Hello beautiful people of Steemit Iron Chef community. I hope you all are doing great. I'm wishing you all a happy new month. I still remain chef @noraandy and I'm here today for a contest on fruits by @Mary.

The fruit for today's contest is Banana.

Tell us how much you like banana 🍌 and how often you consume it.

This delicious and yummy fruit I just drew(pardon me, I have no colour) is really liked by me, I will say from 1-10, i would pick 5 as a like for this fruit.
Banana contains vitamin and mineral and fiber which helps improve health, so it should be enjoyed.

I usually consume this fruit once(1) or twice (2) a week. Or sometimes three (3) times in a month. But I don't let it get to 4 times in a month. I don't go heavy on this fruit.

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Tell us a little about the ways to consume banana in your home: as a solitary fruit, in a desserts or any recipe that you want to refer, describe and/or share with us.

In my home, we have different/various ways of consuming this fruit. I would say these are;

• adding it to rice. It can be; jollof rice, vegetable rice, local rice, rice and stew.

• Another way is snacking on it with groundnut. You just peel it and eat with groundnut, it's very nice.

• We consume it as dessert with other fruits too. Just wash and peel it with other fruits, decorate them in a plate and eat.

• Another way is blending it with other fruits to get a smoothie out of it.

The smoothie can be enjoyed served cold or blocked cubes can be added to it. The taste is usually very sweet.

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Tell us about it's nutritional contributions in your own words and if you have any curious anecdotes that you want to share.

When I wanted starting a diet and exercise routine, I learnt alot about bananas.

For a nutritional fact; banana contains water, protein, carbohydrate, fat, sugar, and fiber.

For health benefits;

• banana is very good for good heart health because it contains high potassium.

• It is also good for digestive health.

• Helps support weight loss goal.

• Banana gives you energy.

• The manganese present in banana freshens your skin and gives it a good look.

I would like to invite @benson6, @saintkelvin17 and @peacebala to join this contest, thank you.