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Hungry Girl Today: 2.19.08
CHEW THE RIGHT THING
BITE IT!
HG's Top Banana Bread
Go Bananas!
Banana bread typically has pretty horrific nutritionals, so we set out to create
a guilt-free version. And (tada!) here it is. FYI, if you're looking for a cake-
tastic sweet treat with a POINTS® value of 2*, a fat slice of this stuff topped
with Cool Whip Free is the way to go...
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated)
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 bananas)
1/2 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters)
1/2 cup no-sugar-added applesauce
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
Optional Toppings: no-calorie spray butter, Cool Whip Free
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine both types of flour,
Splenda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon (in other words, all dry
ingredients). In a separate bowl, mix together the mashed bananas, egg
substitute, applesauce, and vanilla extract (all the wet ingredients). Add this
mixture to the bowl with the dry ingredients, and stir until just blended.
Spoon batter into a large loaf pan (about 9" X 5") sprayed with nonstick
spray. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle
comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly, and then cut into 8 slices. If you like,
spritz with some spray butter or spread on some Cool Whip Free. MAKES 8
SERVINGS
Serving Size: 1 (thick!) slice
Calories: 140
Fat: 0.5g
Sodium: 267mg
Carbs: 31g
Fiber: 3.75g
Sugars: 7g
Protein: 5g
POINTS® value 2*
FIGHT IT!
Banana Bread, Average
Monkey Business
Banana bread's been popular with bakers and food-chewers since the 1930s.
Chefs, moms, and other oven operators love it 'cuz it's easy to prepare (no
annoying dough to knead, no fancy bread machine necessary, etc.). People
like to eat it 'cuz it's sweet, cakey, and delicious. BUT sadly, butter and sugar
are just two of the top offenders in a typical BB recipe. Your basic slice
(whether homemade by someone's grandma or bought at a bakery) contains
an average of over 325 calories and an astonishing 12g fat! For a piece of
fruity bread!?! And keep in mind, that's for regular plain old banana bread.
The ones loaded with nuts are even worse! A slice of Starbucks' Banana Nut
Loaf could set you back as much as 470 calories and 24 fat grams (POINTS®
value 11*). (Nutritionals vary by location.) Yikes! Ditch that banana drama
and all the other crazy-fatty versions. Instead, indulge in a huge hunk of
HG's Top Banana Bread.
Serving Size: 1 slice
Calories: 326
Fat: 12g
Sodium: 355mg
Carbs: 51g
Fiber: 1g
Sugars: 30g
Protein: 5g
POINTS® value 7*
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CHEW ON THIS:
Today, February 19th, is National Chocolate Mint Day. Celebrate with Keebler
100 Calorie Right Bites Fudge Shoppe Grasshopper cookies or the new Mint
Karaoke Cookie American Idol Slow Churned Light Ice Cream from
Dreyer's/Edy's. Mmmmmm!
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*The Points® values for these products and/or recipes were calculated by
Hungry Girl and are not an endorsement or approval of the product, recipe
or its manufacturer or developer by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the
owner of the Points® registered trademark.
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