Running barefoot

Someone please clue me in on this phenomenon. I have witnessed 3 people in the last month running barefoot. What??? I was at a stop light in downtown Dallas when this guy came running across the street barefoot. I stared for a long time to make sure I wasn’t crazy. I wasn't crazy. Then last week, I was coming from the Katy Trail and two girls passed me running barefoot. Again, I stared. I’m puzzled by the whole thing. I’m weird about clean feet and I think it’s a tiny bit gross and slightly strange. I’ve seen plenty of people run barefoot in the sand, but this seems dangerous. I could MAYBE see trying this technique on a running track that sees little else but sneaker traffic; however, running barefoot on a busy street that’s littered with trash and multiple construction or work crews, I say, “No thank you!” I kept thinking, what if one of them stepped on a nail or something…yikes! I’m sure there is a benefit to this, so please enlighten me with what it is. And, does it hurt? It looks like it would be painful.

The most amazing thing ever!

OK, well maybe not ever, but darn close. Yesterday, I was catching up on blog gossip and one blog led to another and I stumbled across an amazing discovery. Did you know you can make ice cream with one single ingredient? Believe it or not, you can. What is the single ingredient….frozen bananas? I laughed and thought, “Yeah, right.” Of course I tried it and it’s true. If you freeze bananas and place them in a food processor they will take on the consistency of soft-serve ice cream. It was weird and great all at the same time. You can even freeze it after processing it and it will scoop just like ice cream. If you don’t like bananas then you’re out of luck on this one. I can think of so many who would enjoy this...parents with small children (what says fun more than whipped bananas), dieters, people with intolerances to food, etc. The possibilities are endless.

My plan is to experiment by adding new things each night – yes, I will be making this every night. Tonight I added cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract…yum! It would be so good with chocolate sauce on top and a dollop of Cool Whip. Maybe that will be tomorrow night’s experiment.

Anyway, I just had to share because I think this is the best thing ever since sliced bread.

Directions:

Slice and freeze two overripe bananas

Once frozen (at least 2-3 hours) place into a food processor and turn on. It will be chunky at first but continue processing. Then out of nowhere, magic happens. You'll see the bananas turn into this wonderful creamy frozen texture. Depending on the type of food processor you have, you may need to scrape the sides occasionally to get all of the banana chunks to the bottom. My processor has a "pulse" button which whips it up in less than a minute.

When it's done, you'll have something that looks like this:

(Oops! I ate it to fast and forgot to take a picture.)

What to do now? Eat and thank me later. Shoot me an e-mail or post a comment if you try this. I'm curious what you think.