Banana cream

Serves 4. Preparation: 10 minutes.

Ingredients

Whipping cream (280ml/10floz)
3 ripe bananas
Caster sugar (2 heaped tbsp)
Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon

Instructions

Whisk the cream until thick.
Peel the bananas and mash with the sugar, lemon rind and juice.
Add the mashed banana mixture to the cream and stir together.
Chill before serving.

Benefits

Suitable for people with a dry or sore mouth
Suitable for people with sickness or nausea
Suitable for people with problems chewing
Suitable for vegetarians

Nutritional information

Energy 374.8kcal; Protein 2.3g; Total fat 28.1g (of which saturates 17.6g); Carbohydrate 29.9g; Fibre 0.8g.

Thanks to Juliet Wilson for contributing this recipe.

Content last reviewed: 1 July 2012

Next planned review: 2014

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