For the first 20 days of October I’ve been running a daily caloric deficit of 815 calories eating 100% vegan. It hasn’t been terribly difficult due to 2 products I’ve started that COMPLETELY kill my appetite.
Today after seeing brown bananas in the kitchen I decided I wanted banana bread. Because I am a man and not a child instead of asking Kim to make some, I did some research and found a great recipe. But because I’m a man I re-did the recipe – hahah!! Actually I did some things differently because I didn’t want all the sugar the recipe called for (click the image below for the recipe). The brand of Vegan shake that we love tastes pretty sweet so I added a scoop of that to the recipe to bump up the protein and for the sweetness.
It turned out AWESOME!!!
MY VERSION
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Preheat the oven to 350°.
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Lightly oil a 9-inch loaf pan and arrange a strip of parchment paper width-wise along the center, with just a bit hanging out over each side.
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Peel 3 bananas and place them into a large mixing bowl. Mash them well with a fork or potato masher.
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Add 1 scoop of Vegan Protein, ⅓ cup cup coconut oil, and 2 tbs vanilla extract to the bowl. Stir until well-mixed.
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Add 2 cups all purpose flour to the bowl, then sprinkle 1 tbs each of baking soda, cinnamon and salt on top of the flour.
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Stir everything together just until mixed. Don’t overmix. The batter will be thick.
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Fold in 1 cup walnuts.
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Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out the top with the back of a spoon.
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Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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Remove the pan from the oven and transfer it to a cooling rack. Allow the loaf to cool for at least 15 minutes before removing it from the pan.
Calories
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880 calories flour
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160 calories ID Life Vegan Shake
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530 calories walnuts
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620 calories coconut oil
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315 calories bananas
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Total calories – 2,505
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8 slices – 313 calories per slice
If you try let me know what you think below!
