Chocolate Chip (or not!) banana bread

We love muffins but my five year old has been asking for banana bread. We like to add chocolate chips if the banana bread is going to be a treat or leave it plain and serve it with peanut butter and strawberries for breakfast.  This banana bread is perfect for our family but if you want it sweeter adjust the sweetener to taste.  I adjusted the recipe to include a little less banana since the middle of the bread had a little uncooked banana still in our loaf.

Ingredients:

Dry:
2 cups white wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Wet:
3 small overripe bananas
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt (drain off any liquid)
1/2 cup real maple syrup
1/3 cup whole milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
chocolate chips, optional

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease a loaf pan and set aside.  Combine the dry ingredients in a large measuring cup and stir until well combined.  In a large bowl, mash your bananas with the back of a fork.  Add the greek yogurt, maple syrup, milk, and vanilla extract and stir to combine.  Then add your dry ingredients and mix until just combined.  Add your chocolate chips, if using, to the batter or press into the top of the batter once it's poured into the prepared loaf pan.  We made a half and half loaf this time!

I sliced it up after it cooled and then wrapped each slice individually and froze it for a quick breakfast for snack another day.

Let me know if you try it what you think!

We made this based on this recipe!

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2017/01/16/healthy-banana-bread/

Strawberry Scones (better for you!)

Things are getting even busier in our house so I am trying to fill up my freezer with some healthy real food breakfasts and snacks so I can offer my kids real food options even when I don't have anything freshly made. 

These scones made as directed are not very sweet. My kids still LOVED them and so did my husband. If you want a sweeter version, increase the syrup and/or add a few drops of stevia. You could also frost with some other icing to sweeten them up.  I like that these aren't super sweet so I can give them to the kids for breakfast with fruit or put in a lunchbox as a healthy treat.

Ingredients:

Scones:
1 1/2 cups white wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
dash of salt
2 Tbsp butter, cold, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt (drain off any liquid)
3 Tbsp real maple syrup
4 Tbsp whole milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 - 1 cup diced strawberries

Optional glaze:
1 Tbsp milk
2 tsp real maple syrup

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and combine well!  Cut the butter pieces into the dry mixture with the back of a fork (I used clean hands to ensure it was well combined).  Add the greek yogurt, syrup, whole milk and vanilla and stir to combine.  Fold in the diced strawberries.  Pour the batter (it is thick) onto the parchment and form into a large circle.  Mix the maple syrup and milk and brush onto the scones.  Cut the circle with a pizza cutter or sharp knife into 8-16 pieces depending on the size desired.  Cook for 17 minutes or until desired doneness.

Brushed with glaze

Finished cooking and didn't take a pic fast enough before the vultures got to it...

Let me know if you make them what you think and if you made any changes!

Modified from http://amyshealthybaking.com/blog/2017/04/09/clean-raspberry-almond-scones/