The Palm Beach Post
By Pam Brandon and Anne-Marie Hodges   |  Dairy, Fruit and Vegetables, Kid-friendly meals, Recipes  |  February 03, 2010

smoothie300Super Bowl XLIV is coming to Miami on Sunday, and, well, OK, the Divas won’t be there — but we’ll be near a big-screen TV with an excuse to create some attention-grabbing noshes.

While cold brews and hot wings are top picks for the guys, this sippy sweet will keep the kids happy, a yummy concoction from our pals at the Dairy Council of Florida, who are rolling out a new healthy kids initiative in schools with the NFL.

Just 200 calories a serving and cinch to throw in the blender so you can get back to checking out those cute football players.

Chocolate Banana-rama

Serves 4

4 cups fat-free milk
1 (4-ounce) package chocolate instant pudding and pie filling
1 medium banana, cut into chunks
5 to 6 ice cubes

Place ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend 1 minute or until smooth. Pour into glasses.

Serve immediately.

DIVA CONFESSIONS: BENEFITS OF BANANAS

We slip bananas into smoothies, chop them to eat with cereal, dry slices in the dehydrator for delicious banana chips, mash overripe bananas for banana bread, slather them with peanut butter.

We’re told you can survive on nothing but bananas — you know the story of the shipwreck survivor who lived on bananas for a month and was just fine and dandy? (She had to lose weight, because bananas are low fat and full of fiber.)

And they’re portable — slip one in your handbag and you’ve got a high-energy snack to fend off hunger.

At wit’s end, before you reach for a sedative, go bananas — the tryptophan (an amino acid) helps your body produce serotonin, a natural substance that calms and can act as a gentle sedative. Nighty night.

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