Energy is something we all look
forward to begin our day with. In this
fast paced life, where we are all short of time, and are always on the run, and
unhealthy cravings and food are readily available , it is very important that
we pay a little attention which will help us in the longer run.
“Health is Wealth” goes a very
old saying – and it is true. If we are
healthy, we can push ourselves, strain a
little more, work towards that goal and yet be there for our families spending
time with them and making them smile.
But for all this we need to be healthy mentally and physically. Good food and exercise is what counts. We should not ignore these two aspects at any
cost. It is not always possible that you
eat the most healthy food, but what I am stressing here is try and maintain a
balance. If you are gorging on heavy
hotel food at one meal, try and keep the
others light and healthy. Or even if you are travelling and are eating
all your meals in a hotel, try and include more salads, fruits and grilled.
Avoid the salad dressings though.
However much those fried potatoes and the dessert bar calls you to look their way – avoid the temptation. You might be sad momentarily, but you will
be happy in the times to come.
If you are someone like I was,
just a month or so before, without a trace of guilt on eating calorie laden,
sinful food, and could go on and on without winking an eyelid, then stop it
immediately. Awaken yourself and start
to think what it could do to your arteries and other important body functions
just a few years from now.
Eat sensibly and small quantities
of food you love, to be able to eat them till you are alive. And exercise is imperative to keep your body
fit.
I am sharing with you a easy to
do yet very healthy bake, which you can make ahead and keep in the fridge or
outside (if the weathers cool) and have whenever the craving strikes.
WHOLEWHEAT BANANA WALNUT CAKE
Prep Time – 5
minutes
Cooking Time
– 30-40 minutes (if you are baking a
cake) and 15-20 minutes (if its muffins)
Makes – 1 big
loaf of cake or about 10- 12 muffins
Ingredients
2 cups
wholewheat flour (I used Azam Whole Wheat Atta)
1 tspn baking
powder
¼ tspn –
baking soda
1 egg (room
temperature) or substitute with ½ cup plain yoghurt
¾ cup – light
brown sugar
2 ripe
bananas
½ cup –
refined vegetable oil
¼ tspn - cinnamon powder
¼ cup –
chopped walnuts
1 tspn - vanilla essence
Method
Preheat oven
to 160 deg
In a pan add
the wheatflour, cinnamon powder, baking
soda and powder and mix well. If you
wish, you can sieve these together
In a separate
pan beat the oil and the egg. If you are using yoghurt – beat the oil and sugar
and add into the dry flour and add the whisked yoghurt and mix everything
together.
Now add the
sugar and and mix well. You don’t have
to beat it to melt
Add the
vanilla essence and mix
Now pour this
into the flour and combine properly.
Mash the
bananas and mix them and the walnuts into the batter and fold in well. If the batter is too thick add in some milk
and combine well. The batter should not
be very runny
Pour into
greased and dusted cake tin or muffin cups and bake as suggested in the
beginning of the recipe.
Check with a
toothpick to see if baked entirely.
