Lose weight, lower cholesterol, and improve your health, one delicious bite at a time in this companion to the runaway New York Times bestseller The Engine 2 Diet.
The Engine 2 Diet has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and inspired a plant-based food revolution. Featuring endorsements from top medical experts and a food line in Whole Foods Market, Engine 2 is the most trusted name in plant-based eating. Now, readers can bring the Engine 2 program into their kitchens with this cookbook companion to the original diet program. Engine 2 started in a firehouse in Texas, and if Texas firefighters love to eat this food, readers nationwide will eat it up, too! The Engine 2 Cookbook packs the life-saving promise of the Engine 2 program into more than 130 mouth-watering, crowd-pleasing recipes, including:
- Mac-N-Cash
- Two-Handed Sloppy Joes
- Terrific Teriyaki Tofu Bowl
- Badass Banana Bread
BADASS BANANA BREAD recipe:
Makes 1 loaf, 12 muffins, or 12 donuts
2 cups whole-grain flour (we use 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup oat flour) 1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
3 brown-spotted medium bananas, peeled and smashed (1¼ to 1½ cups)
¼ cup 100% pure maple syrup
¼ cup water
2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup add-ins of your choice: walnuts, pistachios, raisins, or nondairy chocolate chips (I have sort of a heavy hand here and probably use more like ½ cup to make it even more badass)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper (or get out a nonstick muffin pan or nonstick donut pan).
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. In a large bowl, combine the bananas, maple syrup, water, applesauce, vanilla, and vinegar. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet. Fold in the add-ins.
Pour the batter into the lined loaf pan (or divide among 12 muffin or donut cups). Bake the loaf for 30 minutes (or the muffins or donuts for 15 to 18 minutes), until golden brown on top. Serve warm!
Excerpted from the book The Engine 2 Cookbook: More than 130 Lip-Smacking, Rib-Sticking, Body-Slimming Recipes to Live Plant-Strong by Rip Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn. Copyright © 2017 by Rip Esselstyn. Reprinted with permission of Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved.
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