I tried this recipe last night, and it blew me away. The look, texture, and taste were all spot on. With every bite, my taste buds were waiting for a hint of banana but nothing. I added the extra liquid before first mixing, but it was too wet, so I added more breadcrumbs Which made me yield 18 meatballs instead of the 12-13 you suggested. I will definitely try the pull pork recipe next. I can't figure out how to post a photo can anyone help?

Years ago, I made the mistake of freezing bananas without peeling them first. It was not fun, trying to peel them later. But you live and learn. I never knew you could use the peels, althought I used to blend them with water and feed to my rose bush. If you buy rose food, it smells very strongly of bananas. They are good for discouraging insects from eating the rose bushes. We were never taught in school about the way that Mother Nature provides for us. What a rip off it was, thinking we were learning everyhting important that we needed to know. Better late than never, we now have you tube and wonder tutors like you and Steve the bread man, (that's what I call him) and God bless all of our wonderful cooks and bakers and gardeners who share their knowledge and experience with us.

Sounded bananas to me, but I tried it and it's good! I pre- fried the onion, mushroom and peels prior to forming the meatballs with Italian seasoning. This is a must - try recipe.

This is one of the most creative recipes I have ever seen, and the meatballs came out looking so good! superb work

All the Spices are readily available In my indian kitchen🙏 finally something i can make during quarantine

I am sitting here in delightful shock. I never knew you could do something so useful...and the nutrients... WOW, just amazing. Thanks so much.

Jana, I just finished making this, and let me tell you, it is AMAZING! I thought it was going to be an epic fail, but the meatballs came out SO delicious (I even made the tomato sauce according to your other recipe!). Thank you so much for putting this out there.

Wow, what an awesome recipe, i never thought you could use banana peel to make Meatless Meatballs. Your sauce & Meatballs, look amazing & so delicious. Can't wait to try this recipe out myself. Thanks for sharing. Paulo & Kath GB. 👍❤👩‍🍳🙏🎵😋

I just tried this recipe and WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS? I didn’t have tomatoes so I just fried them instead and added parsley into the mixture. Since I went vegan I was searching for a meatball recipe but they would always turn into a mush but this crisped up so well and the taste of them was amazing. I only fried one of the meatballs to try how they tasted there’s a bunch of them in the fridge for the next day I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE DINNER!!! Thank you so much Jana and thanks youtube for recommending you to me

Banana and banana peels are AMAZING foods that fight depression, insomnia and anxiety... Excellent recipe!

I would like to see more of the peeling and scraping of the banana peel and the exact color of banana peel. You glossed over the most important step. This is a new concept, cooking banana peels and we need to see it in detail.

I would never, ever think about making any sort of food using fruit peel. Thanks for the idea, I​ loved it.

Hi Jana, I tried the recipe ... had to substitute milled chia seeds for flax seeds, and ginger for nutmeg ... and it was awesome!! My only advise is that the dish is best served hot rather than warm (tried it both ways when I went back for seconds!), but ultimately I would say a huge success ... looking forward to more of your recipes! I literally followed it step by step ... didn’t prefry anything ... served at a dinner party & went down a treat! I also added 4 balls to the air fryer just to see what they were like out of the sauce ... they got crispy, but did not taste as good as those added to the sauce initially ... my daughter thought they tasted like onion bhaiji 😅 It’s great to see recipes that I can actually make tasty vegan options from what I have at home 💕 Keep up the good work!!

This recipe has a definite therapeutic effect, it reduces the possibility of slipping on a banana peel.

Thank you! This could save me a load of time and money in these difficult times, and banana skin is something I've been throwing away of under rose bushes up until today! :)

LOVE THAT YOU PUT YOUR YUMMY RECIPE AND DIRECTIONS UNDERNEATH SO WE CAN HAVE THEM FOR LATER THANK YOU SO MUCH

Once again, great money saving idea Chef Jana! No more throwing away my peels. From Trash to Treasure. Thanks again for sharing!

👉👉 This works even better if you put the mixture in the fridge for a few (2 to 24) hours before cooking in the sauce, frying or baking. :)

I will try. Always looking to reduce waste. Thanks

Thank you for this recipe. I was very skeptical when I tried it, but in a land where bananas are plentiful (and unfortunately, nothing else especially during these Covid times) I figured I had nothing to loose. Well, I felt like I hit the jackpot! It taste wonderful!

Great idea to make meatballs from the banana peel. I learned to make shredded meat aka "carne mechada" from plantain peels when I lived in South America for a while. It was delicious over rice. You should try this!

