http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/ sNews CMS banana bread recipe from the Green Godess. This is a very moist cake, filling but healthy as well as balanced with all the good fats (Omega 3s), great source of protein from the chickpeas and no insulin load as agave does not have the same effect on insulin levels. This recipe is also diabetic friendly.

For This low carb, low glycemic and protein rich banana nut bread you will need

2/3 cup of Agave Syrup
1/2 cup of olive oil
2 large eggs
2 large bananas or 3 medium bananas (mash by hand if doing the mixture by hand otherwise can be directly placed in the food processor) + 1 chopped for topping to be added after processing the mixture
1 3/4 cup of chickpea flour
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 cup of chopped walnuts

Pre-heat oven to 180 celsius (350 Fahrenheit right about).

Mix all the wet ingredients either by hand or use the plastic S-blade for the food processor: Agave syrup, olive oil, eggs, mashed bananas or can be placed whole if using food processor.

Pulse it so as not to have the mixture too liquified. Once they have mixed well add the dry ingredients: Chickpea flour, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon, and vanilla. Process on slow speed until thick and well mixed.

Pour into a rectangular deep dish baking pan 9 inch length, 4 inch width and 2.5 depth (I used a silicone one lined with non-stick baking sheet). Add the walnuts and chopped bananas.

Bake until golden and run a toothpick through to test usually between 35-45 minutes. Sometimes, I bake for less time to have a more pudding effect.

Try this topped with any nut butter (great with almond, hazelnut and cashew butter) for breakfast YUMMY! A great way to start your day :)

Enjoy!

Maybe a note on the benefits of low glycemic banana bread and food in general. Food with low glycemic index will release glucose into your blood more slowly and steadily. If something has high glycemic index your blood glucose levels will rise very fast. This is OK after endurance exercise or for a person with diabetes experiencing hypoglycemia but otherwise - low glycemic food is better, healthier and such diet can also prevent diabetes. So this low carb, low glycemic and protein rich banana nut bread is a great way to improve your diet. Again thanks to Green Goddess for this recipe.
]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 00:30:50 +0000 http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/low-carb-low-glycemic-and-protein-rich-banana-nut-bread/ http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/low-carb-low-glycemic-and-protein-rich-banana-nut-bread/ blueberry banana bread recipe we will be adding - you guessed it - blueberries. We just tried this recipe a few days ago and the bread turned out great!

For This Blueberry Banana Bread Recipe You Will Need:

- 4-5 mashed ripe bananas
- 1 cup sugar (you can use less)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup shortening or vegetable oil
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 1 cup blueberries


1. First we need to preheat oven to 350 F (180C) and grease our loaf pan.

2. The process of making banana bread in this blueberry banana bread recipe is the same as with other recipes. You need a large bowl to mix sugar, shortening (or oil), and eggs. When they are mixed add mashed bananas and mix some more. Now it's time to add the dry ingredients. We gently mix in all the flour, salt, vanilla sugar and baking powder. Keep mixing until we get a fairly smooth and even mixture.

3. Now comes the blueberry part. Make sure your blueberries are washed and without any leaves and stuff like that. Now just gently mix them into the banana bread batter and you are done.

4. Pour the blueberry banana bread batter into the loaf pan and put the pan into the oven. It takes about an hour for banana bread to be baked. How do you know it's done? Stick a toothpick in the bread and if it comes out clean you are ready to eat. As soon as the bread cools down of course.

You can try a number of other fruits instead of blueberries. Try replacing blueberries in this recipe with blackberries, strawberries (cut them in smaller pieces) and even other fruits like peaches, apples, pineapple and others. Don't be afraid to try!

]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:31:44 +0000 http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/blueberry-banana-bread-recipe/ http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/blueberry-banana-bread-recipe/ moist banana bread recipe will make your banana bread nice, moist and delicious. Banana bread never gets dry as some other breads and cakes do. If you are making it the first time you might think that you need to bake it more, but that is not necessary.

For This Moist Banana Bread Recipe You Will Need:

- 4-5 mashed bananas (use ripe ones)
- 1 cup sugar (you can use less)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup shortening or vegetable oil
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup nuts (this is just an option, you can also add cinnamon or something else)


1. Preheat oven to 350 F (180C) and grease your loaf pan.

2. Take a large bowl and add sugar, shortening (or oil), and eggs. Mix for a while and then add mashed bananas and mix some more. OK, now add all the dry ingredients - flour, salt, vanilla, baking powder and baking soda and mix some more. You should get a nice and very thick batter. This is also the time to mix in the nuts of you want them.

3. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for around one hour. When you stick a toothpick in your banana bread and it comes out clean, you are finished. Leave it to cool for a few minutes and - eat! :)

If you want this moist banana bread recipe even moister, add more bananas. ]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:02:52 +0000 http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/moist-banana-bread-recipe/ http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/moist-banana-bread-recipe/ healthy banana bread recipe :)? Ugh.. We removed some of the sugar, we replaced half flour with whole wheat flour and we erased butter from the list of ingredients. This makes this recipe low sugar and low fat banana bread recipe. And believe us, it still tastes great!

For This Banana Bread Recipe You Will Need:

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar (or you can also use honey, check out the honey banana bread recipe)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg
1 1/2 cup mashed bananas (4-5 bananas)

1. Mash the bananas and beat the egg. Now mix them both together with sugar (or honey), salt and cinnamon.

2. Now take a large bowl and mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda and the mess you made in step one (just kidding about the mess :) ).

3. Stir and you are done. Now all there is left to do is pour the batter into the bread pan and bake at 350F (180C) for 50 minutes. You can test the bread by sticking a knife into the loaf and if it comes out clean it is finished.

So if you are going to eat a lot of banana bread (we sure will), try and use this Healthy Banana Bread Recipe. Enjoy!

]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:46:29 +0000 http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/healthy-banana-bread-recipe/ http://www.banana-bread-recipe.com/recipes/healthy-banana-bread-recipe/ The Big Banana Bread Recipe. We just want to show you you can play around, add a little bit more of this and a little bit more of that, it's simple. And delicious of course :)

For this Big banana bread recipe you will need:

1 cup melted butter
2-1/2 cups flour
7 large mashed bananas (use ripe ones)
2 cups sugar (you can go easy on the sugar if you want your banana bread to be less sweet or if you are used to less sweet food. Check out the low sugar banana bread recipe)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda


1. Now lets get to work! First we need to turn on the oven and set it to 350F (180C).

2. Mash the bananas with a fork or with stick blender. Beat the eggs, but go easy on them :). Now mix sugar and butter, then add bananas, eggs and vanilla.

3. Mix in all the flour and baking soda and still until the mix is nice and even. Pour the batter into the bread pan and bake for like 60 minutes.

4. Let the bread cool down for a couple of minutes before you take it out of the pan.

5. What? Eat it already :) !

Big banana bread recipe for big banana bread lovers!
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