Can anything be guilt free?

So I had these piles of bananas sitting on my fruit bowl, waiting their turn to be binned. Since Russ and I are consciously staying away from treats since we've been doing too much "comfort" eating, I thought there had to be a way of turning those bananas into something healthy before they died...

Dear friends of ours visiting from NZ, walked through our door just as this throw together loaf came out of the oven with no eggs, no butter, no oil and I guess, NO GUILT! This guilt free loaf went really well with the fudge they arrived with and the lashings of margarine on the warm loaf, fresh out the oven ... dear, oh dear, what to do when one of the greatest pleasures in life is eating with friends!

I'll be off for another run tomorrow!

Banana Date Loaf

Delicious straight out of the oven and keeps for up to a week in an airtight container :-)

1 cup chopped, pitted dates

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 cup water

2 cups self raising flour

1 cup mashed, ripe banana

1 t baking soda

1 t nutmeg

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease and line a loaf tin.

Sieve flour, baking soda and nutmeg into a large bowl. Sitr through the chopped dates and sugar.

Add the banana and water and stir until combined. Spoon into the prepared loaf tin and smooth surface with the back of the spoon.

Bake for 40 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Remove from the oven and set aside for 5 minutes to cool before tunring onto a wire rack! YUM!