Healthy Banana Bread

There was no real title for this Banana Bread... but it is considered healthy because of the substitution of oil  for sugar free applesauce and  brown sugar for honey. The texture and consistency is a little different than my usual southern liking but we made it work.











Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar free applesauce
• 3/4 cup honey
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 mashed overripe bananas

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  Instructions


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together applesauce and honey. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Lessons Learned

We used 4 bananas instead of 3 and it made the batter a thicker texture than I expected, but it came out very good and  highly moist. I would recommend following the recipe and only using 3 bananas.

Wheat Free Chicken Nuggets

These chicken nuggets have been one of the best and most successful of my cooking experience because they are the first and only that I have tried! So here we go!





Ingredients:
-1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast
[we used tenderloin, made for easier cutting]
-2 eggs
-1/2 cup ground golden flax-seeds
-1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
-1/2 teaspoon onion powder
-1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
-1/4 teaspoon sea salt
-1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions:
-Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice the chicken into 1 1/2 o 2'' pieces.
-In a small bowl, whisk the eggs and butter.
-In a shallow bowl, combine the flax-seeds, cheese, onion powder, garlic powder, sea salt, black pepper.
-Coat each piece of chicken in the egg mixture and then roll in the flax-seed mixture. Place on the baking pan.
-Bake for 20 minutes, turning once, or until no longer pink and the juices run clear. [Be careful when you turn that you don't lose the breading, as you can see in the following picture we lost some of the breading!]

Lessons Learned:
-This was an awesome recipe and very easy to make. The only problem we faced was having too much chicken and not enough breading for all of them! But we made it work!

Health:
274 calories, 22 g protein, 5 g carbs, 19 g total fat, 7 g saturated fat, 4 g fiber, 380 mg sodium