Celebrate the New Year with some Banana Ice Blocks

Welome to 2012!  I really do not know where 2011 went, but I am excited about 2012.  I am looking forward to watching my little girl grow up bigger and bigger and am excited about spending our first year in our new home.  I haven't been doing heaps of cooking in the last week or so, we have been sooo lazy over the break and we have indulged in  a few take-away meals and meals out.  Both my husband and I have been on holidays, and as my husband is a self-employed tradesman he is normally very busy - it has been lovely having him at home.  It has been mega hot here so we have literally just been lazing around the house and taking a few short trips out for coffees and shopping.  


I have been enjoying using my Thermomix for some 'quick' bits and pieces, and I have to say I am loving making ice blocks for my daughter.  They are absolutely nothing to make, and she thinks she is having a proper ice-cream!  I have tried a few combinations with different types of fruit, but I have to share how GOOD banana ice blocks are.  I have some fantastic ice block moulds which I bought from Tupperware, but apparently they are easy to find in shops and I'm pretty sure I have seen some at Ikea.  


This is how simple they are:


Add the following to the TM bowl:
 4 frozen bananas (mine were already frozen as they were going brown in the fruit bowl and this worked well.  I'm sure un-frozen bananas would work just as well).  
A good blob of natural yoghurt - probably around 2/3 of a cup (in my opinion BD Paris Creek is the only way to go).  
Around 1-2 tablespoons of honey.  


Blitz all ingredients on speed 10 for 20 seconds or till smooth.  It is important to check the taste at this point - too sweet, add more yoghurt.  Too bland, add more honey.  I usually add a bit more honey at this point.  Pour into ice block moulds and freeze.  My daughter absolutely devoured the one I gave her this morning and then asked for another one!  Definitely a good way to get some fruit and dairy into the kiddies.  


Here is a photo of mine frozen in their moulds - you can see that one is already missing!