Clean Eating Banana Bread

Who doesn't love banana bread? I know that everytime I look over at the fruit bowl on my kitchen table and see the bananas getting a little brown I get excited that I can finally make another batch of banana bread. Is that weird? I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks like this. I mean banana bread is amazing and tasty and it's hard to mess up.

For years I have been making the traditional Southern Living Banana Bread recipe that I found in my mom's cookbook in high school. I have been experimenting with recipes to make it lower calorie and cleaner. I have finally found a recipe that tastes so good it tricked everyone who tried it. There's no sugar, no oil, and no guilt. This recipe is a little similar to my pumpkin spice bread recipe but even cleaner.

Please pardon my chipped nail polish I skipped doing my nails this weekend because I'm getting my nails done before Thanksgiving.

Ingredients

3 large bananas

2 egg whites

2 tbsp Light butter spread (I use Brummel and Brown with Yogurt)

3 tbsp honey 

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour 

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

Pinch of salt 

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Put the bananas and the other wet ingredients in a bowl and mash until smooth.

In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients. 

Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and stir until all mixed together. 

Pour into the loaf pan or muffin tin and cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. 

It comes out this gorgeous light golden color. 

Okay, well now this has made me hungry. I'm off to go toast up a slice and spread on some Laughing Cow Cinnamon Cream Cheese. Oh. My. Gosh. sooo good! 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 Slice (Loaf makes 10 slices)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 135 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 3.0g 5%

Trans Fat 0.0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 79mg 3%

Potassium 267mg 8%

Total Carbohydrates 24.9g 8%

Dietary Fiber 1.8g 7%

Sugars 10.2g

Protein 3.2g

Vitamin A 2% • Vitamin C 6% Calcium 4% • Iron 5%

Nutrition Grade C+

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet