Banana Date Walnut Breakfast Food

BANANA, DATE AND WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray 12-cup muffin pan with no-stick cooking spray; set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon and in large bowl; set aside.
• Combine eggs, yogurt, melted Becel® Plant-Based Bricks, vanilla, and bananas in medium bowl.
• Stir banana mixture into flour, then stir in the walnuts and dates. Evenly spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 20 minutes or until muffins are golden, and a toothpick inserted comes out cleaned. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then take it out of pan and cool completely.

BANANA AND WALNUT SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• Combine the ice, almond milk, coconut water, walnuts, dates and banana in the blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

BANANA DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat together the oil and sugar.
• Add the egg and mix well.
• In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In another bowl, combine the bananas, water and vanilla extract.
• Add banana mixture to the oil and sugar mixture alternately with the flour mixture, combining well after each addition.
• Stir in dates and nuts (if desired).
• Turn mixture into a greased and floured 9" x 5" loaf pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on wire rack before slicing.

VEGAN BANANA & WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Brush a 450g loaf tin with a little oil then line with baking parchment.
• Mix the flour, almonds, baking powder, sugar and dates. Beat together the mashed banana and oil, then combine it with the flour mixture. Add the soya milk to loosen the mixture, fold in the walnuts and scrape the mixture into the tin. Bake for 1 hr, covering the top if it starts to look too brown. Insert a skewer into the centre of the cake - it should come out clean. If not, return to the oven and cook for a further 10 mins. Cool for 15 mins before taking it out of the tin.

BANANA DATE CAKE WITH WALNUT & HONEY GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter and line the base of an 18cm Bundt mould or round cake tin with baking parchment. Put the flour, cinnamon, butter, sugar, eggs and honey in a large mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon or hand-held electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Mash the bananas and chop the dates. Stir into the cake mix with the walnuts. Spoon into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Bake for 40-50 mins until firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean (a round tin may take 10-20 mins more). Cool in the tin for 15 mins, then turn out and cool on a wire rack.
• To make the glaze, put the honey and butter in a small pan and bring to the boil, stirring until the butter has melted. Boil briefly, about 1 min, until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the walnuts. Leave to cool until thickened and opaque. Spoon over the top of the cake and leave to set.

BANANA-WALNUT-DATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 standard muffin cups with paper liners; lightly coat liners with cooking spray.
• Whisk together baking mix and sugar. In a large bowl, whisk together banana, buttermilk, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Fold in dry mixture until just combined, then gently fold in walnuts and dates.
• Divide batter evenly among cups, filling each to the brim. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in pan 5 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.

BANANA WALNUT AND DATE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to a moderate heat.
• Grease and line a 20cm x 12cm loaf pan, with baking paper.
• Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add orange zest with one of the eggs and beat until smooth. Add remaining egg and beat to a smooth batter.
• Fold in the dates, bananas, flour, orange juice and walnuts and fold in well.
• Spoon the batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes or until cooked when tested with a scewer.
• Cool loaf in pan for about 5 minutes, then turn out to a rack to cool completely.

BANANA DATE WALNUT BREAKFAST

Steps:

• Put ingredients in a blender in the above order and pulse until it is both smooth and lumpy.
• Note: You can substitute cooked brown rice.
• Soaking instructions for wild rice:.
• Place 1/2 cup black wild rice into a tupperware container or jar. Add about 1 1/2 cups of water. Place a lid on it. Set aside on your counter for 1 1/2 to 2 days (depending on how hard or soft you like it, I prefer it a little harder so I do it for 1 1/2 days), some of the rice will "crack" open and reveal a white inner flesh. While soaking it's important to change the water every 12 hours or so. It is then ready to be eaten as is. Simply drain and add to your dishes, or eat it raw - I love it with some fresh garlic, sea salt, and a dash of lime juice! mmmm Wild rice that has not been cooked has so much texture and flavor and nutrition - it is simply amazing! For leftovers, strain, and place in fridge in a sealed container - keeps for about a week.