Results Not Typical

Sometimes it is better to just leave well enough alone.

This next "recipe" is a good example of the all-too-common Retro WW mistake of taking a perfectly good food and turning it into an utter catastrophe. 

Chocolate Covered Banana
(1978)

1 tsp unsweetened cocoa

1 tsp brown food coloring

1/4 tsp coconut extract

1/4 tsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp butter flavor

1 tbsp water

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup non-fat dry milk

4 tsp artificial sweetener

1 medium banana - peeled, cut in half and frozen

Combine first 7 ingredients and add milk and sweetener. Pour over frozen banana and return to freezer. Serve frozen.

So here is a pictorial review of how to take a perfectly good banana and turn it into a barely edible mess:

BEFORE

Assemble the culprits

The unholy mixture

AFTER

The lesson here: Sometimes, when you need a snack, simple is better. Sure, it may sound like a great idea to top a frozen banana with a grainy, artificially colored and artificially flavored chocolate sauce from Hell. But trust me on this one - it is not. Just eat a banana, and be done with it.

Food should not stick to the plate like this.

After one bite, I threw this one in the trash.... Plate and all.