It’s late fall here in New York.  Waking up early in the morning on a rainy day or even on a warm day in early December. Perfect time for a Vegan Spelt Chocolate  Banana bread with nuts and spices. The spices like cinnamon, clove, anise, nutmeg are perfect for this time of the season. One of the benefits of using spices in your daily life is to fight inflammation in this period of time. But also spices give a great aroma to anything you add them. Spelt is an ancient grain that is a subspecies of wheat. Spelt and wheat are similar in terms of appearance, but spelt has a stronger husk and slightly different nutritional content.  Moreover, spelt considered to be an alkaline grain.  Finally, spelt is an excellent source of carbohydrates and dietary fibre. It is particularly rich in iron, magnesium, phosphorous, zinc, and niacin (vitamin B-3).

     Dry:

• 3/4 cup of spelt flour
• 1/2 cacao powder
• 1/2 sugar
• 1/4 salt
• 1/2 baking powder
• 1/4 baking soda
• 1tbsp allspice
• 3/4 mixed nuts

     Wet:

• 1/3 non-dairy milk
• 1/2 apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/2 coconut oil
• 2 medium ripe bananas

   Preparation:

Mix together first non-dairy milk and apple cider vinegar and leave it for 5 min. After adding chia seeds and leave it for another 5 min. Then you can add bananas and coconut oil and blend all wet ingredients in a blender until smooth consistency. In another bowl add all dry ingredients together and mix. Finally combine both wet and dry ingredients together and mix until smooth dough. Preheat the oven for 350F and bake for 50 min.

Enjoy!