1 Pop them in the freezer, pull them out the next day and blend with any type of milk + a teaspoon of cacao for smoothie deliciousness.

2 Mix with a little honey and oatmeal and use for a great moisturising scrub/mask for dry skin. Works great on feet and elbows.

3 Bury at the base of a rose bush or shrub. As the bananas decompose they feed the plant healthy nutrients.

4 Feed Butterflies. Put them in a clay dish on top of a stump near the garden flowers and the butterflies will flock to them.

5 Jump start a compost bin. Add some coffee grinds, dirt, dead leaves and grass clippings.

6 Make banana chips – Preheat oven to 200º F. Slice bananas – Squeeze on lemon juice – Bake the bananas for 90 minutes.

7 Bake a banana loaf – See recipe below