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My dear friends, wizards, and kitchen fireflies,
When you’re in the mood for a treat, but still want to fuel your body rather than detract from your health, go ahead and make this Wry Banana Bread instead! (har har).
One taste of this rye banana bread will ignite your body, like a lavender-scented bath with Bradley Cooper. (At once relaxing, and yet exciting).
It’s packed with whole rye, psyllium, soya protein, prebiotic bananas, whole buckwheat, omega-3 walnuts and pitch dark chocolate.
And I can guarantee it will be the tastiest banana bread you’ve ever met.
It’s a crowd pleaser, with seriously successful options for nut-free, gluten-free, dairy-free moguls. Every guest will be catered for.
An introduction to psyllium husk
If you're not eliminating waste from your bowels, you might end up wearing it on your face. Listen up, crew. The skin is our body's largest excretory organ. Crazy but true. You want luminous skin? Make sure your pipes are in tip top shape.
Cranking up the fibre in your diet is a great places to start.
By fibre, I don't mean a bowl of wholemeal pasta. Nice try. That stuff poses as a Big Shot when really it does very little. When you want fibre, you need to call in the services of black belts like flaxseed, bran, oats, prunes, beans, hummus, and my beloved psyllium husk. All the good stuff.
Research confirms that scoffing more than 35g of dietary fibre a day can result in a 40% chance of living longer. We are closer than ever to understanding why. One theory is that our gut is the seat of our immune system. Another is that our gut acts like a inflammation referee. Happy gut, happy human.
And now, there is evidence that insoluble fibre helps to rid forever chemicals from our gut. Here's what happens to the fibre we ingest. It first meets digestive enzymes in the stomach, before making its way to our very own waste plant (our pipes!) Fibre from our food acts like a traffic warden, clearing jams and keeping junctions clear. His job is to keep things moving. If nothing moves, waste can build up (hello constipation!) and re-enter the bloodstream (no thanks!)
So now you know.
If you’re planning a road trip, or picnic surprise, this rye banana bread will work great wrapped in parchment. Other ideas? Flapjacks are mighty, as are protein kimchi pancakes cut into slices, easy chocolate mint bites made with beans, a green omelet folded into triangles, and this very portable brack.
I often fall back on simple boiled eggs, in a pinch. But I certainly recommend freezing the chocolate mint bites linked above, and having them to hand for airport adventures or long car journeys. They will defrost naturally over 1-2 hours. Your future self will adore you!
Next month, we are hitting the summer salads hard. I have a high-protein vegan salad, in celebration of plant-power and all things menopause (hello, isoflavones!) Those of you who BBQ, there’s a criminally good hispi coming up. And my 3rd post is in its experimental phase (so if you have any requests, there’s still time!)
Until then!
Love, light and banana bongos,
Susan Jane
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// Rye Banana Bread with Dark Chocolate & Buckwheat//
Makes 1 loaf
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