Looking for a gut friendly recipe? Try our chocolate banana bread which is of course low in fodmaps! Do you have bananas in your fruit bowl that may be on their way to being over ripe? Don’t let them go to waste and make this cake, it is a great breakfast idea for those with sibo.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients (makes 10 servings)

• 3 ripe bananas
• 2 eggs
• 250g gluten free flour
• 75g coconut oil (melted)
• Tablespoon of baking soda
• 75g of honey or maple syrup
• 2 handfuls of chopped walnuts or almonds
• Seeds and chocolate chips to decorate, we used dark chocolate chips and a seed mix

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven:
   • Preheat your oven to gas mark 5 or 190 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit). Prepare your loaf tin by lining it with baking parchment or lightly greasing it with butter.
2. Prepare Wet Ingredients:
   • In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas until smooth.
   • Add the eggs to the mashed bananas and whisk together until well combined.
3. Add Dry Ingredients:
   • Add the self-raising flour and baking soda to the bowl with the banana and egg mixture.
   • Mix everything together until the flour is fully incorporated into the wet ingredients.
4. Incorporate Additional Ingredients:
   • Stir in the chopped nuts (if using), coconut oil, and honey or syrup. Mix until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
5. Prepare Loaf Tin:
   • Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin, spreading it out evenly with a spatula.
6. Add Toppings:
   • Sprinkle chocolate chips and seeds evenly over the top of the batter in the loaf tin.
7. Bake:
   • Place the loaf tin in the preheated oven.
   • Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
8. Cool and Serve:
   • Once baked, remove the banana bread from the oven and allow it to cool in the tin for 10 minutes.
   • Then, carefully transfer the banana bread to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing and serving.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (assuming 8 servings):

• Calories: Approximately 280 kcal
• Protein: 6 grams
• Carbohydrates: 35 grams
  • Sugars: 17 grams
• Fiber: 3 grams
• Fat: 14 grams
  • Saturated Fat: 7 grams
• Salt: 0.3 grams

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