bad produce | Fitness & Feta

Tonight I came home from my Tuesday two-a-day and headed directly for the kitchen to make my lunch for tomorrow. Even though what I really wanted to do was face plant in my bed. As I reached for my bananas in the fruit basket, I realized that all three of my bananas were pretty much bad. Brown. Mushy. And was that really just a fruit fly swarming over them?

Damnit.

If you know me, you know how much I hate, hate, HATE – wasting food. Throwing away food, especially produce, grinds my gears. SO MUCH.

So I sucked it up and went on a mission to salvage my three bananas.

I dug through the cabinets and realized (phew!) that I had enough ingredients to make banana bread. Special thanks / blog shout out to my roomie Slesh who kindly let me borrow 2 cups of wheat flour and 1/3 cup of her yogurt. I owe you!

Question for my followers (leave a comment) – how do you typically salvage produce or other food that you know will go bad?!

Here’s the recipe!

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour (I substituted wheat flour)
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
1.5 cups mashed ripe bananas, about 3 (PERFECT!)
1/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cooking spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 350.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir with a whisk.
Place sugar and butter in large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla; beat until blended.
Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist.
Spoon batter into an 8.5 x 4.5 inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely.