I am strange in the sense that I don’t like certain foods solely based on their texture. For example, I don’t like the texture of raw bananas, pudding, Tiramisu, warm fruit, and eggplant depending on how it is prepared, pretty much anything with that thick mucus texture grosses me out.
I try foods I don’t like every year just to see if anything has changed. I never liked peanut butter, but now I do, olives as well, and a plethora of other fine foods I will not list here. Raw bananas since birth has been on my, “not going to happen” list. It is a shame as I like the flavor of bananas and they are good for you with their high potassium level! I did discover that I like banana chips, banana bread and I can even handle some smoothies which contain bananas. This organic banana nut bread recipe happens to be my favorite way to eat bananas. :)
What You Need
2 1/2 cups organic flour, sifted
3 teaspoons organic baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup organic sugar
3/4 cup organic walnuts
1/3 cup organic butter, softened
1 organic egg
3 small organic ripe bananas, cut up
1/2 cup organic milk
What To Do
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix the flour, baking powder and sea salt in a medium bowl.
Put the walnuts in a blender or food processor and chop for 4-10 seconds. Add to the bowl with the flour and such.
Put the sugar, butter, egg, bananas and milk into a blender or food processor for 6-15 seconds. Then pour over the dry ingredients and mix.
Pour batter into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
It is great in the morning, toasted with a cup of coffee.
Enjoy.
-Cara
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May 22, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Gad
So which one is it – 350 or 250 degrees??
May 26, 2009 at 12:15 am
Cara
It’s 350 degrees…sorry about that…and thank you for catching it.
c.
November 29, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Zee
I am the same way, too, about bananas. I don’t like the texture but I really like the flavor.
I started making my own banana nut bread but would like to eventually switch to all organic ingredients. Yours looks fantastic and so soft! Thanks for sharing your recipe with us!
November 30, 2010 at 8:34 am
Cara Reynolds
Hey Zee,
That’s awesome!!! I have never met anyone with the same banana texture issue! People always give me “The Look” when I tell them why I don’t like bananas. I am not alone anymore. This is good. :]
-Cara
December 30, 2010 at 1:48 am
RaeAnn
Ooh, sounds good! I think i’ll try it when we go to the store for the ingredients, this saturday. Thank you for the recipe!
June 2, 2011 at 9:40 am
Ginger
I found this recipe looking for an organic banana bread. So glad I found you! My son doesn’t like the texture of bananas either, so I’m going to try this to see if he will eat them this way. He doesn’t much care for smoothies either and I just can’t imagine why. I usually end up drinking the entire blender full myself and I have some great smoothie recipes too. One even has peanut butter in it! Anyway, we went organic after learning my son had ADD and a learning disability. We completely cut out GMOs, preservatives, artificial colors, nitrates, and went back to whole dairy instead of low fat. I can’t wait to try this!
June 2, 2011 at 9:45 am
Ginger
Oh, and one more thing. Have you seen the 100 Days of Real Food blog? I highly recommend it if you haven’t been there. It’s not by me, but she has a lot of great recipes. http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/
June 7, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Cara Reynolds
@Ginger let me know if he likes it. I don’t like bananas much in smoothies either. I can tolerate it. I was ADD and labeled all that drama growing up as well. My mom tried tons of stuff. I think it really boils down to people like us don’t conform/learn/behave the same way the average person does, for that very reason we do not test well. We are special and meant for better things. We approach the world differently, which makes other people think we are broken, but that is not the case. We think of things the average person would never think of. My intelligence is unmeasurable! o_o
I don’t know of this blog, I will check it out.
Thanks,
Cara