Match Foodie Cooking Membership: February 2022

This month we’re making a scrumptious banana bread! Made with 3 tremendous ripe bananas this unimaginable chocolate banana bread is so moist, fluffy, and chocolatey. 

What’s the Match Foodie Cooking Membership?

The Match Foodie Cooking Membership is a month-to-month cooking problem to get you within the kitchen cooking from scratch!

We thought there was no higher strategy to deliver our digital neighborhood collectively than to all make the identical recipe every month to have a good time actual meals.

February 2022 – The Particulars

Learn the under particulars VERY rigorously as we need to ensure that your entry counts! When you have questions, please go away them within the feedback of this put up.

Recipe of the Month

Are you prepared for essentially the most scrumptious chocolate banana bread you’ve ever tasted? This month we’re making our Unbelievable Chocolate Banana Bread — it’s so chocolatey and moist and tastes like dessert.

All About Chocolate Banana Bread

This chocolate banana bread continues to get 5-star evaluation after 5-star evaluation! It’s chocolatey, fluffy, and made with entire substances!

Just like our different banana bread recipes on Match Foodie Finds, this chocolate banana bread is made with white entire wheat flour and coconut oil.

Substances You’ll Want

• eggs: we haven’t tried this recipe, eggless, however you’ll be able to at all times attempt to sub 2 flax eggs.
• mashed banana: the riper the bananas you employ, the sweeter your chocolate banana bread will likely be.
• almond milk: we love the nutty taste of almond milk, however be happy to make use of any sort of milk.
• vanilla: we used 2 entire teaspoons on this recipe and I completely adore the flavour it provides.
• coconut oil: coconut oil is a good sub for vegetable oil, however you’ll be able to at all times swap if you happen to don’t have any coconut oil available!
• white entire wheat: that is our absolute favourite flour to make any sort of bread loaf with. We haven’t examined this recipe with the rest, however I’m certain you could possibly sub both all-purpose flour or an all-purpose gluten-free flour mix.
• brown sugar: Slightly little bit of brown sugar goes a good distance! Basic banana bread requires brown sugar and that’s why we stored it on this recipe. In the event you’re in search of a substitution, I’d use coconut sugar or one other granular sugar.
• cocoa powder: since that is CHOCOLATE banana bread, the cocoa powder is crucial! Be sure to search for a cocoa powder that’s unsweetened for the very best outcomes.
• chocolate chips: Don’t skimp on the chocolate chips…is a rule when making banana bread. Simply belief me.

Instruments You’ll Want

Recipe Ideas

• The bananas matter: The riper the banana, the sweeter. They’re additionally simpler to mash. One factor we’ve realized is that if you happen to don’t mash your bananas sufficient, they may sink to the underside, so simply ensure you get in there and mash them nicely.
• The pan you employ issues, too! There is no such thing as a improper reply, however if you happen to use a steel loaf pan, it distributes the warmth extra evenly, the place there’s extra of an opportunity of uneven cooking in a ceramic pan.
• Add the coconut oil final: Just remember to add the coconut oil final in order that it doesn’t agency up when it mixes with the opposite chilly, moist substances.
• Don’t over cook dinner: Ensure that to control the middle of your loaf. In the event you overcook your bread, it can find yourself powerful and crumbly.

Easy methods to Enter

Now that you understand how to make the recipe, it’s time to submit your creation!

1. Go to the Unbelievable Chocolate Banana Bread weblog put up.
2. Make the recipe and snap a photograph of it.
3. Depart a touch upon the Unbelievable Chocolate Banana Bread weblog put up with a photograph of your creation letting folks know the way it went. We’d love a star-rating, nevertheless it’s not required. Ensure that to depart your title and electronic mail within the remark type as a result of that is how we’ll contact the winners!

Vital Dates

Thursday, February 3, 2022 – the primary day you might be eligible to submit an entry.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 – the final day to submit your picture and remark.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 – the winners will likely be randomly chosen and introduced on this weblog put up and on social media.

The Prize

2 individuals will every win a $100 Goal present card. The choice will likely be random and primarily based on feedback which can be obtained between February 3 and February 22, 2022.

Winners will likely be introduced on the final Wednesday of the month (February 23, 2022) by way of social media and weblog put up.

Charity of the Month

OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH ALLIANCE

Every month we’ll choose a distinct charity to assist. February 2022’s charity of the month is OCRA. We’ll be doubling the match from our giveaway winners to donate $400 to OCRA.

OCRA not solely helps fund ovarian most cancers analysis, however in addition they act as a voice for the ovarian most cancers neighborhood advocating for sufferers. Additionally they assist sufferers and households navigating this horrible illness.

We particularly selected this the Ovarian Most cancers Analysis Alliance in honor of Lee’s mother-in-law who’s an ovarian most cancers fighter and survivor.

DONATE

We might love so that you can assist our month-to-month charity and donate what you’ll be able to.

In the event you really feel so inclined, donate to the Ovarian Most cancers Analysis Alliance HERE.