Thermomix Banana Bread Recipe

Thermomix Banana Bread is a lunchbox favourite and this version contains far less sugar than your cafe loaf. A sweet but healthy alternative!

Banana bread is one of the kids favourite lunchbox treats, which is probably lucky as we always seem to have ageing banana's in the fruit bowl. The problem with most banana bread recipes is the amount of sugar in the recipes. They are very sweet! It's no wonder it tastes so good. At the moment I'm trying to cut down our intake of processed sugar and increase our consumption of fibre so I wanted to make this recipe healthier.

Thermomix Banana Bread Substitutes

I have made some basic modifications to a fairly standard banana loaf recipe to give it more nutrients and less refined sugars. Here are the substitutions:

• Figs replace sugar - more nutrients, fibre and less refined sweetness
• Coconut oil replaces butter - healthier fat choice, dairy-free
• Coconut milk replaces regular milk - healthy fats and dairy-free

I really like using figs in this recipe as the sweetening agent. Figs are a nutritional treasure trove, full of fibre, calcium, zinc and iron. Switching 150gm of sugar to 150gm of figs gives a significant nutritional boost to our bread. Take a look at the nutritional values of the banana bread shown in the recipe. Although this is still a snack food it provides valuable nutrients.

I would love to swap out the plain white flour for wholemeal flour but I know my children would bust me and the "jig" would be up!

What does Fibre Do?

Increasing fibre in the diet helps you to feel full for longer, meaning it's easier to reduce your food intake without feeling hungry. Fibre also feeds good gut bacteria and helps them to thrive. I've been really into eating lots of probiotic foods so part of maintaining these good microbes once they've been consumed, means feeding them the fibre and prebiotic food they need to live.

Banana Bread Conventional Cooking Method

 If you don't have a Thermomix you can use a food processor. The process remains the same just add the ingredients in the same order and process in between each step.

Take a look at the Banana Bread Video in the recipe card if you would like to see the instructions visually.

More Banana Loaf Variations

I love amending recipes so they taste a little bit different each time I make the recipe. There are a number of optional extras you can add to this recipe to jazz it up! It's probably best to choose just one or two "add-ins" per loaf. If you do add any of these extras, stir them through the batter by hand just before you pour the batter into the loaf tin.

• ⅓ cup sultana
• ¼ cup walnuts
• ¼ cup choc chips
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest

My toughest critics are always the kids. I'm very happy to report that the healthy switch went completely unnoticed! I was fairly confident that adding dried figs to the banana recipe would be sweet enough to satisfy my kids' sugar radar and it was!! In our house, that's what Brett and I call "a win for the good guys!"

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