Orange Banana Nut Bread can be eaten at any meal or for a treat.
Orange Banana Nut Bread
Ingredients
1 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1 1/2 Cups Unbleached White Flour
2-3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Sea Salt
3/4 Cup Splenda or Small Amount of Agave Nectar
Use Ener-g Egg Replacer Equivalent of 1 Egg
3 Ripe Bananas Mashed
1/2 Cup Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
1 Tbsp. Grated Orange Rind
1/2 Cup Very Finely Chopped Walnuts ( food processor works best )
Cooking Directions
Heat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients except the nuts. Stir in nuts. Pour into 2 well greased loaf pans. I use Olive Oil spray. Bake 45 – 50 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool before slicing. You can use one 9x5x3 loaf pan and bake 60 minutes.
Walnuts are healthy for the body. It is recommended to eat about 1/4 cup of organic walnuts about 6 days a week.
Walnuts without shells are 4% water, 15% protein, 65% fat, and 14% carbohydrates, including 7% dietary fiber (table). In a 100-gram reference serving, walnuts provide 2,740 kilojoules (654 kcal) and rich content (20% or more of the Daily Value or DV) of several dietary minerals, particularly manganese at 163% DV, and B vitamins.
While English walnuts are the most commonly consumed, their nutrient density and profile are generally similar to those of black walnuts.
Unlike most nuts, which are high in monounsaturated fatty acids, walnut oil is composed largely of polyunsaturated fatty acids (72% of total fats), particularly alpha-linolenic acid (14%) and linoleic acid (58%), although it does contain oleic acid as 13% of total fats.
Health Claims
In 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided a Qualified Health Claim allowing products containing walnuts to state: “Supportive but not conclusive research shows that eating 1.5 ounces (43 g) per day of walnuts, as part of a low saturated fat and low cholesterol diet and not resulting in increased caloric intake, may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.” The FDA had, in 2004, refused to authorize the claim that “Diets including walnuts can reduce the risk of heart disease” and had sent an FDA Warning Letter to Diamond Foods in 2010 stating there is “not sufficient evidence to identify a biologically active substance in walnuts that reduces the risk of coronary heart disease.” A recent systematic review assessing the effect of walnut supplementation on blood pressure (BP) found insufficient evidence to support walnut consumption as a BP-lowering strategy. It has been studied if walnuts may enhance the probability of pregnancy for men with male factor infertility.
As of 2021, the relationship between walnuts and cognitive health is inconclusive.
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