This banana bread recipe is a clever way of meeting your 5 a day, it includes bananas and dried dates and no added sugar. It is versatile – have it for breakfast, as a snack, or for tea. You can have it with a variety of spreads including peanut butter/ low fat cream cheese, and garnish with passion fruit, raspberries or your choice of fruit.

Ingredients
4 large ripe bananas
½ cup finely chopped dates
2 eggs
4 heaped  tbs of low fat Greek yogurt
2 teacups of self-raising flour
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tbs of rapeseed oil
¼ tsp cinnamon
½ cup choice of nuts

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees or gas mark 4.
2. Next line a loaf tin with baking paper.
3. In a bowl mash 3 bananas then add the eggs and whisk well. Fold in the yogurt , dates and nuts until combined.
4. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon into the banana mixture. Add 2 tbs  of rapeseed oil for dropping consistency (if the mixture is thick add a little water). Then pour into the lined loaf tin.
5. Cut 1 banana in half lengthways and put on top of the loaf, with the cut side facing up.
6. Bake for 30 mins, continue baking for further 20 – 30 mins until golden, and knife comes out clean when inserted in the middle of loaf.

Recipe by

Gopika Papiah (nutritionist)
Farhanda Shah (dietitian)