Saturday, 8 June 2013

Healthier Banana Bread

So if you're anything like me, you love food, and you love eating all different types of food, you're not a food snob, you'll eat take out and junkfood as quickly as you'll eat braised short rib bon bon, Boxti potato, young cavelo nero and creamed cauliflower, or a beanie burger and a house salad. I love all foods. ALL FOODS. But here's the thing, I'm in my 30's now and I'm trying to eat healthier, drink more water, even exercising. So I've taken a few of my favourite recipies and made them healthier, they're still not healthy as they could be, I have the sweet tooth of a pre diabetic. 

Here is my  Healthier Banana Bread: 



Healthier Banana Bread

3              over ripe bananas                   1/4 tsp / 0.65g coriander/cardamon
2              medium sized apples               1/4 tsp / 1.25g salt
1/4c / 50g brown sugar                           2 tsp / 5g        cinnamon
2              eggs                                     1.5 tsp / 6.5g   baking soda
2 tsp         vanilla                                   3 tsp / 11.25g  baking powder
1 c /100g   all purpose flour/plain flour      1 c / 90g          rye flour
1 c  / 150g blueberries/raisins/nuts/dried cherries

Peel, remove the core, chop up the apples into little cubes. Throw into a small saucepan with some water, bring to a boil and simmer until you have unsweetened apple sauce. Chop and mash the bananas and add in the brown sugar. Once apple sauce is cooled, add to the mashed bananas, then add in vanilla, salt, cinnamon, and coriander. Blend in eggs and mix well. Add in the plain flour and rye flour, add the baking soda and baking powder, finally mix in the raisins/blueberries or nuts. Line the bread tin with wax paper, and pour into tin. Bake in preheated oven 175 C/Gas 4/350 F for 55 - 60 min or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. 

I then spoiled myself, sliced off a warm piece of banana bread and buttered it. Was delicious. Oh now I want to go and bake brownie cupcakes.....