Happy New Year! I hope you all had an amazing holiday season with good food and company. While I always enjoy the festive holidays, I love getting back into a healthy routine. A healthy routine starts with a healthy breakfast. I love having oats for…
I love a good simple and refreshing salad during the hot summer months. Who wants to turn on the oven in 30 + degrees, not me. I love this watermelon and cumber salad, its so refreshing, so so easy to make and tastes amazing. This…
School lunches bring a whole lot of stress to parents. Never mind healthy school snacks in addition to hand sanitizer and masks. If you are looking for a healthy snack that will have you on the best parent club, look no further my friends. We have the best banana bread that I have ever made. Trust me, your kids are going to love this. With school back in, I am always looking for healthy homemade snacks to add to the girls lunches. This banana bread with toasted coconut is delicious, easy to make, and it makes a perfect healthy school snack.
I think everyone needs a good banana bread recipe in their repertiore. My first recipe that I baked was my mom’s banana bread. While my mom’s banana bread is delicious, it does contain more sugar than I like. (sorry mom) The dietitian mom in me is always looking for a way to make things healthier. Sometimes they are a big flop but other times they are a win just like this banana bread with toasted coconut. I ended up reducing the sugar in this recipes, chopped up coconut flakes, added hemp hearts and replaced half the flour with wholewheat flour. The taste is not compromised and no one noticed the extra fibre from the hemp hearts.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk flours, hemp hearts, 3/4 of coconut, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer and beat coconut oil and sugar on medium speed until fluffy. Add one egg at a time and beat well. Scrap down sides of the bowl. Add the bananas, and vanilla and beat well again. Add flour mixture and beat until combined. About 1 minute, scrap down sides of bowl as needed. Fold in chocolate chips.
Scrap batter into oaf pan and sprinkle with remianing coconut flakes.
Bake for 30- 40 minutes until golden brown and insert tooth pick in middle and comes out clean Let loaf cool before cutting.
Enjoy!
Congratulations. Pregnancy is an exciting time, creating life and watching your baby grow is truly amazing. If this is your first pregnancy you probably have a lot of questions about what to eat. Everyone has an opinion on what you should and shouldn’t eat. It…
Summer has finally arrived on the West Coast, its amazing. I love waking up in the early mornings to a bright beautiful blue sky. I love love love summer. Being a foodie it’s no surprise that I am loving summer’s bounty of fresh fruits and…
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