Be your best you – Eat Well
Being your best you means taking good care of your body.
These days, it’s no secret that balanced nutrition plays a really important part in this. But having an active lifestyle can mean you are often busy and on the go.
When you are out of the house and hunger strikes, even the most strong-willed and well-intentioned among us can waver when faced with an array of tempting snacks. One of our three favourite recipes for snacks on the go is:
Juicy Banana Chocolate Brownies
These moist brownies have a crisp crust and manage to stay tasty and fluffy without drying out after a long day. Adding bananas helps to give this sweet treat an additional nutritional boost as well as reducing the amount of sugar needed. Preparation is 15 minutes plus 20 minutes of baking.
Ingredients
(for one 23 cm x 23 cm tray)
- 2 ripe bananas
- 3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
- 50 g dark chocolate (at least 70% cacao)
- 150 g cane sugar
- 175 g coconut oil
- 100 g coconut flour or standard whole wheat flour
- 1 pinch of salt
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 180° C.
- Warm and mix the coconut oil and cacao. In a large bowl, mash the bananas into a puree.
- With a large, sharp knife, chop the dark chocolate into small pieces.
- Add flour, salt, and sugar and mix them together well once more to make a uniform batter.
- Fold in the pieces of chocolate to complete the brownie mixture.
- Grease your baking tray and dust with cocoa to prevent the brownies sticking to it.
- Fill the tray with the brownie mixture and spread. For the finishing touch, I smooth the chocolate over once more, so that a pretty pattern emerges on its crust while baking.
- Bake at 180°C in a convection oven for around 20 minutes.
Eating well on the go:
Three healthy snacks for an active day
3rd March 2020
