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We’re back with another recipe that doesn’t have any sugar, oil, or butter!!
And better yet, this time we’re sneaking in some SPINACH! Boo-yah! I kind of feel like a super hero, kicking sugar’s butt with all of these healthier (but delicious) recipes we’ve been sharing. Actually, I think this is the start of something good. I want to incorporate more healthier dessert/snack-y recipes going forward.
Don’t worry, the layered cakes aren’t going anywhere! We’re just expanding!
But I am waiting for the day I decide to make a healthier layered cake with no sugar, but I’ll have to think about how to make buttercream without powdered sugar :)
This is a perfect quick bread recipe! It’s sweetened with bananas and honey, it has a little bit of peanut butter, cinnamon, and greek yogurt – and there’s the famous green ingredient, spinach! It DOES NOT taste like spinach but tastes quite similar to banana bread, but with a lighter sweetness.
I will tell you, this is the perfect bread to eat in public, say at the mall, if you want to get really weird stares. While everyone else at the mall is eating pretzels and drinking 800 calorie coffee drinks, I was eating slices of this bread out of a tupperware container. If I only had samples to give to everyone, I think their minds would have changed. I think I’m used to eating weird things in public, like that one time I found cooked bacon in my purse.. where’s the tomato, lettuce and bread to make a BLT?!
You could turn this green monster bread into muffins – just bake the batter in a muffin pan at 350º F for 18-24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Green Monster Bread
Ingredients
- 3 bananas
- 1 ½ cups fresh spinach
- 6 tbsp honey
- ÂĽ cup greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- â…› tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350Âş F.
- Lightly spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a blender, puree the bananas, spinach, honey, greek yogurt, and peanut butter until smooth.
- Pour the blended mixture into a mixing bowl and stir in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix well.
- Transfer the batter to the loaf pan.
- Bake for 48-58 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
I’m printing this one for St.Patrick’s Day. The day I turn all our food green :)
I’ll be busting this out on St. Patty’s Day too!
I’d love to have a loaf of this sitting in my kitchen! It looks delicious and a slice would keep me out of the cookie jar :)
I LOVE the idea of turning a green monster into bread! Out with the smoothies, in with the snack bread! :)
OR.. you could enjoy both :)
Question – is that 1-1/2 cups fresh spinach, frozen spinach, or 12 ounces any form of spinach? Â I have frozen, would have to go out and buy fresh, but the important thing is that volume would be different for fresh and frozen. Â
Can’t wait to try it. Â Sounds great. Â And, I even have 3 ripe bananas on the kitchen counter! Â Thanks. Â
Hi Dianne! It needs to be fresh! I just added that in the ingredient list, thank you for asking!
Have you used wheat flour or coconut flour in place of the all purpose? If so, which is best?
Hi Brittiany, I have not, so I can’t offer any advice!
Hi there! Can’t wait to try this recipe!!! What is the caloric intake per serving? I’m loosely following Weight Watchers!!
Thanks!!
This looks great! Do you have any suggestions for making it dairy free? Thank you!
Hi Sandra! I don’t bake dairy free, but you could look up potential substitutes online!
Hi this looks amazing!! Do you have any nutrition info calories per slice, carbs etc???
thank you
When measuring your spinach, how tightly do you pack it? Thanks so much, I can’t wait to try it! maybe I’ll be able to sneak some veggies into my 4 year-old this way! ;)
This looks like an amazing way to get my 4 year old to eat some veggies! Do you pack your spinach when measuring or leave it pretty loose? Thanks!Â