Healthy banana split

Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
no cooking required
Serve
Serves 1

Whip up this healthy half-term snack with the kids.

By Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed

From Saturday Kitchen

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Ingredients

  • 1 medium-sized ripe banana, peeled and sliced in halve lengthways
  • 100g/3½oz full-fat Greek-style yoghurt
  • 2 dried figs, roughly chopped
  • 1 Palestinian Medjool date, seeds removed and roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp peanuts
  • 1 tbsp pecan nuts
  • 1 tbsp toasted pumpkin seeds
  • 1 tbsp date molasses/1 tsp honey
  • 1 tbsp runny nut butter, such as cashew, peanut or almond
  • few curls dark chocolate (optional)

Method

  1. Place the banana halves on a plate inside facing up.

  2. Place the yoghurt in a large scoop in the centre of the banana.

  3. Scatter the figs and dates over the yoghurt along with the peanuts, pecans and toasted pumpkin seeds. You can chop the nuts or leave them whole.

  4. Drizzle over the molasses and nut butter and finish with the dark chocolate, if you’re using it.