Made with ample bananas, whole wheat flour, brown sugar & a flax egg, this vegan banana bread recipe is a great way to use up a few ripe peaches that you have on hand! Summertime is my favorite time for peak season produce - especially the fruit. From watermelon and peaches to strawberries and blueberries, I adore summer fruit! Sometimes I feel like my peaches feel not quite ripe enough for forever, and then all of a sudden they're soft and super sweet smelling.. and about a day away from being overripe! These are the perfect instances to bake with peaches. In fact, this recipe was born out of me having a couple of ripe peaches on hand. I realized that on my long list of recipe ideas to test, peach banana bread had been on the list since last summer. A few banana bread experiments ... [Read More]
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Healthy Strawberry Oat Banana Bread {vegan + gluten free}
This seriously moist & delicious banana bread features fresh strawberries & an oat flour! After I went strawberry picking a couple weeks ago, I had all of these strawberry recipe ideas swirling around in my head. And so, today we're talking about strawberry recipe #2 of this season! {Recipe #1 was these dairy free baked strawberry donuts with strawberry cream cheese frosting.} Since we had picked a big bucket of berries, I thought that they'd be around for awhile, and that I'd get to test out at least a couple of recipes. But that was not the case! Less than a week after my husband and I went strawberry picking, we had eaten the entire bucket. What can I say, we both are big strawberry fans (I mean who doesn't like strawberries?!). Luckily, I did have the chance to ... [Read More]
Brownie Batter Almond Butter Banana Bread {vegan}
Here's a fun tidbit: February is National Chocolate Lovers' Month. There are so many days and months out of the year declared food holidays - but I'm not complaining, I kind of like celebrating the randomness. The other day, I decided to start checking out the food holidays of February. Besides the entire month being declared a chocolate lovers' celebration, we also just passed National Carrot Cake Day and National Homemade Soup Day last weekend. And then there's National Fettuccine Alfredo Day on the 7th, National Drink Wine Day on the 18th, and National Chocolate Mint Day on the 19th.... and those are just the holidays that I can really get behind, I'm leaving out the ones that didn't appeal to me! Chocolate is certainly worth celebrating, don't you agree? Someone asked ... [Read More]
Apple Pie Banana Bread {vegan + gf}
Hello, hello! Today I have what's quickly becoming a new favorite recipe of mine to share with you guys, so let's dive right into it! Banana bread is one of my favorite ways to use ripe bananas, and I'm sure a lot of you would agree with me on that! There's just something so comforting and yummy about a banana bread fresh out of the oven. I like to eat a slice with a cup of hot tea. Today's recipe takes a twist on banana bread - a cinnamon apple twist, because hello October! This is my last recipe creation using the fruit from my apple picking excursion in Julian. There's been lots of apple eating and baking in my kitchen over the past month! ... [Read More]
Cinnamon Brown Sugar Banana Bread Cookies {vegan}
Earlier this week I deemed my hubby and me to be Mr. and Mrs. "Cookie Monster" Crane after we ate an entire batch of these cinnamon brown sugar chocolate chip banana bread cookies in just a couple of days. We both dig banana bread, which is why I make it at least once every few months. But last Saturday, when I was in full kitchen experimentation mode, I decided to get a little creative and make banana bread cookies instead of a regular old banana bread loaf. I decided to play around with using brown sugar as the primary sweetener, and then I went heavy duty on the cinnamon (which is partly the reason for the cookies' dark color) because yummmm, it's my favorite thing to sprinkle on top of nearly everything I eat. I thought about excluding chocolate chips, but then I thought, ... [Read More]
Pumpkin Pecan Banana Bread
Earlier today, my father-in-law flew into San Diego to visit my hubby and me for a long weekend. Whenever loved ones come into town, I have a fun time making goodies in the kitchen. My signature drink to make when I have guests is sangria, while I like to mix up my homemade meals and treats. Last night, this is what I whipped up in preparation for his arrival: Holy pumpkin, this bread is delicious! I've adapted this vegan recipe from the Skinny Bitch cookbook, and it comes up insanely moist and delicious. Pumpkin Pecan Banana Bread Makes 10 servings Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour (I usually do 1 cup of whole wheat flour, 1 cup of white) 1 large ripe banana, mashed 1 1/2 c pure pumpkin 1/2 c canola oil 1/2 c almond milk 1 c evaporated cane ... [Read More]