Healthy living recipe: Vegan organic chocolate chip banana bread

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Take advantage of slightly over-ripe bananas and make this easy, tasty vegan

recipe. Adapting recipes to suit vegans may take a little work to get the

adjustment right but is worth the effort.

Preheat oven to 350*

Lightly grease loaf pan (use vegetable oil, organic non-stick spray or coconut

oil)

Ingredients:

3 large ripe organic bananas

1 tablespoon ground flax seed mixed with 3 tablespoons water (this replaces the

egg)

1 cup organic granulated sugar

4 tablespoons melted Earth Balance margarine

1 ½ cups unbleached organic all purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon organic vanilla

½ teaspoon almond extract

1 teaspoon organic cinnamon

½ cup vegan chocolate chips (such as Enjoy Life's semisweet)

Directions: Mash bananas, add ground flaxseed that you already combined with

water. Using a mixer or vigorous arm, beat until well combined. Add sugar,

melted margarine, vanilla and almond extracts and beat again to combine

thoroughly. Mix flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and chocolate chips then add

to banana mixture and stir just until moist.

Bake 55-65 minutes at 350 degrees until toothpick inserted near center comes out

clean. Place pan on a rack and turn out when cool. Slice when completely cooled

and enjoy.

Variety options: try adding chopped nuts instead of chocolate chips. Try

different spices such as nutmeg or ginger.

Healthy living can include treats like chocolate chip banana bread.