Banana Bread, Take Two

I'm a little bit obsessed with making banana bread...and making it as healthy as possible. This morning I had an idea that was inspired by one of my very best friends who puts chocolate chips in her banana bread....so instead of chocolate chips, I just added 2 tsp of cocoa to the batter. Turns out it's not a world changing improvement, but I kind of like it.

So, here's what I did...

Instead of oil or butter, I used vanilla yogurt.
Cut the sugar from 1 cup to 1/2 cup and used brown instead of white
Used whole wheat flour instead of white
Added about 1/2 of wheat germ (I have no idea why/if this is healthy....I just know it's in my fridge and I use it in my granola recipe)
Added an extra banana

Here's the end result!

Happy Mother's Day!

We spent Mother's Day both in the kitchen and at Grandma's house. Kitchen first, of course...we can't go to  Grandma's empty handed! This calls for chocolate cake, right...someone else thought so too! Perhaps not the best sous chef, but the VERY best partner in crime!