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Without a doubt, the best part of publishing a personal post like my Why I Gave Up Running post is reading all of the amazing responses people share.
Seriously, thank you all so much.
I’ll try to make the blog a little more personal in the future, although it’s difficult because most of the personal stuff in my life involves other people. To respect the privacy of my real-world friends, I have a rule to not write about them or post their photos, which is why most of the pictures you see on this blog are of just me.
For today, you get another recipe… with chocolate. Hopefully you won’t mind. 😉
I’m honored to feature a recipe today from Tosca Reno, a New York Times best-selling author and one of the most well-respected and influential figures in the world of healthy food. This bread pudding recipe comes from her Eat Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook, which contains 150 meat-free recipes free of processed ingredients, refined sugars, and anything artificial (note to vegetarians: there is a chapter on fish).
The book, which comes with complete nutritional information for every recipe, is divided into ten chapters from breakfast to dessert. It also covers topics such as how to be a healthy vegetarian, eating vegetarian on a budget, and making fast-food and holiday recipes. Upon receiving the cookbook in the mail, I right away bookmarked at least fifteen things I wanted to make. With bananas, cinnamon, and chocolate chips, this healthy bread pudding was obviously on top of the list!
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Pudding
(Adapted from Eat Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook, reprinted with permission)
- 2 1/2 cups (640ml) milk of choice
- 3 tbsp (45ml) arrowroot or cornstarch
- 1/4 cup (60ml) sucanat or sugar of choice
- 1/3 cup (80ml) pure maple syrup
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 cups day-old bread, torn into 1-to-2-inch pieces, lightly packed
- 2 extra-ripe bananas, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 to 1 cup (120-240ml) chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350F (177C). Grease a 1.5 to 2-quart ceramic dish and set aside. Thoroughly whisk together all but last three ingredients in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients, and stir to combine, mashing the bananas a little and allowing the bread to absorb most of the liquid. Scrape into the prepared dish, and press down to smooth the top. Let sit 15 minutes so bread absorbs more liquid, then bake uncovered until lightly brown and firm (about 30 minutes). Serve warm. For questions about this recipe or substitutions, please feel free to ask this recipe’s creator, Tosca Reno!
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Quick Giveaway!
For the chance to win your own copy of Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook, simply leave a comment answering the following question: What is your favorite meatless meal?
Right now my favorite meatless meals are breaded eggplant & zucchini noodles.
My current favorite dish is your Green Noodles recipe. It has turned me into a cilantro addict. I make it once a week now. Thanks!
Oh… I LOVE CCK oatmeal! And CCK ‘1 million vegetable lentil soup’!
My favorite isn’t that healthy but it’s nachos- cheese, black beans, salsa, and avocado!
My favorite meatless meal…is probably either banana oatmeal or tomato soup ^.^
I would love to win the book giveaway! Thanks for featuring a recipe from it! My favorite meatless meal at the moment is a California veggie burger salad with some raw snack chips and a raw macaroon! Yum!
My favorite meatless meal is enchiladas.
Yummy recipe! Looking fwd to trying it 🙂
My fave meatless meal is rice and lentils cooked with veggies.
we are fairly new to the meatless world, one favorite so far is an Indian stir-fry. I don’t ha e a lot of recipes yet, so this one is made often, but always a hit. I would def. love a cookbook full of meals:) fingers crossed:):)
Well right now I’m eating a rather awesome bowl of quinoa, green leaf lettuce, and pomegranate, topped with ground pistachos and hemp seeds. It’s certainly my favorite meatless meal of the moment!
My favorite meatless meal is zucchini and black bean enchiladas!
One of my favorites this time of year is Paleo Pumpkin Waffles. Not only are they meatless, but they don’t have any grains either. They are SO good and they keep me full for hours!
I love tofu stirfry with a ton of veggies!
That looks great. I’d love to enter the competition. My favourite meatless meal is Mexican bean enchiladas.
i have always wanted to make bread pudding, but just have never done it! i don’t know why, but this looks amazing!
my favorite meatless meal at the moment since it’s getting colder is my vegetarian chili. what i love about it is i can always switch up the flavor profile just by adjusting simple spices and it’s so easy to throw in the crock pot to be ready for me when i get home from work. it’s so comforting on these chilly nights!
I often crave my Dad’s vegetarian chile. It is the only vegetarian dish that he would make – most others included potatoes and steak.