Banana Oat Cashew Quick bread Bar. Vegan

Its a Banana quick bread bar! If you are wondering why you dont see enough Banana recipes here, its because Hubbs is mildly allergic to Bananas. Some days I miss adding some banana to baked goods for that added moisture and natural sweet.

I like the usual nutty banana breads too, but they are usually crumbly and make a huge loaf. So I decided to grind up the nuts and add to the bread instead. This spicy bread got baked in a cake pan and holds well together, so you can just pick one slice up and munch on it without the mess, which is what I did walking around the house. I think the only other Banana recipe I have posted is the Banana Quinoa Oatmeal Cookie.

Use oats, sorghum or other gf flour to make it gf. It will be a more crumbly than this with gluten version, but the banana will hold it well together.

Ingredients: 8 inch round pan

1/4 cup ground raw Cashew

1/3 cup ground Oats

1/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1/4 cup all purpose flour (or spelt or wheat pastry flour)

2-3 Tablespoons cooked Quinoa or any cooked small grain

1 very Ripe Banana

3 Tablespoons raw sugar or equivalent sweetener

a pinch of salt

1/4 teaspoon vinegar

1/4 cup water or almond milk

A generous pinch of ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions:

In a bowl, add chopped banana and mash it well.

In another bowl mix/whisk the flours and baking powder well.

Add the water/almond milk, vinegar, sugar, salt, spices to the banana mash and mix well.

Add the flours and mix till just about combined.

Drop batter on parchment lined or greased 8 inch cake pan.

Even it out and Bake at preheated 360 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick from the center comes out clean.

Cool on rack before slicing.

This bread is heading to Ricki's Wellness Weekend, Amee's Fit and Fab Fridays, Sugar Free Sunday

Some news, Puppy mills will be banned from another Southern Cal city. A couple of cities have already passed this ordinance. I would hope that they ban all kinds of breeding operations including pure breed breeders. Though there might be a few good breeders, a majority get sidetracked by other interests. Recently, a property of an AKC judge in WA, who is also a well known "reputable" breeder, was discovered to have a basement full of "pure breed" dogs which were not up the mark, for reasons as idiotic as misaligned teeth. Those poor pups were living in a dark dank basement in tiny cages, without enough food water or any interaction and were infested with diseases and half of them had developed mental problems. It was a horrible sad video.

That tells you how we can never know how reputable or whatever a breeder really is. Please Adopt from a shelter. 6 millions pets are euthanized each year in the US, including very adoptable pure breeds and puppies, that is 1 pet killed every 8 seconds.

This bread is also heading to Dairy free Breakfast club March originally hosted at Helen's Fuss Free Flavours Breakfast Club.