Healthy Zucchini Banana Bread is a nutritious and delicious and easy quick bread! Such an easy healthy breakfast, snack or dessert that is gluten-free, paleo and can be made vegan!
Healthy Zucchini Banana Bread
If you guys know anything about us, it’s that we love any type of quick bread. Some of our favorites include banana bread, zucchini bread, and pumpkin bread. It’s currently June here, which means zucchini season is upon us! Zucchini season also happens to be one of my favorite times of the year since zucchini is so versatile and can be used in sweet or savory recipes.
Honestly, I can’t believe it took me this long to come up with a banana + zucchini bread – but better late than never! This bread is so unbelievably moist (sorry), perfectly sweet delicious, and extremely easy to make! Plus, it’s made with nutrient-dense ingredients. You’ll never be able to tell that it is actually healthy unless you looked at the recipe ingredients, of course!
Kids and adults alike will love this Zucchini Banana Bread – the perfect for an on-the-go breakfast, a healthy snack, or a tasty dessert.
Healthy Zucchini Banana Bread Ingredients:
Baking Soda & Powder
Banana
Zucchini
Egg
Quick Bread Substitutions:
Almond Flour: Sub in gluten-free or all-purpose flour. You may need less depending on the type of flour so keep and eye out for the texture.
Almond Butter: Use any type of smooth, natural nut butter such as cashew butter, peanut butter or sunflower seed butter.
Maple Syrup: Swap in your favorite liquid sweeteners such as honey or agave.
Chocolate Chips: Feel free to omit chocolate chips or substitute other add-ins such as cocoa nibs, white chocolate chips, raisins or crushed nuts.
Eggs: Swap flax eggs or chia eggs for a vegan egg-free option.
Storing Healthy Zucchini Banana Bread:
Store this healthy quick bread in the fridge for up to 2 weeks!
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Zucchini Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup banana (about 1-1/2 bananas) mashed
- 1 1/2 cups zucchini grated
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1 egg (sub a flax egg for a vegan version)
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and line a loaf pan or an 8x8/9x9 pan with parchment paper or coat with oil/butter.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- Place grated zucchini in a strainer, and using a paper towel press down the zucchini to remove some of the liquid.
- In a medium-sized bowl, add mashed banana, almond butter, zucchini, egg and maple syrup and mix well.
- Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix well.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Add batter to pan and spread evenly. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until done.
- Enjoy!
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