Banana bread with blueberries and oat bran. In this article we present a sugar-free recipe.
What do you do with bananas when they turn overripe and turn black? Banana bread! As simple as it is to make, it’s also tasty. Because I choose very ripe bananas, being very sweet, I don’t use sugar in this recipe. For kids, along with a cup of milk, banana bread can be a delicious and healthy breakfast. From the composition below, you may also make biscuits, spoon them into the pan, flatten them and bake about 12 delicious biscuits.
The basic ingredients are bananas and eggs. You can replace the flour with oat bran, almond flour mix, white flour, you can add protein powder, cocoa, nuts, any other fruit, and so on, according to your preferences. The recipe is very versatile and practical.
It’s one of the easiest recipes, you basically mix all the ingredients and the mixture is ready to be baked.
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 3 eggs
- 100 g oat bran
- 150 g flour
- 1 sachet baking powder
- 50 g butter or oil
- 100 g blueberries, fresh or frozen
Preparation
1. In a bowl, beat the eggs with a whisk.
2. Over the eggs, add the bananas, mashed thoroughly with a fork.
3. Melt the butter in the microwave and mix it with the bananas and eggs.
4. Add the flour mixed with the baking powder and mixed all the ingredients well.
5. On top of the frozen blueberries, add a tablespoon of sifted flour making sure that the blueberries are completely coated. If they are fresh, you can put them directly into the bowl.
6. With a spatula, mix the whole banana mixture thoroughly.
7. Pour the blueberry banana mixture into a baking pan lined with baking paper.
8. Insert the pan in the preheated oven at 180 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
9. At the end, to know if the dessert is baked, do the toothpick test: stick a toothpick in the middle of the bread. If it comes out clean, it means that it is done.
10. Leave the bread to cool in the tray before slicing it.
Benefits of blueberries
The benefits of eating blueberries are very widely known. Blueberries contain many carotenoid antioxidants (lutein, zeaxanthin, flavonoids resveratrol, quercitin), plus vitamins A, C, E, B vitamins, and minerals such as selenium, zinc, iron. In addition to supporting the health of the immune system, they also help reduce abdominal fat, lower cholesterol and triglycerides.
Other benefits:
- preserve the integrity of vision
- maintain central nervous system health
- help relieve constipation and digestion
- help prevent colon, liver and ovarian cancer
- lower the risk of developing cardiovascular disease
In conclusion, eat as many blueberries as possible, both wild and cultivated, at least once a day!