Wednesday, May 11, 2011

My new favorite dessert

You may have noticed that I’m not really a dessert person. Every once in a while I can go for a muffin or pancake, but besides a sprinkle of sugar in my coffee, I’m not a sweet person. I mean, I don’t have a sweet tooth. In retrospect, maybe I should have chosen a different name for my blog. I’m not really a fan of personal branding, though, as much as they yammer on about it at work.

So anyway, just to confuse you, I need to tell you about my favorite dessert.

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Gone Bananas! One bite at a time. From Trader Joe’s. We got a box of these a while ago and went through them like a dose of salts through a widow woman. Then, like many things at TJ’s, they were mysteriously out of stock for months and months. When I saw them Monday night, I snatched up four boxes. Three are currently hidden in the freezer, under okra and artichokes where Alex will never look. (Don’t worry, he is not a regular reader.)

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These chocolate-dipped frozen banana slices are so good. I can’t really figure what it is about them, but they are perfect. I encourage you all to try them if you can get your hands on them. I would not encourage you to follow the serving suggestion, though. Too much banana.

When I went out back to take the photos outside, I scared off one of our stray cats. Alex has a little sheltered set-up to feed the locals and I scared this poor guy. I snapped his photo through the window, but I know he’ll be back. What do you think we should name him? (Possibly her?)

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13 comments:

  1. Oh, I know that cat. That's Tyrone.

    Haven't seen those TJ's CC Banana Bites. I will look next time I go.

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  2. "So anyway, just to confuse you, I need to tell you about my favorite dessert. "
    hahah good one:)
    those do look really good, and im not a fan of that fruit!

    huh, a name..now because of Shens choice i cant think of anyhing else:(

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  3. I saw these in their flyer but didn't check for them in the store and wasn't sure if they were vegan. But I do love chocolate and bananas...
    That's a pretty stray; the ones around here are so mangy, poor things!

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  4. Cookie...Veggie...Banana...That's all I've got.

    You're not going to let Alex have a chocolate banana treat after he worked so hard to get such big muscles?

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  5. Jenny, I'm just rationing the treats. He's almost finished the first box - the other three are for later.

    FF - I actually suspect this guy has a home and enjoys snacking at my place. We have at least one scraggly stray.

    Tyrone it is!

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  6. Frozen bananas are awesome, thanks for the heads up on these. I never to to Trader Joe's because it's not near my house, but I may have to make a trip for these.

    Tyrone is a perfect name for that little guy! We used to feed the strays in our old neighborhood, and one of the larger males with a white face used to sit on the window ledges outside and stare into the house...he would give you a fright when you first noticed him...like a little spook peeking in, hence we named him Spook.

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  7. HEY! i commented on this! it must have gotten lost when blogger was "acting up". these look pretty good, i might have to try and make them since we dont have a TJ:)

    its been awhile but i still need to send out the straws that everyone won a LOOOONG time ago!!could you send me your address?

    lillystomper@yahoo.com

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  8. AHHH these look amazing!!!!! i was just at trader joe's yesterday and i didn't see these I'll have to check again next time I go. thanks for the post!

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  9. So, I picked some of these up today and I definitely agree with your review. They are very addicting!!! They will always be on hand in my freezer for the summer.

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  10. They sound wonderful! And are probably very easy to make (if you don't have a Trader Joe's around).They sound like a perfect summer snack.

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  11. OMG i love chocolate covered bananas!!

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  12. OH YUM...those could easily become my favorite frozen treat! It's probabably a good thing that we don't have a Trader Joe's.

    What a cute cat! That's cool that you guys feed the strays.

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  13. These look seriously, SO GOOD. I NEED this dessert! YUM!

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