Cottage Cheese Protein Banana Bread with Blueberries
Moist banana bread loaded with juicy blueberries and protein-rich cottage cheese. This gluten-free, refined sugar-free loaf is perfect for healthy baking and using up ripe bananas.
Servings: 10 slices
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- 3 medium eggs
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese blended
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 1 cup + a few blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and grease it.
- In a large bowl, mix together mashed bananas, eggs, cottage cheese, maple syrup, and vanilla extract.
- In a smaller bowl, combine almond flour, baking soda, and cardamom.
- Add the almond flour mixture to the wet ingredients, and mix until fully combined.
- Finally, fold in 1 cup of blueberries.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and top up the bread with a few blueberries, spread them evenly to prevent the top from sinking in from the blueberries.
- Bake in the oven for 50 minutes. Cover with aluminum foil after 30 minutes to prevent the top from burning.
- Remove from the oven, allow the bread to cool down and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 slice (3 oz) | Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 9.2g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 1.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9.4g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 185mg | Potassium: 342mg | Fiber: 4.5g | Sugar: 8.4g | Calcium: 99mg | Iron: 1.4mg