Triple Berry Paleo Banana Bread with Lemon Glaze
Triple Berry Paleo Banana Bread is a crazy delicious yet super healthy dessert recipe. It's packed full of good for you ingredients like bananas, eggs, almond flour, collagen, and fresh berries. I like to eat a big slice for breakfast with my cup of coffee.
The Best Paleo Banana Bread
That's what this recipe should really be called. It really is THE BEST banana bread around, paleo or not. It's super moist and has just the right amount of banana flavor.
It's also covered in a healthier paleo lemon glaze that is ridiculously delicious. Cause the only thing better than healthy banana bread is healthy paleo banana bread covered in glaze. Holy yum.
Why you'll love this healthy banana bread
- It's rich and moist, just like fruit bread is supposed to be. When I think of healthy baking recipes I always assume they'll be dry and totally not worth eating. Not this one. Not at all. It's succulent, spongy, soft, and all things delicious.
- Eat dessert for breakfast and feel good about it! And no, I'm not joking. If eggs, bananas, and almonds all sound like healthy breakfast food to you, then dig into this tomorrow morning!
- Collagen. Or more specifically, my favorite collagen ever: Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides. I stir some into my coffee or smoothie every morning and I swear to you my hair, nails, and skin loves me for it. I also find my joints are happier with me since making it a routine. Love it!!
- It's super easy to make. One bowl and 10 minutes of your time and you'll be able to pop your banana bread in the oven.
- It keeps for days! Hello, healthy weekday breakfasts.
- It's super filling from all the almond flour so one slice and you'll be full for ages.
- Berries. Lots and lots of berries. They add a subtle tartness and lots of prettiness to the banana bread.
- With Memorial Day just around the corner (and July 4th coming up soon) all the red, white, and blue make this healthy banana bread the perfect addition to your celebrations!
One bowl easy banana bread
When it comes to baking, I'm totally not making a big, giant, fussy, mess out of it. Who has time for that? This paleo banana bread is made in its own bowl and is super not fussy at all. Here's what it looks like:
→ Whisk the wet ingredients. I'm looking at you, bananas, eggs, coconut oil, and lemon juice.
→ Then add all the dry ingredients. You know the game. In goes the almond flour, Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides, tapioca starch, and coconut sugar. If you're opting for the sugar, that is.
→ The berries get folded into the batter at the end. See how easy that was?
Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides
Or in this case, Vital Proteins Mixed Berry Collagen Peptides.
I've never made it any secret that I'm totally and completely in love with Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides. I have a couple of scoops every day, usually mixed in with a smoothie or my morning coffee. I love how good I feel (and how much better my skin looks) since I started having it regularly.
I've teamed up with Vital Proteins a few times before, so you may recognize some other healthy, collagen recipes here:
- Super Creamy Almond Butter Latte
- Flourless Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes
- Curried Chicken Cauliflower Rice Soup
- Grab and Go Bacon and Egg Cups
Their mixed berry flavor is new to me and, I'm not going to lie, I was a little skeptical before trying it. But all my fears about it tasting strange were totally off the mark. It has a bright, citrus-y flavor that totally nails it.
It's as good in a smoothie as it is this Paleo Banana Bread.
Healthier Paleo Lemon Glaze
I'm a sucker for a lemon glaze. You know the stuff I'm talking about, right? With all the powdered sugar and lemon juice and sweetness. #yum
But this wouldn't exactly be PALEO banana bread if I smothered it in a traditional lemon glaze.
So I set out to make a paleo-friendly lemon glaze. This deliciousness is made from raw cashews (to bulk it up and give it the white glaze color), honey (the sweet part), and lemon juice. It's just the thing to transform this paleo banana bread from a slice of breakfast to dessert perfection.
Healthy Paleo Breakfast Recipes:
- Coconut Flour Banana Bread
- Triple Chocolate Paleo Banana Muffins
- Paleo Apple Cinnamon Muffins
- Coconut Almond Paleo Breakfast Muffins
- Healthy Smoky Mushroom Breakfast Tacos
- GF Zucchini Banana Bread
Triple Berry Paleo Banana Bread with Lemon Glaze
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Ingredients
Paleo Banana Bread
- 2 large ripe bananas, about 1 lb.
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- Zest from 1 lemon + ¼ cup lemon juice
- Optional: ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 1 ½ cups almond flour
- ½ cup tapioca starch
- ½ cup or 4 scoops Vital Proteins Mixed Berry Collagen Peptides (their unflavored version works well, too!),
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup each: raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries (plus a couple extra for garnish)
Paleo Lemon Glaze
- ½ cup raw cashews
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
Paleo Banana Bread
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper, allowing some extra to fold over the edges to make it easier to lift out the banana bread.
- Mash the bananas with a fork in a large bowl. Add the eggs, melted coconut oil, lemon zest and juice, and coconut sugar and whisk well. Add the almond flour, tapioca starch, Vital Proteins Mixed Berry Collagen Peptides, and the baking soda and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.2 large ripe bananas, 3 large eggs, 2 tablespoons coconut oil, Zest from 1 lemon + ¼ cup lemon juice, Optional: ¼ cup coconut sugar, 1 ½ cups almond flour, ½ cup tapioca starch, ½ cup or 4 scoops Vital Proteins Mixed Berry Collagen Peptides (their unflavored version works well, too!), 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Add the raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries and gently fold into the batter.¼ cup each: raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries (plus a couple extra for garnish)
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and top with a few extra berries. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Halfway through baking, cover the loaf with aluminum foil to prevent the top from browning too much.
- Let the banana bread cool for 10 minutes then carefully lift it out of the pan and finish cooling on a cooling rack. Drizzle with the lemon glaze.
Paleo Lemon Glaze
- Place all the ingredients in a high powered blender and blend on high until smooth. If you have a regular blender, strain the glaze through a fine mesh sieve after you blend it so that it is smooth.½ cup raw cashews, ¼ cup honey, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons water
You are from Vancouver, BC correct? Can you please share where one can purchase the berry flavored Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides? I tried Body Energy Club and the gentleman there was not aware of a berry flavored option. Other places where I looked, haven’t heard of it either. I would love to try this recipe! Thanks =)
To be honest, I haven’t bought the berry flavored one before. That one was sent to me. I buy the unflavored Vital Proteins from Body Energy Club and it works great in this recipe, too!
If not using Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides would I add more flour? or could I use regular protein powered?
I haven’t tried it with protein powder so I can’t say how it would turn out. If you omit it the recipe will still work. You just don’t get the healthy boost of collagen!
Does this have a strong lemon flavour – we are not a fan of strong lemon flavored desserts. I know I can use vanilla….
It definitely tastes like lemon. If you’re not a lemon fan vanilla would be really nice!
I’m allergic to cashews but this looks amazing. Is there something I could sub?
You could leave the glaze off and it would still be very good. The other option would be a bit of an experiment. I would try coconut cream, honey, and lemon juice. I bet that would make a nice glaze!
I made this yesterday and it was fantastic. My hubby didn’t believe me when I told him that it was healthy. Thank you for the recipe!
Haha isn’t it awesome when they don’t believe you that you’re feeding them healthy food?!!
Blueberry and lemon is such a great combination!
It’s one of my favs, too!
Dessert-flavored breakfasts are my FAVE! I rarely ever have a completely savory breakfast. Banana bread with berries are the best kind indeed–I would always bake blueberries into my banana bread. It’s like combining banana bread with blueberry muffins!
It feels like such a treat to have something like banana bread for breakfast, doesn’t it? Such a great bonus when all the ingredients in it are super healthy!