With love from Asha

• vegan banana bread yum yum
  
  
  ½ cup chocolate chips (optional)
  
  3 ripe banana’s mashed
  
  1 tbsp lemon juice
  
  ½ cup oil
  
  ½ cup sugar
  
  ¾ cup chopped dates
  
  1 ½ cups flour
  
  ½ cup wheat germ
  
  ½ tsp salt
  
  ½ tsp baking powder
  
  ½ tsp baking soda
  
  
  
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. In a small bowl, mash the banana’s with a fork until the mixture is very mushy. Add the lemon juice, oil, sugar and dates and stir together. In a separate large bowl, stir together the flour, wheat germ, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture and fix together gently until ‘just mixed’. Spoon the mixture into a lightly oiled loaf pan and bake for 40 – 50 minutes. Test with a knife to see if done.
  
  This makes one loaf.