Green Bread - No Food Dye

Name: Green Bread - No Food Dye
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 2 cups (256 g) sunflower seeds, roasted and salted; 2 overripe bananas, about 220 g; 4 eggs; 2 tsp (6 g) cinnamon; 1 tsp (6 g) baking soda; 2 tbsp (42 g) honey, optional

5 steps

Prep:10minCook:40min

Would you believe me if I told you this bread was made with no food dye? Of course you wouldn't, because this looks too ridiculous to be natural. But it is. As I accidentally found out while making Oatmeal Banana Mini Muffins with sunflower butter in place of peanut butter, the chlorophyll in the sunflower seeds reacts with the baking soda, turning the baked good green. I've taken that to the extreme here with this Green Bread, which is free of artificial dyes, added sugar, added oils, gluten, nuts, and grains. It's mildly sweet from the bananas and (optional) honey, but you can use avocado (in place of bananas) for some extra green points This bread makes a great high fat low carb breakfast, and goes well topped with some Strawberry Chia Jam for some color contrast

Updated at: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:15:21 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories145.7 kcal (7%)

Total Fat11.5 g (16%)

Carbs7 g (3%)

Sugars2 g (2%)

Protein5.9 g (12%)

Sodium144.2 mg (7%)

Fiber2.2 g (8%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

13 servings

256gsunflower seeds

220gbananas

42ghoney

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350F, and line a 9x5" loaf pan with parchment paper

Step 2

In a food processor, blend together your sunflower seeds on high until a smooth butter forms, about 5-10 minutes. You could also use 1 cup (256 g) of sunflower butter instead