driving me bananas
I know what makes Misty happy.
Lock him in the car and let him “drive.” Works a treat. I think if I let him, he would spend hours in there. He’s either going to be a race-car driver, or a graffiti artist/vandal as he found a tiny little piece of chalk in the car, and proceeded to tag the entire interior. Bless.
Actually, I think he just likes to “drive” anything… he attempted to drive a cane picnic basket today. What is it with little boys and vehicles? He definitely doesn’t get it from me… you know with my fear of tricky car manoeuvres and such.
He doesn’t dig dolls, but maybe that’s my fault, as I encouraged him to decorate ‘baby.’ Possibly where the inclination to graffiti came from too?
Misty has totally inherited my taste buds though… all he wants at the moment are bananas, and I’m not going to deny him any of that sweet goodness. Banana soft serve with cacao is a particular favourite, but I thought I’d try and entice him with some banana-sweet crackers that also feed my OCD habit of not.wasting.any.food.
I think I’ve found my favourite way to use up almond pulp (from making almond milk). It took a bit of experimenting, but I think I’ve got it…. Viper reckons these have an almost Anzac Biscuit thing going on… I reckon they taste a bit like caramelized bananas – either way they are yummy.
- 1 + 1/4C almond pulp (leftover from almond milk) or almond meal
- 1 ripe banana
- 1C pitted dates (approximately 12)
- 1/2C dessicated coconut
- 1/4C chia seeds
- 2C raw buckwheat groats
- 1/2t sea salt
- In a food processor, blend together almond pulp, dates, banana and salt.
- Transfer into a mixing bowl and stir through remaining ingredients… mix well.
- Let mix sit for about 15 minutes.
- Spread onto dehydrator sheets and dehydrate at 65 degrees C for around 12 hours or until crunchy…. you could possibly try using your oven on it’s lowest setting with the door open for a few hours to achieve similar results if you don’t have a dehydrator. I don’t trust my oven to try though.
Quite possibly I may have used these as a vehicle for yet another bean-based dip. Obsessive? Me? Not a chance.
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Vegan. Stay at home Mum of Misty. Yoga teacher in training. Passionate about REAL food - creating it, eating it, sharing it. I can never stick to a recipe.
YES thanks for the recipe Lou! I’m so excited to try these, they sound sooo good!
Misty is so cute in those cars
Although I’m sure you thought a little different when you came back to a chalk-covered car 
Oh little ones…
At least he used chalk and not a marker pen! Ha!
I’ve got almond-milk-making on my “To-Do” list today… and I think your savoury type cracker will be the next experiment… Viper loves these almond pulp based crackers (!) and he is more of a savoury man so he is excited
Oh these little boys of ours are like two peas in a pod. Graffiti and driving. That’s us too.
Ha
Hope your little one is feeling a bit happier? Bet Reuben loves all the scooters that whizz about in Thailand, no?
what fun, that you have such a willing taste tester! misty needs his energy for those driving sessions! maybe he’ll be one of those cool urban artists!
He definitely has a lot of energy, T – man oh man I wish there was some way to tap into that source and get a little for myself!
Haha! Driving a picnic basket? – how precious!
I love the sound of these crackers too, Lou. Definitely up my alley! I haven’t made my almond milk for the week yet, but I’ll have to try and remember about this recipe for the pulp for sure.
Oh yes, Misty is very inventive in what he attempts to drive!
Thanks, Isobelle – I love it when I find a delicious way of using up almond pulp… seems my freezer is full of the stuff!
misty is so cute! Incredible how big his eyes are in the second photo… He must absolutely love driving
crazy little misty!! 
I wished i had a dehydrator and could recreate all your recipes. i really need to get one!
He has got really big eyes! Being cute is his only defence!
Seriously, my dehydrator is not ideal… it was $40 and isn’t really the best design, but it does the job – one day I’ll get one of those fancy ones with the shelves (Oh I dream!) You could always try with your oven, leave the door open you know?
Being a raw enthusiast yourself, it should totally be on your “wish list” (hint hint boyfriend!)
YUM! I love Anzac biscuits and banana so I’m definitely giving these a go!
Will be much healthier too without all the brown sugar that aLways makes me feel a bit sick;) haha.
Gorgeous little man in his truck!! I love your pics always. Never was a fan of stories without pics.
I hope Misty has a real boat someday;) fun times!! Xx
Great mates sailing away together – too cute
Bummer, Viper just sold his boat…. Misty would have LOVED to drive that! We’ll have to make do with pretend for now… see you soon xx
Like those series of picture with him at the steering wheel.
I think all boys has this fascination for “driving”
We used to drive “anything” that had a close resemblance to something circular
As they say… ‘boys will be boys!’ Thanks for reading, Joe
I see That Look in his eyes…Exactly: what is with males and anything with a motor??
Printing and saving your recipe for when I get a dehydrator (soon??)!
Oh YAY, dehydrators are so much fun…. mine was just a cheapy, so not the most user-friendly of machines, but it does the job
Graffiti artist or racer? Sounds like you’ve got a wee bogan in your future, haha.
For sure! He even has a mullet!
Oooh, Amber just made nut milk but we’ve already put the pulp in the dehydrator. Lost opportunity!
I’m sure the rate you two go through the nut milk, the opportunity shall arise once again
Yum! I’m always looking for ways to use almond pulp. My daughter is so fickle about bananas. Some days she wants one, and she wants it really ripe…other days, you’d think I was offering her raw broccoli crawling with maggots. These look awesome either way, so if she doesn’t eat them…more for mama!
Ha, kids are fickle, huh? Bananas are probably the ONE thing Misty hardly ever refuses…. he runs around yelling, “NANA! NANA! NANA!”
So excited to find your blog through Healthy Vegan Friday! I’ve been looking for good almond pulp recipes. I tried to make raw almond cookies, but they were terribly dry. Love the idea of banana crackers! I’ll give it a try! I’d love for you to share this at Raw Foods Thursdays this week!
Hello hello Heather! Welcome
These crackers are very addictive – I love using them as a “scoop” for coconut ice cream (so good!)…. and yes they are a lot more successful than any of my “cookies” using almond pulp as they DO tend to be rather dry. Excellent, I shall share at Raw Foods Thursday, sounds like fun – lovely to “connect” with you 