Allergy Friendly Banana "Guacamole"- Top 8 Free Healthy Snacking

After school snack time is always a mess!  The kids are hungry- like more hungry than a kid should be who just ate a few hours ago- scouring for food as soon as they walk in the door.  Our pantry, while generally pretty healthy (and always free of our allergens), still packs some fun treats and generally unhealthy items- and of course these are my girls go-to requests for their after school nosh fest.

I was trying to sell bananas the other day as the best snack option - to which they laughed in my face and continued to push for cookies and sweets.  I was desperate for them to eat a healthy snack...and knew those bananas had only about a day left before I would be forced to turn them into banana muffins. It was going to take some creative mom magic to make bananas the snack du jour.   And then it hit me- my youngest daughter loves guacamole, especially mashing up the avocado in the bowl.  I thought, hey bananas are mash-able, and that is how my idea for banana guacamole was born!

As the words banana guacamole came out of my mouth I still didn't know what we were going to actually make, but I knew we were going to mash some bananas and add some cinnamon!  My girls were excited...about eating bananas (insert happy mom dance here)! They were all giggles as we cut and mashed the banana.  We added our spices and our version of banana guacamole was ready!

Here is our recipe:
2 bananas (diced)
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon (add more if you love cinnamon- we probably do close to 1/4 tsp)
Splash of lemon juice

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mash with a fork.  If you wish, leave some larger chunks of banana- we do and it is really tasty!  Serve with graham crackers or homemade cinnamon tortilla chips (check out my Facebook Post for that recipe!)

Banana Guacamole was a hit at our house!  This healthy snack is a definite add to our after school snack routine.  I hope you enjoy it too!

Happy Healthy Snacking!  Thrive On!


Learn more about Tami and her company, Thrive On Consulting, which provides food allergy coaching and training.  You can also follow her on Facebook for tips to Thrive On with food allergies.