Sulston’s Kitchen – Perfectly Balanced Banana Bread

Based in the growing food scene of Tonbridge, Sulston’s Kitchen are the go-to healthy food take away business for the area. From vitamin packed smoothies to healthy energy ball snacks and balanced wraps, meals and soups, Sulston’s offers nutrition dense food that you can be safe in knowing has been locally sourced and freshly prepared.

They are far from your usual café though. Ben and wife Kirsty, owner’s of Sulston’s Kitchen offer a much wider service. As health is at the heart, they offer a meal plan delivery service, cooking classes and kits for customers to make their food at home – enabling everyone to stay healthy. Amongst this  the pair also take pride in supporting UK Brazillian Jiu Jitsu by sponsoring athletes through their ‘Fuelling Fighters’ programme.

Sulston’s Kitchen feature in The Cook Book – Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells alongside many more of Tonbridge’s favourite eateries including Basil Whole Foods, Gurkha Planet, The Chaser Inn, and Whole Food Wake Up.

Ben Sulston, has kindly given Tree of Hope one of his favourite secret recipes to share with you to try at home, an exemplar of the truly balanced dishes Ben and Kirsty create. With two more exclusive recipes that feature in The Cook Book – Sevenoaks, Tonbridge& Tunbridge Wells !

Banana bread

Makes a 2lb loaf tin (8 portions)

90g Coconut oil | 450g Bananas | 35g Maple syrup | 4 Eggs | 230g  Ground almonds | 1g Malden sea salt | 1 Vanilla pod | 10g Baking powder | 65g Coconut flour | Extra coconut oil to grease the tin.

Method

1. Gently warm the extra coconut oil in a saucepan and using a pastry brush coat the inside of the loaf tin. 
2. Using a food processor blend the bananas and then add the rest of the ingredients. Blend until all combined and smooth.
3. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and cook in a pre-heated oven at 160°C for 1 hour.
4. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly, then remove from the tin and continue to cool on a cooling rack.

Chefs tip:

This one of my favourite recipes as it is so versatile. It is great as a snack on the go any time of day.
It makes a great dessert warmed up with some seasonal fruits, Greek yoghurt, roast almonds and bee pollen as we serve it at our Supper Clubs.

Also our 1 year old Sebastian loves it as a healthy snack!

The Cook Book – Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells is available to buy from Sulston’s Kitchen, plus from all the other chefs, restaurants and eateries who feature in the book and online here!

All profits raised from The Cook Book – Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells goes to Tree of Hope enabling us to help hundreds of children across the UK to obtain the specialist medical treatment, therapy and equipment that would otherwise be unavailable to them.