A healthy summer treat

I'm always on the lookout for easy and healthy recipes. When I covered a meeting of a weight-loss encouragement group at Dr. Jorges Cardenas' office in Paducah for an upcoming House Call Weekly story, his staff handed me this recipe. If you already have bananas on hand, this looks like a good way to use them up before they turn solid black and attract not-so-attractive fruit flies and their a couple of dozen of their closest pals.

This ice cream has a light but satisfying taste and doesn't pack that much of a calorie punch.

Fruit Smoothie Ice Cream
2 overripe bananas
1 pineapple ring
1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Peel and mash bananas. Add the rest of the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Freeze for several hours. Serves 6. Just 31 calories per serving but a serving is the size of a small paper cup.