RECIPE: HEALTHY BANANA BREAD WITH PEANUT & CHOCOLATE FROSTING

As you may be able to tell, breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. I am also unashamed to admit that I have a massive sweet tooth, so one of the things I try to do with my cooking is to make sweet foods, healthier.

Last week, I tried out this insane banana bread – full of all the goodness and tastes like you are eating cake!! (HELLO BREAKFAST OF DREAMS!)

Here is my recipe, give it a go & let me know what you think.

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE BREAD:

· 2-3 medium ripe bananas

· 2 medium eggs

· 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

· 2 teaspoon of cinnamon (this can be removed/reduced if you don’t like it)

· 1 teaspoon baking powder

· 170g of dark chocolate chips (these can be removed to reduce sugar content)

· 110g of melted coconut oil

· 4oz of skimmed or nut milk

· 3oz of honey

· 260g of wholemeal flour

· 1 tablespoon of Greek Yogurt

· Handful of Raspberries

· Teaspoon of flaked almonds

FOR THE ICING:

· 2x tablespoons of Pip & Nut Peanut Butter

· 1x tablespoon of Cacao Powder

· 2x tablespoons of almond milk

· 2x tablespoons of Greek Yogurt

· 1 squeeze of honey

METHOD:

· Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees (fan oven) and line your tray with either baking paper or a little coconut oil

· In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon together until it is one powder

· Once this is done, whisk the eggs, coconut oil, milk, vanilla and honey together for around 2 minutes or until it is light in colour

· Mix in the ‘flour mixture’ until you create a light texture like the below. If it is a bit stiff slowly add drops of milk or water until the mix resembles the below

· Add in the chocolate drops and any other extras such as raisins, walnuts etc

· Pour the mixture into your tray and allow to cook for 25-30mins (make sure you check it is cooked though by using a toothpick – pop it in the middle of the bread and if it is cooked it will come out clean)

· Once baked, leave to cool and make the icing mix

· To make the icing, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl until it is a light texture.

· Once the icing is set, slice up and enjoy!

· To make it even more delicious, simply add Greek yogurt, raspberries and almond flakes – BON APPETIT