8 Ingredient Maple Banana Bread

This 8 Ingredient Maple Banana Bread (Rainbow Nourishments) is a sweetened version of one of England’s most popular quick breads (made without yeast). This is a great recipe to use up bananas, the blacker ones have extra sweetness (and banana is a natural egg replacer, so no fake things needed).

Maple syrup is expensive, but just a splurge will give a beautiful brown sugary taste. Banana bread is easy to digest, but you could spelt flour for even better digestion (just add a splash more plant milk).

Before baking, read up on food safety for people and pets.

Bananas (though not local) are one of England’s favourite fruits. Despite their opaque appearance, they are mostly water and also packed with potassium, so good for aching joints (that’s why tennis players eat them, during their breaks!)

Supermarkets usually sell fair trade bananas (not in plastic) and organic bananas (in plastic – they have to legally do this to avoid being contaminated by non-organic produce). So the best bet is to visit a farm shop to find all-organic produce. Then you’ll find fair trade organic bananas sold loose –  a win-win-win!

They are also more likely to be sea-freighted, than flown in by air. This is because farm shops and organic box schemes care about the planet, and how and where food comes from.