This Cuban-inspired Fresh Banana Mint Salad is lightly sweet and whipped up in minutes. Refreshing and delicious as a dessert, snack or side anytime. Banana Mint Salad is a gluten-free, dairy-free balanced treat, great for the kids! It’s as easy as throwing these 6 simple, tasty ingredients into a bowl and you’re set.
Ingredient Tips:
The walnuts in this recipe can be replaced with peanuts if you like them. Don’t forget to put in that pinch of salt. I know it can seem odd to add salt to something sweet, but it actually brings out the sweetness and flavors in the dish more!
Fresh mint is a must for this fruit salad and makes it super refreshing. Garden/plant-lovers tip: Mint is a fast grower and loves moist soil, try it out!
Local honey helps local beekeepers, and it tastes amazing! Plus, honey has been shown to help with cough, be anti-inflammatory and possibly help with allergies from your local area. (Just remember, kids under 1 years old should not be given honey).
My favorite ingredients/products for this recipe:
- Premier Research Labs Pink Salt: tons of minerals for healthy cell function. This is a great finishing/cold recipe salt, not really made for high heat cooking. Premier Pink Salt is a blend of two premium, untreated, solar-dried sea salts which deliver critical trace elements. The two salts are Mediterranean Sea Salt and Alaea Hawaiian Sea Salt, which gives it the pink color. Here is a similar one on Amazon Prime: Terrasoul Himalayan Pink Salt
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Want some more easy gluten-free and dairy-free desserts? Try these from Jana Eats:
- Dairy-Free Iced Lemon Bars
- Tahini Rice Krispie Treats with Chocolate Chips
- The BEST Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 2-Ingredient Dairy-Free Fudge
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Fresh Banana Mint Salad
Equipment
- Medium Serving Bowl
Ingredients
- 3 whole bananas, sliced
- 10 fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped
- 1/2 lime, juiced
- 1 tbsp. honey
- handful raw or toasted walnuts, crushed
- pinch of pink or sea salt
Method
- Slice bananas into small pieces. Roughly chop mint. Crush walnuts with hands or rough chop with a knife.
- Put all ingredients in a medium serving bowl, juicing the lime and drizzling the honey over the other ingredients. Toss lightly to combine.