Don't throwout your brown bananas... make banana bread!! I came up with this easy peesy banana bread recipe + it's eggless and it tastes like a milkshake. YUM!
Time: 1.5 hours
Ingredients:
- 2-3 ripe bananas (overripe - even brown is best!)
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon apple sauce
- 1.5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Recipe:
- Peel the bananas and mush them in a medium bowl so there's some small chunks left.
- Add all other ingredients and stir until combined - you don't want to over-stir or it will make the bread hard.
- Pour the mixture in a loaf-pan and sprinkle with more cinnamon if desired (I did!)
- Bake on 350 for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Serve slightly toasted or as-is!
Optional: You can add chocolate chips or walnuts inside the batter for a crunchy surprise!
Tried an eggless crust! (FYI, it's fantastic).
Eggless homemade pizza!
Time: 1.5 hours
Ingredients:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 packet fast acting yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons dried oregano
- Toppings of your choice
Recipe:
- Mix all dry ingredients together for dough (including garlic powder and 2 tablespoons of the oregano).
- Slowly add warm water & 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, mix with a wooden spoon to incorporate then knead lightly with your hands (don't over-knead or it'll get hard)
- Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a dark area for 30 mins to rise
- Spread crust out onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, you will need to stretch the dough for a little bit with your hands until it stays flat.
- Poke holes in the crust with your finger tips.
- Sprinkle the top of the crust with the last tablespoon of olive oil and some additional Italian seasonings of your choice (I used the last tablespoon of oregano and another teaspoon of garlic powder because I love garlic!).
- If you have a pizza stone, put it in the oven & turn on the oven to 500 degrees. Then, carefully take it out, place the pizza (with toppings) on it & bake for ~8 mins or until done.
- If you don't have a pizza stone & are using a cookie sheet lined with foil, sprinkle a little dry flour on top of the foil (or use breadcrumbs). Bake crust alone for 15 mins on 350.
- Take crust out of the oven, add desired toppings (I used 1/2 bottle of marinara sauce + slices of fresh mozzarella cheese + torn slices of fresh basil leaves.
- Bake on 350 for ~30 mins or until cheese is melted & crust is cooked through.
- Enjoy!
GREAT for my Meatless Mondays!
Eggplant Parmesan is vegetarian, but most recipes require you to use egg to coat the eggplant before adding bread crumbs. I don't eat meat or eggs on Mondays so I thought up this recipe. Enjoy!
Time: 1.5 hours
Ingredients:
- 1 large eggplant
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 log herbed goat cheese
- About 3 tablespoons salt
- 1 bottle marinara sauce
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup olive oil or as needed to coat the pan
- 1 cup bread crumbs (you can use flavored or unflavored - I used Italian flavored). You can also sub regular bread crumbs with Panko
- 1 tablespoon crushed red peppers
- Black pepper to taste
Recipe:
- Cut the eggplant into 1/4 inch rounds - salt both sides and let them sit for 5 mins (so the salt absorbs some of the moisture, and doesn't make your eggplant brown or soggy)
- Next, coat the bottom of a non-stick skillet with olive oil, amount will vary based on how big your pan is. Get the oil to medium heat.
- Fry each eggplant round in the olive oil for about 1-2 mins on each side. You want the cooking to start, but not completely cooked through.
- While the eggplant is still hot, lay them out on a plate or napkin and drop about 1 teaspoon or 1/2 teaspoon of goat cheese on top so it can melt - then spread evenly.
- After the goat cheese is spread on one side, immediately coat with breadcrumbs.
- Turn each round over and spread the other side with goat cheese, coat it with breadcrumbs as well.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Place the coated eggplant rounds back into the skillet and fry them until they are golden brown on both sides. You may need to add more olive oil to the pan before this step.
- Lay eggplant rounds side by side into your baking pan.
- Take your 3 cloves of garlic, chop them up and add them to a sauce pan or pot with a little olive oil.
- After the garlic is golden brown, add marinara sauce, black pepper and crushed red pepper.
- Let this mixture simmer for about 10 mins then pour over your eggplant.
- Sprinkle your grated Parmesan cheese on top of this. Bake on 350 for about 15 - 20 mins or until cheese is melted.
- Serve hot & enjoy :)
Photo credits to Anand Bahadur, JR: https://www.facebook.com/abpdphotography
Another serving suggestion: If you don't have marinara sauce on hand, you can also serve the eggplant fried in goat cheese & breadcrumbs as an appetizer or snack! Just add some additional seasoning in the breadcrumb mixture (i.e. some dried oregano or basil).
Vegan. Healthy. Chocolate. Cravings. Try my No-Bake Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites!
These are sooo delicious and a healthier way to snack! They look/taste just like cookie dough! I experimented with a bunch of ways to do raw cookie dough bites and I think this is my fave variation.
Time: 15 - 20 mins
Ingredients:
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup rice flour
- 2 tbsp melted honey
- 1 tbsp water
- 1/4 cup shredded coconut flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Ground cinnamon to taste
- Pinch of sea salt
Recipe:
- Pulse oats & flour in a food processor until oats are ground
- In a medium bowl, combine flour mixture, melted honey, water, shredded coconut, salt, cinnamon & vanilla
- Mix until dough forms
- Roll mixture into 1" balls
- Press chocolate chips in
- Sprinkle sea salt (optional)
- Enjoy!
