Each week a popular grocery delivery service that many of the residents in my building use drops off a banana bread to the office. The banana bread, loaded with fat and sugar, is eaten by my office staff as I "tsk, tsk" them, all the while battling my inner fat-girl that really, really, REALLY wants a piece.
Will power has prevailed but I have been feeling my weakness increase each week. With today being Monday, knowing that a fresh, soft, banana bread loaf is on the truck ready to be delivered to the KP office, I knew I had to do something.
Lo and behold; Healthy Banana Bread.
Take that inner fat-girl! Win for skinny Lex.
Ignore the disgusting looking loaf pan.
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Preheat oven to 325.
Ingredients:
1/3 cup of applesauce
1/2 cup of organic honey
1 egg
3 egg whites
1 tbs of olive oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup mashed bananas
1 and 3/4 cup of whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup of hot water
1/2 cup of walnuts (optional)
1 scoop of 20g vanilla protein powder (optional-will make a more dense bread)
3 heaping tbs of psyllium husk (optional)
Directions:
In a large bowl, beat oil and honey together. Add eggs, egg whites, vanilla, and olive oil and mix well. Stir in mashed bananas (I put them in my blender to mash and the consistence was perfect) and vanilla. Stir in flour, salt, protein powder, and psyllium husk. Add the baking soda to hot water and stir to mix. Add to batter. Blend in chopped nuts.
Pour batter into a well greased (I used olive oil spray) 9x5 loaf pan.
Bake in 325 oven for about 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 1/2 hour before slicing (I did not follow this step as I wanted a piece RIGHT AWAY, which did not harm my bread).
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7 years ago
This just in, the people in my office loved it! Yay!
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