A zucchini banana bread is a vegan banana bread filled with shredded zucchini that add moisture to the bread. It also adds a touch of greens to your day, making zucchini banana bread a healthy choice as a summer breakfast bread.
Ingredients and Substitutions
It’s a very easy bread to make using a few simple, wholesome ingredients. Let’s see what you need to make this delicious banana bread with zucchini.
White Whole Wheat Flour – Or all-purpose flour. It also works with all-purpose gluten-free flour, but the crumb is a bit denser and drier. Ripe Bananas – The riper, the sweeter the bread will taste, but yellow bananas also work very well. Shredded Zucchini – For this particular recipe, you won’t need to squeeze out the water from the zucchini. This is because the bread is made of high-fiber white wholewheat flour that balances the extra moisture from the zucchini. It’s also convenient as it makes this zucchini bread recipe way faster. Extra Virgin Light Olive Oil – Or vegetable oil you love, including melted coconut oil. Plant-based Yogurt of choice – Coconut yogurt is my favorite Brown Sugar or coconut sugar – You can use any crystal sweetener you have in your pantry but not a liquid sweetener like maple syrup. In fact, liquid sweetener makes this bread gummy and heavy, so it’s better to avoid it. Pecans or Walnuts – The addition of nuts is optional, but it adds a delicious crunch and some healthy fats, plant-based proteins, and fiber. Another option is to swap the nuts for chocolate chips. If you do so, choose sugar-free dark chocolate chips to avoid adding too much sugar to this healthy banana zucchini bread recipe.
If you don’t want to use white wholewheat flour, there are other options. Use the same amount of:
All-purpose flour or cake flour White spelt flour All-purpose gluten-free flour
However, note that this recipe won’t work with almond flour, coconut flour, or oat flour. Since this is an egg-free banana zucchini bread, these three flours won’t be able to hold the bread crumbs together. You can add many delicious ingredients to this banana zucchini bread batter. We really enjoy 1/2 cup of chopped pecans, but if you don’t have any, try some of the options below:
Dark chocolate chips Shredded coconut Chopped walnuts Dried fruits – chopped apricots, dates, or dried raisins
How To Make Healthy Banana Zucchini Bread
This recipe is a healthy banana zucchini bread made without eggs, dairy, or refined sugar and uses nourishing whole wheat flour.
Baking Tips
Check the baking process regularly by inserting a toothpick in the center of the zucchini banana bread to check if it’s cooked through. If the pick inserted in the center comes out clean, then the bread is ready. If it comes out very wet, keep baking for longer. Let the baked banana zucchini bread cool down on a wire rack for at least 3 hours or overnight. The longer it cools down, the better the texture will be.
Serving
You can serve this banana bread with zucchini on its own. It’s sweet and delicious plain. But, for a nutritious breakfast, add a dollop of one of the spreads below.
Peanut butter Almond butter Cashew butter Chia seed jam
More Zucchini Recipes
I love baking with zucchini because it adds the most delicious moist texture to bread and brownies. It’s also a great way to use all the overgrown summer zucchini or to sneak a piece of greens into your plate while enjoying a treat. Below I listed my favorite zucchini recipes for you to try.
