My Instagram feeds are relentless. They constantly bombard me with low calorie, high protein recipes that I’m constantly looking to try. I can’t get enough of it. My latest obsession has been my hunt for the perfect banana bread. Sure, I’ve been able to score recipes from family and friends, but those recipes are packed with high calorie ingredients that would gobble up all of my calories for the day. I mean, the butter alone! But I’ve been looking.
So after many failed attempts - and several gross versions - of online banana bread recipes, I can say with confidence that I have finally found the most amazing recipe that’s perfect to have alongside your morning coffee (the way I’ve been having it) or as a sweet treat for dessert. With or without the frosting, this banana bread is so moist and yummy, you won’t be able to resist it. So you can stop looking. I’ve done the legwork for you. You’re welcome.
Macros and Nutritional Specs PER SLICE:
-Calories Without Frosting: 156
-Calories With Frosting: 201
-Protein per Slice: 6.8 grams
-Fiber per Slice: 3.9 grams
-Total Carbs per Slice: 24.3
-Fiber per Slice: 3.9 grams
-Sugars: 7.7 grams
-Total fat: 3.8 grams
INSTRUCTIONS:
SERVINGS: 8
INGREDIENTS:
(For the Bread)
3 Ripe af Bananas, mashed
1 ½ C Oats, blended (I like to replace ½ C of regular oats with a packet of Quaker Maple Oatmeal. It adds a yummy maple taste to the bread.)
2 scoops pea/whey/casein vanilla protein powder (I use Arbonne’s Vegan Vanilla FeelFit Pea Protein
½ C Egg Whites
½ C Unsweetened Applesauce
¼ -⅓ C Zero Calorie Brown Sugar (depending on how sweet you want your bread to be. I like to use Truvia Sweet Complete® Stevia Leaf Brown with a hint of Molasses.)
¼ C of Crushed Pecans (I made the bread once without the pecans and found that I prefer adding the pecans, for texture. It’s definitely my preference, but you can certainly opt out of adding the pecans.)
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Lemon Juice
1 T Cinnamon
½ T Vanilla
½ tsp Salt
INGREDIENTS:
(For the Frosting)
8 oz Fat-free or Low-fat Cream Cheese
4 oz Nonfat Greek Yogurt
1 Scoop Vanilla Protein Powder
¼ - ½ C Zero Calorie Powdered Sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)
INSTRUCTIONS for making the bread:
1. Add all wet ingredients to a bowl. Mix the ingredients together.
2. Then, add in the dry ingredients and mix.
3. Once everything is mixed, pour your mixture into a greased, lined loaf pan and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes (clean toothpick check to make sure it's done). (Tip: Spray your loaf pan with Pam spray and then put parchment paper inside the pan and spray the parchment paper with Pam. You do not need a lot of spray, and it will make taking your bread out of the pan so much easier.)
Let me know how you like it. Enjoy.
(Thursday, June 12, 2025)
