Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

This is healthy and yummy!

5 ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup Agave Nectar, or Sucanat, or Rapadura sugar, or Honey
3/4 cup ground flaxseed
1/4 cup milk (skim, soy, rice or almond)
1/4 cup fat free, plain greek yogurt or fat free cottage cheese
2 egg whites
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray entire 9x5" loaf pan or muffin pan with cooking spray

2. In medium bowl, mash bananas. Add sweetener, flaxseed, milk, yogurt (or cottage cheese) and egg whites. Mix until well blended. In a smaller bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the banana mixture until mositened. Spoon into muffin pan or loaf pan.

3. For muffins - bake 20 minutes at 350. For loaf pan, bake 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350. (toothpick inserted into the crown will come out clean)

Makes 12 servings/12 muffins
Nutrition per serving:
Calories: 193; Total fat: 3g; Carbs: 39g; Fiber: 6g; Sugars 18g; Protein: 6g; 0 Saturated, 0 Trans fats.

March 18 - I hear the birds again today.....

We sing because we're happy.
We sing because we're free.
Our eyes, we always see.
Our song - is a life of being free.

We want you to know, our song is for you.
To inspire and lift you to see,
That freedom and happiness is yours every day too,
If you are willing - it can be.

March 9th - The birds continue to inspire me.....

March rain - cold, wet.
The birds are back,
They don't mind getting wet.

They gather in bunches, we hear their call.
Their spirits are talking - joy, joy is for all.
Sing, sing let your spirit soar.
Open your hearts and there will be more.

The ground is thawing, the bulbs are sprouting.
For us a reminder - relax, remember - we too are growing.