I'm so impressed and I can hardly wait to try this! I will make it first, then tell my family what it is after they eat 😄

I made both the bolognese and the banana peel meatballs, SO GOOD! The texture of the meatballs did come out a little gummy, but I think this may be because I used panko instead of the regular breadcrumbs. Despite that one fault (which was my own), I loved it. Great taste, and not a single hint of banana. Thank you Chef Jana for such a great recipe and your adorable videos!

They look fantastic. I am not a vegan but that is a phenominal idea for banana skins, we eat a lot of bananas in our house and this is a great new use for them.

I made this last night for my sister and those meatballs are out of this world! so much flavor and better than any meat alternative I've tried. Thank you, Chef Jana for sharing:)

You have such a nice voice so easy to listen to. Thank you God bless you and your family aloha

Chef Jana!! You are the most creative, resourceful and gorgeous chef!!! This is exactly what the world needs more of...creative sustainable vegan recipes! Thank you so much! Keep up the planet, human, animal saving food!

I have tried a few varieties now, and I would like to add some ideas here: If you bake it or fry it as burger patties instead of cooking them, it is a good idea to add a half tsp baking powder. If you are gluten-sensitive leftover rice works well instead of flour. If you don't insist on a vegan solution:, eggs are fantastic binding agents. Actually, banana is already a very good binding agent. You can add either a banana or 2 eggs instead of the flaxseed. I have tried it also with potato flour, and that also works; it adds a bit of hashbrown energy to it. I also like some basil added. I really like the shallow fried version, this recipe is the best vegan burger I have ever had.

Loving your channel! ✌️❤️🌱

I enjoyed your video with your cute accent. It’s so sweet when you say “I forgot to tell you” I will make the meatballs for sure 💯🤗❤️

Thank you, Jana, dear. I try to make your recipe and I've got my own one at the time I worked on it. Here are my changings. 2 -3 banana peels chopped or blended a little The same quantity of rice, yesterday coocked (brown or half round rice - your preference) 1 small shredded carrot 1 TBSP of flax seeds pouder 1 TBSP of matzos flour 1-2 garlic cloves Turmeric pouder, oiled maroccan paprika, black peper, kumin, cillantro, ginger pouder Himalaya salt Making a meatballs and refrigerating as you recommended. For the sauce: 1chopped onion 1 chopped carrot Grapeseeds oil 1 tomato and some catchup Himalaya salt Water as need The seasoning is jist the same as for the meatballs I also add smoked paprika and small qantity of sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce. Cooking is regulary - heat oil, add onion, than add carrot, than tomato, than water. All the seasoning can be added in time of onion/carrot cooking, before adding water. Cooking a soace takes like half an hour or the time your meatballs are sitting in the refrigerator. Than more 20 minutes of coocking the meatballs in a gravy. To make a gravy more thick you may add 1TSP of tapioka with water , with tearspoon carefully around the meatballs. Done! With love from Haifa, Israel😀

Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe dear Chef Jana, ah....it totally makes sense now, when years ago my Dad told us that our Grandpa's gardener ate his bananas whole and we were like why would you do that?!! But years later there was a dried, blackened banana peel on the ground next to our garden, and my pet rabbit, sniffing every inch of the garden came across the banana peel and happily started munchin' on it, I was frightened and quickly took the banana peel away from her, but she only inquisitively searched for the peel, so if gardeners and rabbits love the banana peel and now you share this yummy recipe, well, trying this recipe soon! Greetings from Querétaro, Mexico! :)

A good mixture to use to clean the banana of pesticides is a solution of water, a bit of vinegar and salt. Soak the *whole, uncut fruit* in the solution for 5-10 minutes and rinse well. Then, you will have peels safe for consumption whether they’re organic or not :) If you need more info about this technique, Dr Michael Mcgregor is on KZfaq and has covered this topic.

I don't know why people think you shouldn't use your hands in the kitchen. That's craziness

I've tried it for the first time and it's the most awesome vegan recipe. The texture of the patties and the taste are amazing even though for the lack of tomato sauce i fried them, I also used just one banana peel and like half-eyeballed the spices. I loved the colour they turned after frying and, like you said, working with seitan can be so tricky but this was soooo easy. Thank you Jana for sharing this amazing recipe!

Thank you for uploading this video. My grandmother taught me how to make banana meatless food including green banana porridge that is still my favourite breakfast meal now i have it with honey.

Happy New Year, Chef Jana. May I ask you for a bit more detail about preparing the banana skins ... and ... are there any extra steps required for commercial, non-organic bananas from my local grocery store? Thank you for inspiring me to want to try these!

Thank you for not having nail polish when mixing the ingredients. I subscribed and will try and let you know the results.

