Vegan Recipe - Banana Bread
For the first 20 days of October I’ve been running a daily caloric deficit of 815 calories eating 100% vegan. It hasn’t been terribly difficult due to 2 products I’ve started that COMPLETELY kill my appetite.
Today after seeing brown bananas in the kitchen I decided I wanted banana bread. Because I am a man and not a child instead of asking Kim to make some, I did some research and found a great recipe. But because I’m a man I re-did the recipe - hahah!! Actually I did some things differently because I didn’t want all the sugar the recipe called for (click the image below for the recipe). The brand of Vegan shake that we love tastes pretty sweet so I added a scoop of that to the recipe to bump up the protein and for the sweetness.
It turned out AWESOME!!!
MY VERSION
Preheat the oven to 350°.
Lightly oil a 9-inch loaf pan and arrange a strip of parchment paper width-wise along the center, with just a bit hanging out over each side.
Peel 3 bananas and place them into a large mixing bowl. Mash them well with a fork or potato masher.
Add 1 scoop of Vegan Protein, ⅓ cup cup coconut oil, and 2 tbs vanilla extract to the bowl. Stir until well-mixed.
Add 2 cups all purpose flour to the bowl, then sprinkle 1 tbs each of baking soda, cinnamon and salt on top of the flour.
Stir everything together just until mixed. Don't overmix. The batter will be thick.
Fold in 1 cup walnuts.
Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out the top with the back of a spoon.
Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove the pan from the oven and transfer it to a cooling rack. Allow the loaf to cool for at least 15 minutes before removing it from the pan.
Calories
880 calories flour
160 calories ID Life Vegan Shake
530 calories walnuts
620 calories coconut oil
315 calories bananas
Total calories - 2,505
8 slices - 313 calories per slice
If you try let me know what you think below!
Click the image for the recipe
