I have a thing for banana bread. And with the volume of bananas we have in our house… I pretty much always have super ripe bananas and that means banana bread or nice cream. I needed an after-school snack so I whipped up this super easy recipe in my food processor. Made mini loaves – one without chocolate and three with. My kids love banana bread. My dad has it with coffee and my husband always eats it as dessert after dinner. I typically like a piece before my runs because it’s easy. I added some chia and flax to this to amp up the Omega’s and protein. Totally plant-based and gluten free as the oats serve as the flour. Can be made in your blender or food processor so that makes it easy to clean up too.
I hope you guys had a great weekend. Our youngest went on a church retreat. We had a nice relaxing weekend. Dog walks, bike rides and a run through Amish country. This week begins my three week taper/recovery after last week’s peak of 86+ miles. My body needs a recovery, refueling and a reboot. I’m still struggling with the new meds I was put on for my restless leg so I’m going to deal with that and focus on lots of stretching and rolling.
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— Knead to Cook