Saturday.

Saturday is actually my Monday,  I go to work at 4:00pm. I usually wake up early so I just have a really low key day and most Saturdays I spend the day cooking. This past Saturday I made "healthy" banana bread and some chicken fajitas. I thought I'd share this my banana bread adventure with you all and if you want my chicken fajita recipe then you can find it on my recipes tab.

Now let me start off with this. I'm not a baker. I can cook but I usually ALWAYS mess up whatever i'm baking. Even if I follow the recipe to a T. I'm not sure what goes on but the stars just don't line up when it comes time for me to bake. BUT I was able to pull this bread off. So its easy peasy.

I found a recipe on pinterest for healthy banana bread and the only unusual ingredient was whole wheat flour. I don't like recipes where I have to buy a ton of random ingredients and then the entire dish ends up costing a great deal of money. Aggravation! So this was a very simple recipe and it turned out good. It definitely isn't as good as regular banana bread but its a good healthier alternative. Your gonna need these guys:

It would help if your bananas are a little more brown but ehh... I didn't care to wait for that. That cup of applesauce is sugar free. Preheat your oven to 350 and grease a loaf pan.

Start "smooshing" your bananas, its kinda fun. My mom gave me that weird kitchen utensil and it worked out perfect! Smashing with a fork would work just fine as well.

Mix together 2 cups of whole wheat flour, 1tsp. baking soda and 1/4tsp. salt. The whole wheat flour made me feel so healthy and kind of like a hippie. 

Mix together 1/2 cup of sugar free applesauce with 3/4 cup of honey. 

Then add 2 eggs to your banana mixture and combine it really well and then add to your applesauce honey mixture.. looks pretty gross! We gotta think long term here now..

Now this wasn't part of the original recipe but roughly chop some walnuts to throw in the mix, just eyeball it, however much you like if you choose to use them. I also added a little bit of cinnamon. That wasn't in the original recipe either. I am a rebel.

Dump it into your loaf pan and bake around an hour. Take a toothpick to check and if it comes out clean then your ready!

and VOILA! Healthy Wheat Banana Bread!

Ingredients:

2 C. Whole Wheat Flour

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1/4 tsp. Salt

3 Overly Ripe Bananas

2 Eggs

1/2 C. Sugar Free Applesauce

3/4 C. Honey

*2 tsp. Cinnamon

*1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped Walnuts

-Preheat oven to 350 and Grease a loaf pan

-Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a seperate bowl smash your bananas up and then add eggs and combine. Stir in honey and applesauce. *If you want add your cinnomon and walnuts here as well.

Once all of that is combined really well pour batter into your dry ingredients and stir until everything is combined. Pour into your loaf pan and bake for an hour. About 50 minutes into your baking time start checking with a toothpick, once the toothpick comes out clean your finished!