Take a moment to pamper yourself! You can use a banana as an all-natural face mask that moisturizes your skin and leaves it looking and feeling softer.
Peel and cut ripe bananas in half, insert wooden ice-cream sticks, and freeze them for a few hours to create yummy frozen banana-sicles.
Rub the inside of a banana peel on your silverware or leather shoes to restore shine, then buff with a paper towel or soft cloth.
Add a ripe, peeled banana to the pan while cooking roast to soften it up and make it more tender.
Wipe down indoor plant leaves with the inside of a banana peel to remove dirt and dust and give them a shiny finish.
Bury dried or cut-up banana peels around plants prone to aphid attacks to deter them from infesting your garden.
Dry out banana peels and grind them up to use as mulch or fertilizer for new plants and seedlings, providing them with essential nutrients like potassium.
Apply a banana peel to bug bites, minor scrapes, poison ivy, or sunburn as a natural anti-inflammatory compress to provide relief.
Place a banana in a paper bag with an avocado to speed up the ripening process, as bananas release ethylene gas that triggers ripening.