The only difference I noted was that it rises and falls more in the microwave
than the banana version, so be careful not to fill the bowl too much.
Not exact matches
Rather
than sticking to a basic savoury flavour, I decided to make a new
version of my beloved
banana bread by adding
bananas, walnuts, cinnamon and a touch of agave nectar.
While I love a fruit based oatmeal (check out this strawberry
banana version here) there is nothing better
than oatmeal that reminds you of a decadent pecan pie..
Yesterday's
Banana Bread versus Today's Tea Cake Style Bread: Today's
version of
banana bread (at least the last 90 years of it) is more of a sweet tea cake
than the
banana bread of yesteryear (which resembled yeast bread made with dried plaintain flour (though I see
banana flour back in the news as a gluten - free flour of the future).
But always go for a slightly greener
banana, as it contains more resistant starch
than its ripe
version.
I will say that this Maple Walnut Nice Cream is a little more icy
than my
banana based
versions, but we actually loved it's texture!
For many of us, this saying brings nothing more to mind
than cartoon images of human - sized
bananas with arms and legs, or smiling, anthropomorphized
versions of broccoli and tuna fish.