Low Calorie Banana Bread Recipe - Uses Artificial Sweetener

I recently got a bread maker and it has been awesome. The downside is I recently started eating better in order to get rid of some of these extra pounds before Christmas. It's kind of hard to lose weight while making bread in the bread maker. I came up with a really good Banana Bread recipe and I wanted to share it with you all. The benefit of this recipe compared to the normal, "sugared" recipe is that this uses an artificial sweetener. That cuts the calories to 1/3 of the normal amount and saves a lot of precious calories.

The hard part about eating low calorie food is that it usually tastes bad. This recipe, on the other hand, does not taste bad at all-it tastes exactly like normal sugared banana bread. Whenever I have made it for friends and family (2 or 3 times so far), they have never known that it was a low carb, low, calorie substitute of a real version of Banana Bread.

Anyway, onto the recipe. Make sure you follow it exactly how I wrote it and I'm sure you'll soon be enjoying the sweet taste with 1/3 the calories!

Ingredients
1 1/3 cups of all-purpose flour

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Delicious Butterscotch Recipes - Nut Rolls and Banana Butterscotch Bread

These delicious sweet breads with a good cup of coffee or your other favorite hot beverage are perfect for breakfast, snacking, brunch, the office, etc. The Butterscotch Nut Rolls are perfect for breakfast since you can quickly put them together the night before since they need to set overnight and all you have to do is pop them in the oven come morning. If you would like to try something new with banana bread, make this Banana Butterscotch Bread which has butterscotch chips among its ingredients. Both of these recipes make great hostess gifts, or special occasion gifts. Tuck some into a pretty basket with a packet of coffee and a pretty kitchen towel for a gift that is sure to be appreciated. If you wish, you can bake the banana butterscotch in miniature loaf pans to give as gifts or party favors. Personally, I love anything butterscotch so these are some of my favorites.

BUTTERSCOTCH NUT ROLLS

These rolls are so good. No one will ever guess how easy they were to make!

1 pkg frozen round roll dough
1 box (4-serving size) butterscotch cook and serve pudding mix
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 stick butter, melted
coarsely chopped pecans

The night before serving for breakfast: Drop the frozen rolls around the bottom of a Bundt pan (not a tube pan). In a small bowl combine the pudding mix, cinnamon, and brown sugar; sprinkle over the rolls. Pour the melted butter over the rolls and the pudding mixture. Sprinkle with amount of chopped pecans you prefer. Cover the pan with foil and a moist towel. Let set overnight.

Next morning: Bake the rolls at 300 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

BANANA BUTTERSCOTCH BREAD

1 3/4 cups flour
2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cup milk
6-oz butterscotch chips
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan; set aside.

In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg; set aside.

In a smaller bowl combine the bananas, sugar, eggs, and melted butter until well combined. Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture alternately with the milk, beating well. Stir in the butterscotch chips and the 2/3 cup of the chopped pecans.

Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with the remaining chopped pecans. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Cool in pan on a wire rack for 3 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on the wire rack.

Enjoy!

For more of Linda's dessert recipes visit her blog at http://ladybugssweettreats.blogspot.com
For her diabetic dessert recipes visit her at http://diabeticenjoyingfood.blogspot.com

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Toaster Oven Recipe For Banana Mini Meat Loaves

Lots of people are trying to "hide" fruits and vegetables in everyday foods so that they can up their nutrition intake without feeling like they are eating overly healthy food. Here is a great way to get a little more fruit into your life. Next time you make meatloaf, skip the eggs and milk and use a banana instead. Bananas are a nutrient dense food, loaded with vitamins B6 and C, potassium, manganese and fiber. They are cholesterol free and fat-free, unlike the milk and eggs they replace. Banana meatloaf is exceptionally moist and doesn't fall apart easily.

A few months ago I had an intense craving for meatloaf. I had the ground beef, but no egg. I knew if I just skipped the egg, the meat loaf would likely be dry and crumbly. I looked around my kitchen for a suitable replacement. I spotted a banana on the kitchen table and my mind wandered back to the days when I first learned to make ice cream. Most really good ice creams are actually frozen custards with an egg and cream base. The eggs give the ice cream a smooth texture. Banana ice cream, however, does not need eggs to achieve that very same texture. The bananas take the place of the eggs in ice cream, so could it work in meatloaf? An hour later I had my answer. Yes! The results were better than anything I could have imagined. The banana flavor is present but welcome, and not strange at all. The meatloaf was incredibly moist and held together well without being tough at all. It was a perfect meatloaf, and I have not made meatloaf without a banana since.

You can use a banana in place of the egg and milk in your favorite meatloaf recipe, if you'd like. The ratio is one banana per pound of meat. Here is a recipe for a simple meatloaf that comes together quickly and easily. I usually form it into four mini loaves, because it bakes quicker that way. You could, however, use this same recipe for one large banana meatloaf, just add 15 minutes to the baking time.

Ingredients For Four Mini Banana Meat loaves

1 ripe yet still firm banana

1 piece of whole wheat bread

1 teaspoon of sea salt

1 teaspoon of dry mustard

1 teaspoon of Hungarian hot paprika

1 teaspoon of granulated dried garlic

1 tablespoon of dried onion

1/2 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper

1 pound of grass-fed ground beef

1/4 cup of ketchup

2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon of hot sauce

Directions

Heat your toaster oven to 350 degrees F.

Put the banana, sea salt, dry mustard, Hungarian hot paprika, dried garlic, dried onion and freshly ground black pepper into a large mixing bowl. Use a potato masher to mash everything till smooth.

Put the slice of whole wheat bread into the work bowl of your food processor and process til it is fine breadcrumbs. Add to the banana mixture and stir well. Add the grass-fed ground beef and gently mix everything; try to avoid overworking the mixture once the beef is added.

Combine the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce. Mix well. Set aside.

Form the meat mixture into four even mini loaves and place into a greased baking dish that will fit into your toaster oven. Bake for 30 minutes, then evenly distribute the sauce over the top of the mini loaves. Bake for an additional 15 minutes.

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