Cottage Cheese Banana Bread (Diabetic-Friendly)
✅ Why This Works
- No refined sugar
- Uses ripe bananas in controlled amount
- High protein from cottage cheese + eggs
- Option to use almond flour or oat flour for better blood sugar control
🛒 Ingredients (Makes 1 loaf, ~10 slices)
- 1 cup cottage cheese (full-fat or 2%)
- 2 ripe medium bananas (mashed)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cups almond flour (lower carb option)
OR 1½ cups oat flour (moderate carb option) - 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1–2 tbsp monk fruit sweetener (optional, depending on banana sweetness)
- Optional: ¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
🥣 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Line or grease a loaf pan.
- Blend cottage cheese until smooth (or leave slightly textured if preferred).
- In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, mashed bananas, eggs, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and sweetener.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
- Stir in nuts if using.
- Pour into loaf pan and bake 40–55 minutes (almond flour bakes a bit faster).
- Cool completely before slicing.
📊 Estimated Nutrition (Almond Flour Version – Per Slice)
- Calories: ~170
- Protein: 7–9g
- Carbs: 10–12g
- Fiber: 3g
- Net carbs: ~7–9g
- Added sugar: 0g
(Oat flour version will be slightly higher in carbs.)
💡 Blood Sugar Tips
- Stick to 1 slice per serving.
- Pair with extra protein (Greek yogurt, nut butter).
- Use very ripe bananas so you don’t need added sweetener.
🥥 Lower-Carb Option
- Use only 1½ bananas
- Add 1–2 tbsp chia seeds for more fiber
- Replace ¼ cup flour with protein powder
