Sprouted Flour Banana Bread & an update on S510
Sprouted Banana Bread
This is very nice and easy banana bread recipe. It was delicious, the kids loved it and it stayed fresh and moist until we finished it a few days later. Happy Thanksgiving, hope everyone has a very happy and healthy holiday.
Ingredients
* 3 or 4 ripe organic bananas, smashed
* 1/3 cup melted organic pastured butter
* 3/4 cup sucanat, rapidura or organic sugar
* 1 pastured egg, beaten
* 1 tsp. vanilla
* 1 tsp. baking soda
* Pinch of Celtic or sea salt
* 1 cup sprouted whole-wheat flour
* 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F
With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sucanat, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flours last, mix.
Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve. Enjoy!
S.510 Update
On a very important news note, tell your Senators to protect local foods and vote against S.510. Then follow up this petition email with phone calls; for contact numbers, go to the S.510 legislation page and enter your zip code in the right panel box.
http://www.ftcldf.org/petitions/pnum1061.php
Read more, great Real Food Wednesday posts here: http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2010/11/real-food-wednesday-112410.html
Read more, great Whole Foods for the Holidays, Side Dish Carnival here: http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2010/11/whole-foods-for-the-holidays-side-dish-carnival.html
Your recipe for banana bread looks and sounds delicious. I live in England, so S.510 does not affect me directly and I cannot campaign against it, but it sounds very alarming and I do hope that it will not come into effect. If the US were to adopt something like that it could give credibility to those not in favour of real food here. Good luck with the campaign, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you for the reminder to oppose S510. It comes up for a vote this evening, and it must be stopped. The FDA favors pesticides, artificial chemicals, and even GMOs. S510 will give the FDA the power to force all farmers to use these methods, which would meant the end of real food.
The banana bread looks great!
Thanks Stan. And I agree, the FDA has shown no intention of protecting anyone but Big Ag and big business. More power would mean more of the same, unfortunately.
Thanks April, keep your fingers crossed!