Sometimes I just want to eat a stack of pancakes, and I want them to be healthy enough that I can eat the stack without feeling super guilty/like a blob. These delicious gluten-free, optionally vegan pancakes do the trick!

Is it a cake, bread, loaf? I am not sure where one crosses the boundary from bread to cake....So often we refer to "Banana Bread." It is a cake in my book. A buttery, sweet satisfying, crumbly, sugar filled treat. In this recipe I combine many seasonal flavors. The spices combined with the butternut squash give a nice holiday twist to a traditional banana bread....or cake!

Ever since returning from Tahiti, I've had tropical fruits on the brain. The mornings there always included a platter of passionfruit, papaya, wedges of fresh coconut, green grapefruit and small, sweet bananas. On a rainy morning like today I was channeling Polynesia with this oatmeal. Creamy with coconut milk and fragrant with sticky Tahitian vanilla beans, I topped it with some lightly sautéed bananas that transformed a healthy, hearty breakfast dish into something very closely resembling dessert. The oats to liquid ratio is a personal preference. The proportions I give lean toward the milky rather than the porridgy side.

These muffins taste just as good as ones with dairy and eggs, and they maintain their moistness and texture through use of bananas and a bit of applesauce.

A guilt-free non-dairy delight! I took thekichn's One-Ingredient Ice Cream and added Amaretto di Saronno, raisins, graham cracker crumb and almonds to create this vegan dessert.

My most popular recipe to date with over 200,000 hits on my blog, 75,000 hits on foodgawker... it's been tumbled and stumbled and pinned countless times. You'll find yourself buying extra bananas just so you have an excuse to make this amazing snack cake.

I had heard about putting a frozen banana in a food processor to make it turn into ice cream so I decided to do some experimenting. Once I came up with the perfect recipe, I knew this was the only way I would ever eat bananas ever again :o This recipe is guilt-free gelato. What more could you ask from the universe? Even if your not a fan of bananas, I'd give it a go because if you add the cocoa powder and maybe a few toppings, it doesn't have an overpowering banana flavor.

Banana bread is the first recipe I ever jotted down, dutifully copying one from The Junior League Cookbook that somehow found its way to my mother's kitchen. I still always buy bananas with the intent of baking some of them into something, but they have a habit of disappearing on their own before I get around to it. This recipe is based on Smitten Kitchen's "jacked-up banana bread," but assumes you're staring into your fridge and coming up a bit empty on the banana front. Don't worry, no one will know.

I love banana cream pie, especially during the summer time. There is nothing better than a cool dessert on a hot summer day. I am also pretty obsessed with almond butter and was looking for a way to create a healthier dessert. BAM! This is the best of both worlds, a creamy, nutty almond butter combined with bananas and maple syrup for a sweet filling. It all gets poured over an almond date crust that makes for an absolutely to die for dessert!

Who says you can’t have your dessert and eat it too? The ingredients couldn’t be simpler just chocolate, your favorite dip-able fruit and Nutcase Crunch and dessert is served! Did we mention Nutcase Crunch makes it kinda healthy too? Shhh … just focus on the chocolate.

We have a never ending search for the perfect muffin. We like to eat a muffin with a cup of Chamomile tea after dinner. Our restless souls keep us developing new recipes. This is our Banana Muffins recipe with an added complexity and it is good. the cranberries add a little chewiness and the ubiquitous streusel topping adds the sweetness we like after dinner.

Elvis Presley made great music and had amazing taste in sandwiches. His fondness for peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwiches is well established. Linda's significant other Joe is allergic to peanuts, so making homemade nut butters is a weekly routine in our house. This is our take on the classic Elvis sandwich, replacing the bacon with anchovies and peanuts with almonds. The anchovies provide great saltiness and flavor to the almond butter. Needless to say, this is one of our favorite lunchtime brown bag sandwiches.

Want to know the secret to frying vegan pancakes? Coconut oil. Lots. And a REALLY GOOD nonstick pan at the perfect temperature. If you do not have these things you should probably just make waffles. Otherwise you may be in a pickle. I tend make these pancakes when I'm feeling confused, frustrated, or upset. For some reason, they make me feel stronger. I know I won't find all the solutions to my problems in a stack of pancakes, but sometimes determination pays off. And if one can feel vindicated by a tower of fried cakes, life is really not bad. Not bad at all. Recipe adapted from The First Mess and For Love and Lemons.

All natural, non-dairy and delicious treat made in a matter of minutes to satisfy your cravings. With bananas as your base, you have the freedom to add any and all mix-ins - the options are endless!

This pineapple banana nice cream is creamy, sweet and delicious without the extra oils, sugars, dairy and artificial flavors often found in regular ice cream. It is vegan, gluten and grain-free and it easily satisfies those pesky sweet cravings.

Ripe bananas are roasted until fork tender and caramelized, then blended into a delicious, sweet and salty coconut milk ice cream, studded with chocolate chunks and cinnamon.