I was contacted by Dole and their agency to do a little promotion for the Peel The Love tour. You could basically do whatever you wanted, so I’ve created the Dole Bananas Yonanas Pajamas Jam. Basically, it’s just an excuse for me to be in my pajamas and eat bananas and wine. AND WHY WOULDN’T I!?!?!

Dole’s Peel the Love Tour is a tour that goes across the nation with a banana food truck from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Although the tour is half over, I had to wait for my banana sensitivity time-out to lapse before I could try bananas again. When I reintroduced bananas into my diet, I was doing fine with them, so we decided to go peel-deep in our Peel the Love Bananas Yonanas Pajama Jam.

DOLE PEEL THE LOVE TOUR

http://www.dole.com/PeelTheLove

As per their press release, “Peel the Love. The three-word command serves as the theme of a bold, year-long Dole initiative stressing the fun, irreverence and universally beloved aspects of the iconic yellow fruit, which Dole grows more of globally than anyone else.”

This tour is sponsored by Dole Fresh Fruit and partners Blue Diamond Almondmilk (hey, that’s another one of our favorite GF brands!).

They’re about promoting new ways to use the banana, like one of my favorite treats – the Chocolate Monkey! It’s basically just a smoothie with bananas and chocolate almond milk!

 Prep: 5 min. Makes: 2 servings 

Ingredients: 

•  1 cup cold ALMOND BREEZE® Chocolate Almond Milk
•  1-1/2 ripe DOLE® Bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
•  1 cup crushed ice
•  1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
•  1 tablespoon honey

Directions: 

• Combine almond milk, bananas, ice, peanut butter, and honey in a blender or food processor.
• Cover; blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve immediately.

 

The Peel The Love Tour has already hit up Seattle, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Here are the upcoming dates for the Peel the Love Bananas Tour:

Houston, TX

July 11th – 21st

Des Moines, IA

July 25th – August 4th

Baltimore, MA

August 8th – 18th

New York City, NY

August 21st – September 5th

Next…

#LETSTALKYONANAS

Visit http://www.yonanas.com/ to learn more about Yonanas. It retails for around $50.

Dole gave me a Yonanas machine to combine Dole bananas and fruit to make a frozen-yogurt like adventure that is all gluten-free and dairy-free (since it’s all bananas and fruit).

It was a really fun experience and we love the Yonanas machine! We made several different combinations of our own – bananas and peaches and mangos was one of my favorite. Non-GFBF loved using frozen berries without bananas for his. It’s a super fun way to have dessert that is healthy – and not cookies or brownies. I know that the nights that we had Yonanas instead of “real dessert” we avoided treats and felt satisfied after that!

*THIS IS A SPONSORED GIVEAWAY. Dole sought me out to be a Peel the Love blogger. They provided me with a Yonanas machine, coupons, and Dole swag to give away to you guys!*

About DOLE Bananas 

DOLE is the top-selling banana in America and the world — in both conventional and organic product categories. From its founding by James Drummond Dole, the company has built its reputation on a ceaseless commitment to quality. Today, the DOLE brand stands for more than 150 years of quality produce — and the world’s largest supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables, including bananas. Dole strives to grow, produce, harvest, transport and distribute its bananas and other produce in the most environmentally and socially conscious way possible. For information, go to http://www.dole.com/Products/Fresh-Fruits/Bananas

HOW TO WIN A DOLE PEEL THE LOVE PRIZE PACK

PRIZE: 

Enter to win 1 (one) Dole prize pack – for US residents only.

A prize pack CAN include Dole banana reusable shopping bags, Dole banana coupons, Dole banana USB flash drive (no seriously), Dole banana aprons, and Dole bananas cocktail plastic cups. 1 GRAND PRIZE WINNER will win a Yonanas machine!

WINNER:

5 winners, picked randomly (via Rafflecopter) based on valid entries.

HOW IT WORKS:

Each person can be entered into this contest FOUR TIMES via Rafflecopter.

CONTEST ENDS: SUNDAY JULY 21st 2013 at midnight EST

 

WINNERS (you have 7 days to respond back to me from 7/21 or I will draw another winner)

JADE RUIZ

KELLY FOLZENLOGEL KURZHAL

LAURIE CLARK

ANGEL HULL

GRAND PRIZE: BRITTANY WOLD

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tagged: Bananas, Dole, gluten free, Peel the Love, Sponsored, Wine