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Strawberry Coconut Chia Seed Banana Bread

A healthy banana bread made with Greek yogurt and packed with strawberries, coconut and chia seeds.

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Why it works: Banana and chia work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 43 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with a little of the melted coconut oil.

  2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.

  3. In a large bowl, mash the ripe banana well, then whisk in the brown sugar, egg, remaining cooled coconut oil, vanilla, Greek yogurt and almond or coconut milk until smooth.

  4. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined. Fold in the diced strawberries, smashed raspberries, 1/2 cup coconut flakes and chia seeds.

  5. Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Scatter the sliced strawberries and the remaining 3 tablespoons coconut flakes over the top.

  6. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, until the center is set, a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean and the top is golden. Cover loosely with foil if the top browns too quickly.

  7. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then lift the loaf onto a rack and let it cool completely before slicing.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Banana + chiatop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Banana + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Almond + chiatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Coconut + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Banana + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, banana, sugar, egg, coconut, vanilla, yogurt):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, banana, sugar, egg, coconut, vanilla, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).