Banana Bread

I woke up this morning to a few fruit flies around the bananas which means only one thing... banana bread! It's one of my favorite things to make as you can add nuts, or not or choc chips... the possibilities are endless! So of course, I whip out one of my trusty vegan cookbooks and looked up a recipe.

Banana Bread "How It All Vegan"...again
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3 ripe bananas, mashed
1tbsp lemon juice (forgot I had a fresh lemon so used half water and half apple cider vinegar)
1/2 c oil
1/2 c sweetener ( I used pure cane sugar)
3/4 cupped chopped dates (I wasn't sure about this one as I've never eaten a date but you didn't even notice them really)
1 1/2 c flour
1/2 c wheat germ-excellent source of b vitamins, calcium, iron, protein for a veggie (I didn't have any so I used flax seeds)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 375. Mash nanas until mushy, then add lemon juice, oil, sweetener and dates. Stir very well. (I say very well as one time I didn't stir very well the nanas weren't thoroughly mixed which made for a really cruddy banana bread.) In a seperate bowl, whisk or sift together the flour, wheat germ, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add banana mixture to flour and mix together until just barely mixed. I then folded in a couple handfuls of semi-sweet choc chips. Overmixing is another cause for really cruddy nana bread. Pour into lightly oiled loaf pan (I sprinkled more choc chips across the top of the loaf) and bake for 40-50 min.