Baking

What’s not to love about banana bread? Quick to make and always tasty, it goes easily from breakfast table, to lunch box, to after dinner treat with tea. And many of us have a family recipe we’ve been making for so long we could do it with our eyes closed. So why not give your go-to recipe a break and give our chocolate-walnut banana bread a try? With all the familiar flavour you expect from this potassium-rich treat, our version ups the healthy factor with the addition of flax seeds and whole-wheat flour. Plus, we’ve added enough chocolate chips to make sure it appeals to those with a sweet tooth, and the protein-packed walnuts balance the sweetness.

This dead simple banana bread recipe takes just 10 minutes of hands-on time and can also be turned into muffins.

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