Healthy Banana Bread

heart healthy, high fibre, vegetarian

Serves 10

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup wholemeal flour
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • Pinch of salt

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C or 140°C fan-forced. Grease and line loaf pan with baking paper.
  2. Mash bananas in a large bowl with a fork until smooth.
  3. Add eggs, oil, milk and vanilla and stir until combined. Sift flours, cinnamon, baking powder, bicarbonate and salt over banana mixture (tip in the flour kernels). Stir until combined.
  4. Spoon into prepared pan and level top with a spatula.
  5. Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean.
  6. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  7. Serve.

Nutrition Information per serve

  • Energy: 191 Cal
  • Protein: 3.6g
  • Fat: 10.1g
  • Saturated fat: 1.6g
  • Carbohydrates: 20.3g
  • Sodium: 155mg