Simple Banana Desert

I don't know about you, but I really enjoy desert after dinner. Especially when the meal was particularly salty. I need to balance out the flavors with some sweetness after all. It is a necessity that this be done or else I crave sugar for about 2 hours after dinner, and no one wants that!

I'm only half serious:) I could go without, and most of the time choose to. But when I have bright yellow bananas sitting on my counter top calling out to me, I feel pretty good about the decision to indulge in sweetness.

Today I made a really simple and quick desert: bananas glazed with maple syrup and spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon, served with vanilla frozen yogurt. Doesn't that sound good? Simple though too. Because something really yummy (and satisfyingly sweet) doesn't have to be complicated. I leave those dishes to moments when I have a whole afternoon to bake.

However, once it was sitting before me, I realized that something was missing...


...mmhm that's more like it!



Ingredients:

1 fresh banana, sliced
1 tsp butter
2 Tbsp. maple syrup
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
2 scoops vanilla frozen yogurt (or regular ice cream)
1 strawberry

Directions:

1. Melt butter in a warm skillet, and place sliced bananas, flat side down. Toss the bananas with the maple syrup and spices. Cook for a few minutes (or until the bottom of the bananas has browned)

2. Assemble atop the frozen yogurt with the lone strawberry.

It's as simple as that! Enjoy.