Hello, lovelies! I have been away for a long, long time.

In the last year and a half, I have been very busy! I lost 70 pounds(!) with a healthy diet and exercise, and lived abroad in India for six months, while my very patient and devoted husband waited for me back home in the US. I was also hospitalized with a previously hidden, life-threatening genetic condition, which made the weight loss imperative.

Perhaps I'll write more about all of that later, but for now I wanted to share a terrific recipe that I've adapted from this recipe. I've been eating ever more healthfully in the last year since my diagnosis.

This kind of thing is good to eat a little slice of in the morning, before or just after a heavy workout. I only eat this kind of thing maybe once a week, so being able to freeze it is great. I also use mini loaf pans and immediately freeze one of the loaves, so I am not tempted to eat it!

Use very ripe bananas to add sweetness. If you use plain yogurt, you'll need to add 1/4 cup of sugar. 

This recipe is pretty healthy and ultra low fat, almost nonfat - a third of a gram of fat per serving, with 2 grams of fiber, 7 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein. There's nothing wrong with fat - in fact, it's an essential part of the daily diet! - but by taking out the traditional fats in this bread, you open up room elsewhere in your diet for eating more healthy fats, like avocado, olive oil, nuts, coconut oil, and so forth. It also reduces the calories like crazy, so you can indulge in a slice without throwing your daily calories off.

The Most Amazing, Almost Nonfat Blueberry Banana Bread 

Yield: 2 mini loaves, 8 slices each (total: 16 slices)

Calories: 81 calories per slice 

Ingredients:

 1/4 cup Turbinado Sugar

1/2 cup Blueberry Nonfat Yogurt (I used Trader Joe's French Village)

3 Very Ripe Bananas

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Cinnamon

2/3 cup Chickpea Flour (Besan)

1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour (I used Bob's Red Mill)

1/2 cup Frozen Organic Wild Blueberries (I used Trader Joe's)