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Good Morning, Friends!

Ever notice how when you start with a healthy breakfast, you are more inclined to make healthy choices throughout the rest of the day? It’s true! Make sure to start your healthy week off on the right foot with a nutritious breakfast. And to nudge you in the right direction, I have a great recipe for you this morning — perfect for on-the-go breakfasts, snacks or crumbled into oatmeal or yogurt for a larger meal — Heart Healthy Banana Bread (or muffins!)

You’ll need:

• 2 ½ cups of your favorite heart-healthy cereal (i.e. Cheerios, Kashi Heart to Heart, etc.) crushed
• 1 ¼ cups whole wheat pastry flour
• ½ cup organic sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 medium bananas)
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk (or soy milk)
• 2 egg whites (or equivalent egg substitute)
• ⅓ cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

First preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Next, combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the bananas and remaining ingredients. Add the liquid mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Spoon batter into greased loaf pan or muffin tins.

Bake until inserted toothpick comes out clean. About 20 minutes for muffins, 40 minutes for a loaf.. Let cool and serve warm or at room temperature.

Fun plates are always a nice touch

ENJOY!

Feel free to add some yummy mix-ins! Chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, raisins and walnuts would all work well! And of course this would be quite delish spread with a good helping of PB!

What are your favorite muffin/bread mix-ins?

11 Responses to “Make it – Heart Healthy Banana Bread (or muffins!)”

1. Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg said:

   Yum! Great idea adding cereal!

   Posted on May 17, 2010 at 9:04 am | Reply
2. Sagan said:

   Mmmm I loooooove banana bread. Does the cereal make it crunchy? Neat idea!

   Posted on May 17, 2010 at 9:09 am | Reply
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4. Jessica said:

   Fantastic bread recipe! I made some 2 weeks ago, it was great. Banana bread is SO tasty, and it’s great when it’s good for us!

   Posted on May 17, 2010 at 9:32 am | Reply
5. Evelyn @ cheers2healthy said:

   That looks delicious!!

   Posted on May 17, 2010 at 11:02 am | Reply
6. Laura @ Backstage Pass to Health & Happiness said:

   This looks delectable – I love, love, LOVE banana-type breads and am going to have to try out this recipe!

   Posted on May 17, 2010 at 11:11 am | Reply
7. Lindsay @ The Ketchup Diaries said:

   Well, this sounds totally tasty! I am OBSESSED with banana bread! Definitely cannot turn it down when offered a slice. Thanks for sharing your recipe!

   Posted on May 17, 2010 at 11:49 am | Reply
8. Jill E. said:

   this looks so good especially since i have some bananas that would be perfect for this.

   Posted on May 17, 2010 at 5:22 pm | Reply
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10. Lexie said:

    I’m dying for banana bread right now. I have to try this.

    Posted on May 19, 2010 at 11:52 am | Reply
11. Habs Fan said:

    This Banana Bread is great! I was skeptical at first but it turned out to be very good. Thanks for the tip!

    Posted on January 29, 2012 at 3:09 pm | Reply