/winter so you KNOW I am loving this time of year! lol

  189. There are so many ways I love bananas, its hard to pick just one. Banana split might be my favorite. But I am more likely to eat bananas with my cereal. And peanut butter and banana sandwiches are wonderful!

  190. I love eating a banana in a bowl with blueberries, strawberries a little sugar and milk on top.
    lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com

  191. My favorite way to eat a banana is right out of the peel! It is the perfect food. High in potassium and full of delicious flavor. My second favorite way to eat a banana is in a Banana Split. Love the mix of chocolate, strawberry, pineapple, vanilla and chocolate ice creams, and (of course) banana!!!

  192. I’ve never seen one of these! How COOL! I have put frozen bananas in my blender with cold french vanilla SlimFast. It’s yummy! Being diabetic, this Yonanas machine would be even better!

  193. Forgot to add this…we eat bananas daily…plain, in smoothies, on oatmeal/cereal, in banana bread, I even made banana cupcakes for my daughters recent birthday. Bananas, we love them!

  194. My favorite way to eat bananas is to cut them in slices along with strawberry slices and cut grapes…..mixed into Yoplait Boston Creme Pie Yogurt.

    wendym at cableone dot net

  195. Have one every morning to start the day, usually plain but with peanut butter/honey for a treat. Also love banana bread, bananas foster, baked bananas, and other ‘gems’. Would really, really like to try the yonana!

  196. I love bananas and peanut butter. I have wanted a yonana for a while now. When I went to Hawaii last year to get married we stopped at a stand called Banana Joes. I had a pineapple/banana frost. And ever since I’ve been craving another one. Then a few months back heard about this yonana and have been wanting one. Fingers crossed.

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