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Vegan Dairy Free Banana Bread

Moist, fluffy and easy to prepare, it’s difficult to imagine that this vegan banana bread recipe is dairy free and prepared using whole-wheat flour! Perfect for breakfast or afternoon tea, it’s a delicious and healthy treat!

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If money had no value, how would you spend your life? Would you continue to go to your work, binge on television series or scroll aimlessly through Instagram, or would you pursue another endeavour?
With everything that has happened over the last two months, I have re-evaluated how I spend my time.
 
With the more recent iPhone update, I found “Screen Time” an introduced setting that records your screen usage. To my horror, I discovered that I use my phone roughly 3 hours a day. Although a lot of the time is spent taking calls for work and checking emails, over the year, this usage will equate to 1095 hours. 45.7-solid-wasted-days!
 
It makes me feel sick knowing that I spent more time on my phone instead of doing something more meaningful. On my way to the hospital to receive my medical results, I scribbled a list on the back of a grocery receipt in desperation. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I incoherently wrote all the things I wanted to see, feel and do. Perhaps it was a plea or a silent prayer to have another chance. To live and experience every messy moment, which comes with being alive. Not unsurprisingly, it didn’t involve being on my phone or doing half the things I spend my time doing.
I wanted to have a slumber party with my grandma like when I was 7-years’ old. Share a kiss that takes my breath away and to watch the sunrise in the wilderness. Observe turtle eggs hatch, experience a traditional tea ceremony and extract honey from a bee-hive. Plant a tree, exhibit some of my photographs and bake a loaf of bread from scratch. To wander the streets aimlessly in Italy, with a book on art-history under my arms.
 
Although this recipe is not bread, it is a loaf of dairy-free banana bread so it must count for something, right? Sweet, moist and completely fluffy  – it’s easy to forget that it’s prepared from whole-wheat flour and is entirely egg-free!
 
Now, to get off my phone and start building a life with meaning! How would you spend an extra 45 days of your time per year? 🙂
 
 
healthy dairy free banana bread with whole wheat flour | www.curatedlifestudio.com
 
 
healthy dairy free banana bread with whole wheat flour | www.curatedlifestudio.com
 
 
healthy dairy free banana bread with whole wheat flour | www.curatedlifestudio.com
 
 
healthy dairy free banana bread with whole wheat flour | www.curatedlifestudio.com
healthy dairy free banana bread with whole wheat flour | www.curatedlifestudio.com
healthy dairy free banana bread with whole wheat flour | www.curatedlifestudio.com

Vegan Dairy Free Banana Bread

Moist, fluffy and easy to prepare, it’s difficult to imagine that this dairy-free banana bread recipe is egg free and prepared using wholewheat flour. 
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 8 slices

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups whole-wheat flour sifted
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • sea salt
  • ½ cup organic canola oil
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup soy milk
  • 1 tsp organic vanilla extract
  • 4 large overripe bananas peeled and mashed
  • ½ cup walnuts roughly chopped
  • brown sugar to coat

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Wooden spoon
  • 26 cm x 11cm loaf pan lightly greased

Instructions:

  • Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius.
  • In a large mixing bowl add the whole-wheat flour, brown sugar, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir with a wooden spoon to combine.
  • Dig a well in the centre of the flour mixture and add the organic canola oil, apple cider vinegar, soy milk, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined, stir through the bananas.
  • Pour the banana bread mixture into the greased loaf pan, sprinkle the walnuts and brown sugar on top. Bake in the oven for roughly 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool before transferring to a wire rack.

Nutrition:

Nutrition Facts
Vegan Dairy Free Banana Bread
Amount Per Serving
Calories 363 Calories from Fat 176
% Daily Value*
Fat 19.5g30%
Saturated Fat 1.5g9%
Carbohydrates 43.7g15%
Fiber 5.6g23%
Sugar 12.6g14%
Protein 7.5g15%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 0.4mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Equipment: This recipe may contain links to products and equipment that I use and love myself. The links may contain affiliate links, meaning if you click the link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you.

Nutrition: The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator and does not include any other condiments or garnishes. Although Curated Life Studio attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered as estimates and do not replace or substitute a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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  1. Amanda Yorton says

    Yum! This sounds so good! I am trying to watch how much dairy I consume so this recipe would be great!! I can’t wait to try it!

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  4. Helen Neale says

    Wow, I love this recipe it is so delicious and look so easy to prepare. I will definately try to make this for the whole family.

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  6. Adriana Madonna says

    I love banana bread and I’m always searching for new recipes! Yours looks really delicious. I have to try it!

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  7. Gigi says

    Dairy-Free for the win! I need to make this. Simply because I want my house to smell like a delicious loaf of banana bread, LOL!

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  10. Maartje says

    I make banana bread quite often but had never considered putting candied walnuts on top! Definitely doing that next time 🙂

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  12. Catherine says

    Banana bread is one my favourite treats in the world and I am sure it will make more delicious by adding walnuts into it, I will definitely try this recipe, thanks for sharing!

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  16. Bespoke Traveler says

    Definitely less time spent on the phone is a good idea. I think so much learning has happened for you since your test results and it can only be a good thing. The bread is made, so you’re on your way to experiencing tea ceremonies and wandering Italy aimlessly! Wishing you a most marvelous end of the year and many more sunrises ahead.

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