Rest Stop - Yonana

One more rest stop tonight.  This stop is because I told the girls at Dr. Scott's office I would have this information on this blog within a day or so.

I don't know how many of you recognize this machine or how many of you will admit to owning one.  It is a Yonana machine.  If you have to ask what a Yonana machine is you must have been living under a rock.  If I remember right, the Christmas of 2011 this was the must have gift.  It was advertised on TV all the time.  It claimed to make ice cream out of bananas along with other fruit.  The commercial showed kids loving the ice cream it made.  I ended up with a Bed, Bath and Beyond gift certificate that year and so I thought what the heck, I am not out anything if I don't like it or it doesn't work.  (I can say that because over the years I have wasted a lot of money on the latest and greatest cooking gadget, only to put it a cupboard for a few years and then donate it to the local Deseret Industries.)  I did try it and wasn't impressed and so into the back of the cupboard it went.  Then along came this journey and for some reason I pulled it out to give it another chance  because I can't have dairy and I wanted a frozen ice cream type treat of some kind.  And you know what, it actually works and the treat is good.  I made some to share with Dr. Scott's office and they enjoyed it.

I have made a two or three treats and plan to try many more.  I was surprised how many recipes and blogs exist that are dedicated to the Yonana.

The one I made for the office was an Apple Pie Yonana.

Ingredients:
2 Bananas
2 Red Delicious Apples
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp all spice
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Directions:
Freeze bananas and apples.  Mix the cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg and sprinkle it over the frozen bananas and apples.  Run it through the Yonana machine.  Enjoy.

The first one I made was a Blueberry Ice Cream.

Ingredients:
2 cups frozen bananas
2 cups frozen blueberries

Directions:
Allow the fruit to sit on the counter for 5-10 minutes.  Put the bananas and blueberries through the Yonana machine and into a medium bowl.  Enjoy.

The last batch I made was like the Blueberry Ice Cram except I used mixed berries and threw in about 1/2 cup almonds.  It was good too.  I will be using my Yonana a lot.  In fact it is out on my counter now.

Yonana blog:  http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/yo-nana-does-the-yonanas-work/
                      http://kristenbentson.com/blog/recipes/yonanas-desserts/

Yonana recipes:  http://www.yonanas.com/recipes/
                          http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2012/07/yonanas-treat-machine-giveaway-soft.html
                          http://pinterest.com/jlsvendsen/yonanas-recipes/
                          http://pinterest.com/yonanas/yonanas-recipes/
                          http://blog.womenshealthmag.com/dish/yonanas/