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?
My two favourite vegetarian meals are honey peanut butter cookies and pasta with three cheese sauce
Chickpeas + anything or fruit + anything! It’s so hard to choose. 🙂
Ooh great giveaway! I’ve wanted this book for a while and actually won it in another giveaway but was told Tosca Reno’s company had shut down so they couldn’t send me the prize after all :/.
My favourite meatless meal is veggie burgers! Ironically as a meat eater I never liked burgers much but since becoming vegetarian there are so many great veggie burger recipes out there that now it’s a definite fave!
Thanks for offering the giveaway! It’s hard to choose a favourite meal, but I love salad rolls, Kale salad with soy beans and homemade almond butter dressing, and I love throwing together different stir-frys! I recently had an amazing banana bread dark chocolate bread pudding in a little restaurant in Vancouver, I hope this tastes similar because it was amazing!!
My husband and I started eating better about 6 months ago. We started doing “Meatless Mondays”. I came across a recipe for a black bean nacho burger. It’s not vegan but it was the first vegetarian meal my husband truly enjoyed, so much that he was excited the next time I said I was going to make it. I altered the recipe a little to make a little healthier (less cheese, baked chips, my homemade wholegrain buns) and it is by far both our favorite meatless meal. It’s funny but I never even liked black beans and this is one of my favorite meals and you black bean brownies are my favorite brownies! Next thing I will actually eat and enjoy tofu..doubt it lol
I have a lot of favs since I’ve been a vegetarian for about 7 years now, but I’ve been loving me some lentils lately. Especially as a lentil spaghetti sauce or in my BBQ lentil bites. Thanks to you both for the awesome giveaway!
AH! Well, I’m FINALLY commenting on a Chocolate Covered Katie recipe. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time, and now I have no more excuses to wait since that cookbook would really help out a college student who is having trouble keeping her gut clean with a “dirty” gluten and dairy infested meal plan. I am a diehard meat lover. Unfortunately, I can’t afford meat here in downtown Chicago. So I’ve been thriving off of meatless meals! I could always go for a heaping bowl of Rice Chex or any variation of chili, but my favorite would have to be pad thai (none of them egg shenanigans). It’s a rare occasion when I can score it, but when I do, I score a touchdown and my stomach ends up looking like a football field.
you have quite a way with words lol
Haha wow, somebody actually took the time to read that. Well thank ya! It just makes me happy that you sat through it all.
Ooo favorite meatless meal. Pizza tops the list for me 🙂 Olives, bell peppers, onion, and mushrooms. Perfection!
My favorite meatless meal is by far falafel!!!! So delicious!
Finally a vegan bread pudding 🙂
My favorite meatlless meal is my moms stuffed
peppers in a red sauce with brown rice!
My favorite meatless meal is the Sweet Potato and Quinoa Patties with Fruit Salsa from Jess at How Sweet It Is. She uses blackberries for her salsa, but we’ve found the best to be blueberries when they’re in season in Michigan! =)
My favorite meatless meal is lentil soup a friend gave me the recipe for. Tons of veggies, a little pasta, and a tiny kick from a can of Rotel. So yummy!
My favorite meatless meal is falafel/hummus on a nice salad. Yummy!
Homemade wok bowl packed full of greens and veggies and peanut sauce over brown rice. Yum yum 🙂
Black bean and quinoa casserole with yams and salsa! I have not been able to fully enforce a weekly meatless day in my house, but this recipe has been an amazing way to get started.
Red lentil morrocan spiced soup in the crockpot. I could eat it for every meal!