This Dairy Free Banana Bread with Ginger and Pear is packed full of goodness and flavour. Enjoy for breakfast/brunch or healthy snack anytime!
Holiday over and we came back to an empty fridge. Well, almost, as I did find a good size chunk of reasonably fresh ginger. There were also 2 very ripe bananas and 1 pear in the fruit bowl. After a little rummage in the kitchen cupboards I realised I had enough ingredients to make this healthy Dairy Free Banana Bread with Ginger and Pear that’s perfect for breakfast or as a healthy snack.
Whole wheat banana bread recipe
This ginger banana bread recipe does not contain any refined sugar or white flour. Although I eat brown bread every day I must admit I was a little unsure about using wholemeal flour in this sweet bread recipe thinking it might make it heavy and stodgy. Thank goodness I decided to go for it anyway! This bread is light and fluffy, and I think the wholemeal flour adds flavour and depth plain flour never could.
Meal prep tips
This easy healthy banana bread doesn’t take very long to make but you can reduce preparation time even further by making the fruit mixture ahead. (Refrigerate it, covered, for up to several hours, until you are ready to make the recipe). Then all that’s left to do is combine it with the other ingredients and pop the whole thing in the oven.
Can you freeze this dairy free banana bread?
You can easily freeze this banana bread. I like to freeze individual slices, wrapped in paper or cling film, so I can have a healthy, delicious snack anytime I want!
Enjoy!
More healthy banana bread recipes
If you like this easy moist banana bread you might also like this Quinoa Banana Bread (Dairy Free). This recipe uses ripe bananas as well as banana chips! Check out also this Whole Wheat Banana Bread Recipe with Sea Salt. Both make fantastic healthy snacks and easy lunchbox ideas.
If you make this dairy free banana bread please come back and let me know how it turned out in the comments section below. Your feedback is very important to me! Thanks:)
This Dairy Free Banana Bread with Ginger and Pear is packed full of goodness and flavour, making a delicious breakfast/brunch option as well as healthy snack anytime!
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1 large pear peeled, chopped
- 1 and 1/2 ripe banana mashed
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup strong wholemeal bread flour
- 2/3 cup ground almonds
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
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In a saucepan combine the ginger, pear, banana, honey and coconut oil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
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Preheat the oven to 350 F/ 180 C/ gas mark 4. lightly grease and line a 23 x 13 cm loaf tin with non-stick paper and set aside.
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Combine the flour, ground almonds and baking powder and stir thoroughly. In a separate bowl whisk the eggs, add the fruit mixture (once cooled) and stir well to combine. Add the dry ingredients and stir well. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hour.
Preparation time DOES include the time needed to cook as well as cool the fruit.
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I love your healthy twist on banana bread, and the combination of pear and ginger. I can’t wait to try this out! I have some bananas about past their prime right now. 😀 Thank you for sharing this delicious and healthful recipe with us over at Fiesta Friday this week!
Thank you! The ingredients were actually accidental, but thankfully the recipe worked!
Ooooh what a lovely flavour combination! I never think of adding pears or ginger with banana. This is going to be a must try! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Thanks! The combination was accidental as it was really all I could find after we came back from our holiday. But it worked:)
This looks like a lovely twist on banana bread. I agree about wholemeal flour, I’m increasingly using it in my baking instead of plain flour and think it adds a lovely depth of flavour. Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare
Thanks! I recently also made pizza dough and muffins with wholemeal flour – both very successful:)
I love ginger in bread ..
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YUM! Ginger and pear work so well together so you have my mouth watering! I’ll have to make this soon, and your Banana Quinoa Bread looks fab too!
Thanks! I am really into ginger lately, I just love it in everything, but it does work particularly well with pear:)