Wednesday, April 10th, 2013:
Hello Peeps!!!
Today’s foodie is a banana bread wanna-be. It is not calorie light, but it is flour free!!! Not only is it flour free, but its full of good stuff! I have made banana bread for the family I work for, many times. Every single time I want just a little slice, but can’t. The other day I was looking for recipes for bread without flour because I was going to make a stock of soup for my planned meals. I did find a recipe for one, but on top of that I also found a recipe for banana bread!
I was very optimistic about this recipe. I am no longer that pessimist that looks at at recipe and thinks “well it has no butter, no flour, no yolks, it just can’t be good”. I have become pretty open-minded about healthy recipes. So I was very excited to create this one.
Now the only change I made to this recipe was the rolled oats ingredient and the stevia. I didn’t have any rolled oats at hand. I actually had packed just my quick oats and oat flour, but not my old fashioned rolled oats. (yes…yes…i have all three of those). So instead of using the old fashioned oats I used the quick oats. Same amount and everything. I allso didn’t want to put in a ½ cup of stevia so just added 5 packets of organic stevia sweetener. For me that was enough.
This recipe is SO SIMPLE!!! First you slice all your bananas and strawberries. Spray a pan wilt non-stick EVOO and line half of your sliced bananas on the bottom. Then I went ahead and mixed my dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet in another. Then mix both mixtures together making sure all ingredients mix well. Then pour the mixture on top of your lined bananas then on top put the strawberries and remaining bananas.

Didn’t take pictures before I got to this step Sorries. But this is kinda what it looks before you are done. lol
Now the recipe uses a cake pan, but I didn’t have one so I just used a loaf pan. Which still worked out. The whole nutritional thing is done for 4 servings per batch, but honestly they are huge. You could probably make 8 servings out of the batch. Which would half the calorie serving. They are also super heavy and full of protein so you can just make it into a nice after work-out snack. I love that it kept me nice and full.
Give it a shot! It honestly is delish! I mean to my taste buds anyways. Hehehe.! Have some fun baking. 😀 It is a great way to introduce people to healthier desserts as well. Take it to your next potluck.
xoxo,
Bianca
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Recipe for Protein Banana Bread (Based off Strawberry-Banana Oatmeal Protein Bake by bodybuilding.com)
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of quick cook rolled oats
- 4 scoops of vanilla whey protein powder
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 5 packets of O Organics Stevia Sweetener
- 4 egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 4 oz unsweetened applesauce
- 2 bananas (sliced fairly thin)
- 4 large strawberries (sliced fairly thin)
- Almond Slices (optional)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick EVOO spray and line with half of the bananas.
3. In a bowl mix together dry ingredients.
4. In another bowl mix the wet ingredients.
5. Mix the ingredients together, making sure there are no dry patches.
6. Pour mixture on top of the sliced bananas.
7. On top of the mixture line the strawberries and bananas.
8. Sprinkle some sliced almonds on top. (This is optional)
9. Bake for 50 – 55 minutes until top is golden brown or until a knife comes out clean.
The nutritional information can be found on bodybuilding.com. I did not adjust mine to my changes so won’t list them here.