Here’s my ‘free from’ healthy banana bread recipe; free from gluten, dairy, soy, nuts, eggs and sugar.
Great for snacks and suitable for healthy lunch box treats.
Nourish 101:
- Sweetened naturally with banana. No added sugar or sweeteners.
- Top 8 free; allergy friendly (gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut free and egg free)
- Great source of energy and fibre.
- Helps promote healthy digestion and support gut health.
- Rich in B vitamins, vitamins C, folate and minerals potassium, magnesium and copper.
- Nutrients to help boost your mood.
- Plant based/ Vegan. Buckwheat is also a source of plant based protein.
'Free From' Banana Bread
Here's my 'free from' healthy banana bread recipe; free from gluten, dairy, soy, nuts, eggs and sugar.Great for snacks and suitable for healthy lunch box treats.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 4 large over-ripe bananas (500g peeled) cut into pieces (+ 1 extra to decorate)
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 3/4 cup buckwheat flour*
- 3/4 cup organic desiccated coconut
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla bean powder (or good quality vanilla extract)
Instructions
- Pre-heat fan-forced oven to 180°C.
- In a blender (I use a Vitamix) or food processor blend banana and melted coconut oil until smooth (be careful not to over blend*)
- In a medium mixing bowl combine buckwheat, coconut, baking powder and vanilla. Add banana and coconut oil mixture and combine well.
- Pour batter into a lined loaf tin.
- Bake in oven for 55-60 minutes or until cooked through.
- Allow to cool on a baking before slicing.
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Notes
Serving Suggestions:
Serve warm, toasted or chilled.
Make It Personal:
To make this recipe a little extra sweeter, stir through chopped dates.
You can add chopped walnuts to the mixture.
Decorate the top of the batter with desiccated coconut or slices of banana. Recipe Tips: *Despite the name buckwheat does not contain wheat. It is a gluten free pseudocereal (cereal).
*Be careful not to over blend the banana and coconut oil as this may cause the loaf to become denser.
The riper the banana, the sweeter your bread will be.
You can add chopped walnuts to the mixture.
Decorate the top of the batter with desiccated coconut or slices of banana. Recipe Tips: *Despite the name buckwheat does not contain wheat. It is a gluten free pseudocereal (cereal).
*Be careful not to over blend the banana and coconut oil as this may cause the loaf to become denser.
The riper the banana, the sweeter your bread will be.
Easy to make. My kids don’t like coconut so I substituted the coconut for cashews, blended finely. Tastes amazing!!!
Great idea swapping out the coconut for cashews, yum! Thank you so much for sharing your positive feedback. Great to hear you and the kids enjoyed the recipe 🙂
is there another oil apart from coconut oil that i can use
Hi! You could also use extra virgin olive oil or macadamia oil 🙂