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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?
I just had a fantastic vegetable coconut curry. There are lots of veggie meals that I enjoy, but this vegan dish was really great! It had butternut squash, asparagus, onions, and even some green apple!
It’s too hard to pick one favorite meal!
I love my lunches of a salad and sandwich every day.
Tonight’s dinner was pretty darn good too – sauteed tofu, romanesco and sweet potato mash.
I am a Vegetarian so I have a plethora of meatless meals but my Favorite meal is cooking Lentils in the crockpot and adding tomatoes, onions, zucchini, mushrooms, and a sweet potato for the perfect cool weather lunch or dinner-add some crusty bread for dipping and it is DELISH!! 😉
My absolute favourite meat-less meal is chinese-style deep-fried tofu that is then stir fried with mixed vegetables; I’m not sure what the proper name is in Chinese but that is usually the translation and I LOVE it!
I would also love to own a good vegetarian cookbook 🙂
Also, does it matter what kind of bread you use for this one?
I used Ezekiel, but really I don’t see why any bread wouldn’t work.
That recipe looks fantastic!! I’d love to win and see the rest of the cookbook
Sweet potato Irish nachos!
My favorite meatless meal is veggie lasagna. With winter being around the corner (if not, already here), it just sounds so good.
I love your mushroom stroganoff recipe and basically anything with mushrooms! And currently I am loving butternut squash soup.
The bread pudding looks gorgeous. I am not a fan of bread pudding but I think I will try to make it. My favourite meatless meal is Japanese dish called avocado donburi. It is simply just mashed avocado with some soy sauce and other simple seasoning, enjoyed with warm rice. It is a humble dish but yummy that my boyfriend who was not a fan of avocado before, asks me to make it time to time.
I’d have to say my favorite meatless meal would be a whole-grain tuna/salmon sandwich with lettuce and tomato. Second only to Creamy Onion Soup with a side of fresh dark multi-grain bread to dunk with and a tossed salad with balsamic vinaigrette.
When I was younger my favorite dinner was oven-roasted squash (cut open once, baked open-faced) spread with butter and generously seasoned with All-Seasoning and salt (didn’t really need salt bc slreacy had but liked it better anyway); eaten by scooping out the flesh with spoons and saving the savoury crust for last. ( I actually onced used that same dinner in my workbook- I was asked to describe the one meal I’d love to have if I were stranded on an island somewhere, so I chose and described that squash!)
My favorite breakfast for the longest time was fresh Belgian Waffles served in a stacked heap with butter squares, maple syrup berries and sometimes whipped cream puffs; often chocolate chips. ; )
I love a good baked potato with chili, broccoli and cheese! YUM
Which the chili* is a meatless home-style chili with black beans, pinto beans, tomatoes, secrete spices, a whole day worth of boiling in the crock-pot and of course corn 😀
Chickpea soup with moroccan spices, or a yummy, curried lentil soup!
A vegetarian chili with homemade, not-too-sweet cornbread. Or crusty Italian bread.
Or anything with sweet potatoes, especially if they’re roasted and crispy.
Or chickpeas.
My absolutely favourite meatless meal is stir fried quinoa with satay sauce. Just like fried rice, but so much better for you, and you can pack as many veggies as you like into it!!
That bread pudding looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it! My favorite meatless meal is Butternut Squash Macaroni and Cheese. It’s a perfect comfort food for a cold winter night.
What a great giveaway! I have so many favorite meals, but I think I’ll have to say a roasted autumn veggie pasta with caramelized squash and onions!