Wow! I have never heard of using banana peels for anything except causing people to slip and fall. I will try these. They look so good! Thank you

I'm not vegan but YT recommended your channel and I'm really enjoying your recipes. This one I'm going to definitely try and who knows. It looks fabulous. Love the relaxed, homey feel of your videos. Keep up the great work! I look forward to trying this and more of your recipes.

Brilliant and creative - I’m absolutely curious to try this. Never thought anything could be made from banana peel.

You've earned a subscriber for this recipe. I'm ALL about reducing food waste, and this is right up my alley. Can't wait to see more of your creative ideas.

It is so much joy watching you in the kitchen as the recipes are rolled out. I will surely learn a lot from you. Thank you so much Jana ❤💯

Hi, Chef Jana ... I keep forgetting to order paprika, but have turmeric on hand. I use it a lot, on chicken thighs when I fry them in the electric fryer, and I just finished peeling and scraping six banana peels. I put the bananas in the freezer for later use and the peels are in a plastic food saver bag. They are going to become "meatballs" as soon as I finish my homemade soup that I have left over from yesterday. I love your recipes, even though I'm not vegan, because it is a good way to lose weight and save money by not using ground meat for meatballs or burgers. I may become a vegan yet, but not sure, as I still like to use eggs. Please don't judge me...You are my new BFF.

Oh and i throw away such lovely peel just yesterday. Would hv love to recycle them into bannana balls. And with the rush for food at the supermarket. We need all the recycling of food recipes we can get at this time with the covid-19 hitting the world at this time. Thanks will try it for sure.

Great recipe idea. I have never used banana peel for making meatless recipes. The meatless meatballs look very delicious and with a good bite 😋 Thank you for sharing 👍

Is it just me or is Chef Jana an ASMR icon??!! Like, whoa...I'm dangerously relaxed right now. And hungry.

tried this last night. it was good. i fried the balls in oil (before i addded them to the sauce) for a good while. i also added honey and crush red peppers close to the end of cooking the balls. My mother doesnt like fake meat but she was impressed. We have some left over and will be eating this again tonight.

the cauliflower looks liked a south park character

I’m speechless- wow! Can’t wait to try this!

Wow what a innovative recipe.. thx 4 sharing.. I loved d recipe and ur style of talking and cooking.. excellent ☺👍👌💟

when i thought vegan cuisine can't surprise me...your video came along... holy moly! amazing!

Lovely recipe I always use bannas anyway in my smoothies might as well save money and no waste!! Thanks Chef💚 #vegan💯 #veganlife🌱

Here are the nutrition facts on the banana peels. Couldn't find anything in English but this page is very explanatory and complete: www.tuasaude.com/informacao-nutricional-da-casca-de-banana/

This is one of the best recipes ever and works like a charm. So surprising! Make sure you add the extra water it needs the moisture and it's always better to cook in a sauce versus alone.

I love this! I’m going to try this tomorrow. I made this - I had a bit of trouble with the right temp in the sauce when cooking the balls. They got mushy. I decided to bake the balls that I hadn’t cooked and they were great! So I’ll do that next time I use this recipe. They’re cooling on my counter now before freezing and it’s so tempting to snack on them!

When i was growing up, we’d dry the (green/unripe) peels and then grind them into a powder and use as flour. Some others would slice them into strips snd make a porridge. I moved to the USA and realised i can never consume banana peels here. No Ma’am. Can’t trust anything here. But this is a fantastic video. Well done.

I subscribed when I saw the banana peel,not a vegan though but I'm going to try and share the experience to my Ghanaian friends.

Wow 😲 wonderful, it's good to know that we can consume the skins of the banana 🍌 and other's. I never throw away the banana skin, I cook it already but not as how you did it, I didn't scrap the skin as you did, I used to cut it very fine putting all the seasoning etcétera. But I used the half ripe bananas skin not the green one, but I am going to try it with the green skin. Thank you so much for sharing this information and the recipe, it's amazing how to know how we can eat much healthier with the all the things our Heavenly Father has created for us Amen 🙏 I thank you once again for sharing. I am watching from Trinidad 🇹🇹 God bless you richly 🙏😘🌺🤗 you take care and have a wonderful day 🙏🌹💐🤎😂😂🤗🍌 it's so yummy 😋 to eating healthy foods.haha🙏🙏

Thank you for such wonderful recipes..Adding this one to this week's menu..

I was shocked how delicious banana peels are when seasoned and prepared

Very informative video!!! Unique recipe ... Amazing concept ! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I was intrigued when I saw this and I just had to make them ! They were crazy good!

