Paleo Banana Bread

Paleo Banana Bread

I whipped this up today when I got home from work- I had a bushel of over-ripped bananas that were asking to become delicious bread!

I had some leftover mixed nuts (almonds, pecans and walnuts) for store bought oatmeals (that I did not eat, mind you!)

This bread was very moist and delicious! a good way to start the weekend!






Paleo Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 3 ripe bananas mashed
• 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/3 cup coconut milk (I used Coconut Dream brand unsweetened- but any alternative milk will do!)
• 2 cups almond flour
• 1 cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• dash of salt
• 1/4 cup coconut palm sugar
• 1 tblsp honey
• approx 1/3 cup of mixed nuts (your preference)

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350f
• mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add melted coconut oil to mixture and lightly mix (adding to dry will prevent the hot oil from scrabbling the eggs!)
• In a separate bowl: mash bananas. Add eggs and whisk in vanilla, coconut milk and honey.
• fold in half of the mixed nuts
• grease a loaf pan with coconut oil and add batter
• sprinkle rest of nut mixture
• bake at 350f for 45 min or until fully cooked

Paleo Pancakes- oh my!

 Paleo Pancakes

I've tried out a few renditions of paleo pancakes over the years- including almond flour, coconut flour concoctions which seemed to have many ingredients. Sometimes, they would turn out wonderfully- sometimes they flipped- then flopped.

I played around with ingredients and it didn't get very far- especially in the morning.

Instead I found a simplistic approach from a friend:
1 egg + 1 mashed up banana = pancake.
Glorious.

Except mine fell apart. It tastes like banana scrabbie eggs.

HOWEVER: do not fret! All we needed to do was modify it a touch- it certainly has less ingredients than the almond flour pancakes AND they flipped perfectly! YES!

Paleo Pancakes

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 mashed up banana
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• handful of fresh blueberries (if you only have frozen- do not despair! I made a sauce to top it off)

Optional Blueberry Topping

• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 tsp honey
• dash of cinnamon

Mix together and warm either in microwave or over low heat on stove.