As I got up today morning, a feeling of lethargy crept in. It’s morning of the weekend, and Fridays always come with some anticipation of relaxation.
Yet relaxation is possibly the only activity that doesn’t fit into our family weekend schedule. Being a Mom and a wife, I can testify that work load actually increases over the weekend. Consider this:
There is almost three times more cooking and cleaning than a normal weekday.
Add to it the weekly yard work that has to have four hands instead of two, or washing the floor that needs heaving of a heavy machine around.
Sometimes we have guests over for lunch/dinner/overnight. Which means more cooking, and even more cleaning – some of which is for china and serving dishes you never take out unless you have guests.
The dogs expect a longer walk, and somehow their internal calendar is tuned in to the fact. So we hardly ever need an alarm to get up at dawn on weekends. We have cold wet noses constantly sniffing and pressing against us to gauge the state of our wakefulness.
If kids play a sport, their games are almost always scheduled on Weekends.
Mind you, I LOVE my weekends, and wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s exhilarating to do stuff together as a family, even if it means window washing. It’s fun, and it’s love. But relaxing? No. Not in a lay-back-read-book-drink-coffee-sleep-when-you-want way.
So Friday morning is possibly the time I find most relaxing. I finish my grocery shopping on Thursday, and try to finish my laundry during the week ( I prefer Mondays, that way I get the whole week to fold clothes, something which is on my forever hate list). I try not to schedule anything on Fridays. That way I don’t have to get dressed, put make up on, etc etc. I prefer going out for dinner on Friday night, or have a take out so that cooking is at minimum (though it often doesn’t go as planned and I end up cooking anyway).
What better way to start a Friday morning than to have a an easy filling morning breakfast of banana shake?
For this shake, I use frozen bananas. Frozen bananas are a great way to store bananas, especially ones that are going bad. As long the flesh is firm enough and hasn’t turned black, you can freeze it. You can either peel it, cut it into slices and then freeze, or simply freeze with peel on, like I do.
When I want to make something, I simply pull out a banana, cut it into half with a sharp knife. I use the same knife to take the peel off. I hold the piece, and slice at the peel, separating it from the frozen flesh. The peel is stiff, once you start taking it off, it detaches very easily. Easy peasy.
Adding frozen banana has a great advantage. You get the ice-cold effect in the milkshake without having to add any ice. To add some glam factor, I add a dollop of Fat and Sugar Free Vanilla Ice Cream. Ahhh!!! Yummm. Not a drop left.
For this recipe, you just need two ingredients: Frozen Banana and Milk. If you want, you can some vanilla ice cream too. I did 
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- 1 Banana frozen
- 1 cup milk
- 1 big scoop Fat and Sugar free Vanilla Ice cream (optional)
- 2 drops of vanilla essence (optional)
- Peel the banana and cut it into bite size pieces.
- Put it in a blender with milk, ice cream and vanilla essence.
- Blend well.
- Pour and serve immediately.
Do you have such quick yumm breakfast recipes? I would love to hear about them.
Your weekend sounds like my whole summer so far
As much as I love entertaining guests and having family visit, it is absolutely exhausting.
The last of my summer guests leave tomorrow and I have to admit, I am looking forward to some quiet time to recuperate.
Then it’s back to visiting some blogs and paying attention to mine.
The banana shake looks delicious and I could do with some right now as I hide in my room
But it’s time to get up and make breakfast…wonder how many bananas I have downstairs…..
Nazneen xx
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hahahahaha!! Tell you what. Add bananas, and add loads of ice cream. No one will notice, and will go gaga at yet another rocking breakfast ;p
Haha weekend relaxing is all a myth my friend
More fun stuff is done but without a doubt it is hard to get time for you!
This smoothie looks perfect to just sit down and relax with
You deserve it!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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Yup! A BIG myth. Yet fun too.
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I love the idea of keeping bananas in the freezer just for things like this. Sounds so delish!
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We have no children at home and we work here together. Who can tell the difference between a work day and a weekend? Sadly, they’re all the same here.
Banana shake looks great.
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Not too far off in the horizon for us either!
I can tell the difference as of now, because Weekday is simply different kind of busy.
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Love frozen banana drinks Minnie – it’s a great thing isn’t it because not only do you get the benefits of banana… thickness, sweetness, but it also makes the drink all icy and refreshing. Beautiful
Pretty much Charles. I remember your frozen blueberry yogurt cream….delish.
that’s easy!! i love banana shake but i always have it with extra sugar
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Hahahah! I used to be guilty of that too. Not much better now but just a little.my hubby still insists on the sugar though.
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Minnie, what an easy and practical use for those frozen bananas! I always seem to have a couple in my freezer from when I overbuy them as we can’t eat them fast enough!
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Same here. I wait till they are spotty and no one wants them any more.
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Your week sounds so organised. I need to get myself in gear to do specific chores on specific days and then get rid of that nagging – I haven’t finished feeling! Great way to freeze the bananas, I’ll have to try it and your shake. GG
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Oh! It does? hahahaha! It is anything but
) Not for want of trying though…. 
I love putting frozen bananas in smoothies! I really hate eating mushy bananas, and before I started freezing them, I would throw away one or two every so often. But through freezing, I never have to throw away overripe bananas any more!
Also adding ice cream to smoothies is a great idea!
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They never fail, do they!!
I now am craving a banana shake! I love freezing bananas!! So happy you stopped by my blog, I love meeting new foodies:-) Hugs, Terra
Thanks for coming by Terra, it’s so sweet of you. I look forward to many more such interactions.