I am making this tomorrow. Have prepared everything and kept it in the fridge. Tomorrow morning after breakfast I will make

Very interesting .. I've always been feeding my garden worms this delicious alternative. 🌹

Girl I am looking at the banana peel i have laying on my plate next to me like "I bet I can eat you too" so basically thats why I am here.

Helllo Chef Jana, new suppporter for ur wonderful channel, great preaparation of meatless meat balls, so simple and less expensive. good day dear.

I came across your channel this morning with the green bananas I'm hooked now. So it's subscription and sharing time. Thanks again

I would make burgers out of this mixture and bake them.

Such a nice idea using banana peel, I've never seen it before!! You've a very nice channel and amazing healthy recipe videos, I'm check them out soon...new subscriber and like, keep it up! I wish you all the best

wow! You're going to be famous Chef Jana!! you've got the 'It Factor' and your recipes are truly one of a kind and refreshingly simple; you're broadening my horizons!

I am very excited to try this. Living in the D.R. and being vegan gluten free there is nothing I can buy to replace meat here I have to find ways to create it. I have banana trees what a savings to make meat with this. I am soy and gluten free which also narrows the field. So I am ready to try banana peel meatballs and your pulled "no Pork" ha ha.. I love this idea!! Thanks! I will be letting you know how it came out for me!

In not vegan, but I think this would be a good way to stretch my meat budget, maybe mix it half and half.

They've been doing this i n Africa for ages using banana peels i n food

I have never seen a recipe like this. You are an amazing chef ! Will try it.

I made this recipe + the tomato sauce for my friends and they all loved it ♥ ♥ ♥ Thank you so much!

Just curious as to what you did with the actual bananas, did you use them in a different recipe or a smoothie?

What is bind agent? Also do you use the whole peel or just the scrape part you showed on video, sorry me confused?

Lovely :) I would recommend using peals from organic bananas as conventional bananas are heavily sprayed

Hello thank you so much for this video I'm tired of the recipes that I make I'm looking for something new and healthy how really appreciate your time and sharing this information with us when God created the Earth and all the wonderful Foods there is no waste why not eat all of your vegetables and try to avoid as many Meats as possible I only eat meat 3 times a week I've been going to 15 years now I look forward to seeing more you are a blessing a beautiful personality wonderful voice

"Electrical Banana, Gonna be the very next phase; the call it Mellow Yellow!"

I’m not sure about using the banana peel for this, would the mushroom meat you make work with this recipe instead of the banana peel? Thank you I came across your channel and your recipes looks awesome can’t wait to watch more.

Truly amazing, and useful. I eat at least one banana a day, often two. Thank you so much for turning me on to banana peel as a nutritional food.

I can't wait to make this. I love using something that will usually go to waste.

I loved the idea. I just think that you should move a few things away from your kitchen, because they are blocking us from seeing what you are doing. Adorei a receita...vou fazer. Já tenho todos os ingredientes. Obrigada. Thank you!

Can you use green plantain peel? This sounds like a really great recipe I’m immediately starting to follow you...

Hello I made this recipe with some modifications So delicious.

Thanks a lot. Here in Sri Lanka we eat so much banana, of different kinds, and just throw away the peel. I will try it out definitely..

IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO TAKE YOUR RING/S OFF BEFORE HANDLING FOOD, DIRT GATHERS UNDER THESE OBJECTS.

I have a question.......if you use a ripen peel can you use a hotter spice and or acid to balance the sweet? I want to try this because I don't like waste. There is so many things in nature that can nurture us.

I just made these! They are delicious! Please post more green banana peel recipes, it's a new ingredient for me!

Wow,I can't believe it, your food looks so good and yet it's vegan. I am in love.....

I made this dish today and it was delicious. I wish I would have made some more. Next time. 🍌

If you use a tiny bit of dark thick soy sauce it will color them the briwn color of meat.

I just found your Chanel Yesterday Chef Jana And I really love your wonderful and very unique recipes! Thank you very much 😍💕

First of all, Chef Jana you are absolutely delightful! I was so excited and made this recipe for me and my husband last night. Your "parmesan" and the tomato sauce were so delicious. I have to say the banana peel meatballs, I didn't enjoy. The texture in the middle and the taste did not meet my expectations. I am very excited to try some of your other recipes though. Thank you for the vegan recipes and for your cute personality!

This is actually a good​ post workout meal! And you look gorgeous. ;)

There is no meat in it but we still call them meat balls. They are veggie balls.

Omg, I just tried this and it works soooo well! This is kinda mindblowing how banana peels can substitute meat. :D Thank you for sharing this! I immediately subscribed.

Thanks Jana, I've subscribed because all your recipes are so unusual, thankyou.