What a fabulous day! Aside from the crap weather, it was super great! I had a good day at the job, great lunch break, went to shooting range with the hubster and shot our 9mm Ruger for the first time, and got my ass handed to me in an hour circuit workout with Ben and then another 50 minutes of Spin with one of my favorite instructors, Rev. Bobby.
Another great thing is that my CLEAN Banana Bread with almond butter was a big hit! I wish I would have doubled the recipe.
I doctored this one a little bit because I like a heartier bread and I didn't want to use granulated sugar or brown sugar. Here's the recipe and how I doctored it:
Ingredients
- 4 Over Ripe Bananas
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar, Packed (I used 1/3 cup agave nectar and 1/4 cup molasses instead!)
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
4 egg whites, beaten until fluffy
1/2 cup Almond Milk
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (I went a little heavier on the vanilla... didn't measure it!)
1/3 Cup Applesauce (UNsweetened!)
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
Cinnamon (to taste)
Ground Flax (to taste) (I ended up with about 1/4 cup, and I also added about 1/3 cup of steel cut oats)
Directions
1) Prep 9x5 loaf pan by spraying with cooking spray and coating in flour (not included in recipe). Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Place bananas, milk, applesauce, and vanilla in a bowl. Mash bananas with fork and mix with milk making sure to leave chunks.
3) Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly in separate bowl.
4) In separate bowl, beat egg whites until fluffy.
5) Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until smooth. Fold in eggs.
6) Pour into loaf pan. Place in oven and bake for 55 minutes.
Serving Size: Makes 12 Slices
Number of Servings: 12
2) Place bananas, milk, applesauce, and vanilla in a bowl. Mash bananas with fork and mix with milk making sure to leave chunks.
3) Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly in separate bowl.
4) In separate bowl, beat egg whites until fluffy.
5) Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until smooth. Fold in eggs.
6) Pour into loaf pan. Place in oven and bake for 55 minutes.
Serving Size: Makes 12 Slices
Number of Servings: 12
So, I shared my delicious and clean recipe with my friends at the Studio tonight, and brought some organic almond butter (nothing but roasted almonds in this stuff!) - and it was delicious!
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did. It's definitely getting put into rotation. Clean eating - who knew it could be SO YUMMY!
Until next time,
<3 Jen
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