Applesauce banana loaf [Dairy Free]

I am sitting here trying to describe how I have been feeling in these last few days. Tired is the first adjective that comes to mind. At first I thought the word was so salient in my mind because of how the physical side of my job had left me sore in my legs and arms, with 5 am starts thrown in the mix too. 

The first course of action for me to counteract this was to dive into a diet of spirulina smoothies and sugar free snacks. The food has given me an energy boost, but on my days off I can’t shake off the wanna-be-in-bed-all-day feeling, so I had to think a little harder about what else I was be doing wrong.

Thinking being the key word here, I was in my head too much. I have an emotional job, where you make decisions about people’s lives, and that is something that can be highly rewarding at times, but on the other hands it makes me over analyse every decision I make. It leads to a very judgemental cycle in my head and by the time i get home I am in this deep emotional pit, no one can rescue me, not even my lovely husband who tries so hard to get me to feel better, by talking. But when I am in that state there’s no talking to me, I need to be left alone in my head, going over my decisions, being judgemental. Over and over again. I have learned that this routine is just as much of an unhealthy habit as having chocolate for lunch.

So now let’s talk about this banana loaf. It is an original recipe and it all started with the challenge that I set to myself to cook with substitute ingredients. There’s no butter, not even olive oil in this cake, just apples. The power of applesauce blew my mind. Ready to eat in an hour, tops.

Applesauce banana loaf (serves 4-6)

1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and chopped

Lemon, juice only

50ml water

70g ground almonds