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.

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