It’s a dessert! It’s a fruit! It’s a great source of calcium and protein! Wait…it’s all three!

Here’s a great dessert recipe to put in your nutrition Playbook – inspired by the folks at Your Local Market in Bellevue, WA (whose sales flyer this week includes a recipe for baked banana) and Everyday Maven, a great healthy-food website with lots of wonderful recipes. Here’s the Wellness Playbook version of this luscious dessert (photo to come later today when we make it again!):

Ingredients:

1 banana
1 tsp. almond butter
1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
A little stevia or other natural sweetener
A touch of vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Split the banana lengthwise (keep the peel on) and spread the almond butter on the banana (between the peel and the fruit). Wrap in foil and bake for 15-18 minutes. While the banana is baking, mix a bit of stevia (to taste) with 1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt and a touch of vanilla extract. Peel the banana and top with the vanilla yogurt. Optional extras: a teaspoon of pistachio nuts, a half-cup of berries, a teaspoon of organic chocolate sauce (Trader Joe’s makes a nice one). Enjoy! And let us know below if you liked it – and if you tweaked it.