Low Fat Banana Bread

I am not a big fan of banana, but i like it if it is given in the form of Banana nut bread :) Another good thing about this is, it is a quick bread - no yeast, no waiting. Perfect for people like me! :)

I adapted this recipe from Joyofbaking. I reduced the sugar and oil and it was still perfect. A little bit of guilt free eating there!







Ingredients :
Ripe bananas - 2
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Low fat Yogurt - 1/2 c
Canola oil - 1/4C (Original 1/2 C)
Sugar - 1/2 C (Original 3/4 C)
Egg - 1 (Sorry didnt find a good eggless recipe!)
Flour - 1.5 C (I used whole wheat pastry flour)
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Salt - a pinch



Method :

1. Mash banana with fork and mix baking soda and Yogurt to it.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk oil, sugar and egg.

3. Combine 2 with 1.

4. Add flour, Baking powder, Salt and mix well. Transfer the mix to a bread loaf pan and bake it at 350F for 45-55 minutes.


You can add walnuts to it. Mine has a handful of chopped walnuts in it.

Spicy cheese sandwich with cauliflower and peas‏

Eewww it's green! Eeewww it's yellow! I don't like the taste of it! It doesn't look yummy at all!! Sounds familiar?! :) These are the reactions of my 6 yr old on most vegetables. My toddler has just started speaking and repeats mostly after his big brother, whether he means it or not. Or even better, just dumps it on the floor to express his dislike!!
I try various ways to sneak veggies into their diet, so they get the required 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. I'm fairly lucky on the fruit department :) When it comes to veggies, i have to try different methods like adding grated vegetables to the dosa/idli batter, making parathas out of almost every curry i make, preparing vegetable pongal, sandwiches, etc. One sure-fire way with my kids is adding cheese. This sandwich is one of the sneaky ways to make them eat the 'not so good looking' cauliflower and the 'eww it's green' peas :) They both loved it and the sandwich disappeared in no time. I tasted a little bit and it was good.

Ingredients :
Cauliflower - 1 small
Peas - 1/2 cup
Pepper - 1/2 spoon
Cumin seeds - 1 spoon
Mustard seeds, urad daal and hing - for seasoning (Optional)
Bread slices - 6 or more.
Cheese slices - 1.5 per bread slice
Salt to taste

Method :
1. Wash and cut the cauliflower and steam it along with peas in the microwave for 6,7 minutes.
2. Dry grind the pepper and cumin seeds and keep aside.
3. Heat little oil and pop mustard seeds.
4. Add urad daal and hing and fry till the daal is golden brown.
(This is completely optional. I was planning to use the left over cauliflower as curry for lunch and gave a desi touch to it :) Btw, the curry was really spicy and good.)
5. Add the steamed cauliflower and peas.
6. Add the cumin pepper powder and salt and saute till you get a dry crumbly curry.
7. Place the vegetable on bread slices. Place strips of cheese on top of it. You can also use shredded cheese to make it easier. Microwave it till the cheese melts. I used generous amount of veggies on each slice as the cheese will hold it in place once it melts. Both my kids loved it. The picture has some gourmet bread (i can't remember the name), but it tastes equally good with whole wheat bread also.




I am sending this to
1. PJ's Tasty bites for toddlers
2. Divya's Think Spice Think Pepper started by Sunita

3. Srivalli's MM-Kid's lunches

Awards :
I also want to thank Anisheetu for showering me with the following awards One lovely blog, Triple Awards, Great buddy award, Circle of friends, Uber Amazing blog and The adorable blog award. I feel very honoured to receive it from Anisheetu.

Say No to Plagiarism:

Also want to mention that recently our friends Usha Nandini and Mahi were victims of Plagiarism. The blogger who had copied their pictures has removed it now, but i still want to mention it here for those who are not aware of it and also to show my support to Mahi and Usha and to show that we will not support Plagiarism.

Check this post for more details : http://ushanandini.blogspot.com/2009/03/proof-for-plagiarism.html

Healthy Savory Toast

Last week my husband was not in town and it was so cold here, that i didn't feel like going to the grocery store and was trying to manage with what i had. I did not have cheese and my first kid wanted sandwich for lunch. I had some moongdaal dosa batter left. I added some grated carrot to it and applied this on bread and toasted it. It tasted so good :-) Crispy on the outside and soft in the inside, it was perfect for cold weather. I prepared couple more and had it myself for breakfast :) It was quite filling. I got this idea from this recipe : Anudivya's Toast.

Ingredients :
Whole wheat Bread slices - 4
Moongdaal dosa batter - 1/2 cup
Grated carrot - 1/2 cup
Green chillies - 1 finely chopped (optional - the batter has some chillies too)
Cilantro
Butter - optional

Method :
Add grated carrot, chillies and cilantro to the batter and mix well. Apply butter (for kids sandwich :)) on the bread and apply a spoonful of batter on each side and sprinkle 2,3 drops of oil on top it and toast it in a pan in medium low heat till it turns golden brown. Repeat for all the bread slices and enjoy with some tomato sauce.
I am sending this also to Sunshinemom's FIC: Yellow . I am also sending this to EC's MBP - Easy Breezy Breakfast. MBP was originally started by Coffee.

I am also sending this to Sindura's Bread Mania. Along with this i would like to send my bread pizza too

Ann passed on this refreshing Lemonde Award. Thanks dear!

Now, i am passing it on to Asha, Malar, Keerthana, Priya, Preety, Lubna, Vidhya and Akal .