Healthy "Ice cream"

Wait until you have banana's that are about to go bad. Very spotted and black. Peel them, dice them into chunks and freeze them. Then blend them in a food processor until it looks creamy! I "dice" first and then "grind" until it looks like ice cream. And I LOVE ice cream, so this is an awesome treat for me and Claire that I don't feel guilty about. You have to eat it right away, because once it starts to melt a little, it gets sticky and gooey.

Feed your kids ice cream for breakfast, they'll never know!

In the 1st pic, I added fresh strawberries.
In the 2nd pic, I chopped up some chocolate chips, and added a little bit of cocoa.
In the 3rd pic, I threw some frozen blueberries in.

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Maple Syrup

1 cup water
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 - 1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp maple flavor

In a saucepan, combine sugar and water. Cook over medium heat and stir until sugar is dissolved, simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla and maple flavoring. Tastes best after the first day. Refrigerate, fits perfect in an old maple syrup jar.

This also works great with just white sugar and orange extract, though you need to add more than 1/2 tsp. I'm sure you could use it with any flavor to make great syrup!