I hope you are all healthy and well :)

Although I don't like the name much really, I'm all for trash cooking; it's about using some of the "waste" you produce in your cooking to make edible products. And hopefully, not just edible, but delicious and healthier.

One seventh of the world's garbage is made up of food waste. Many of us use this waste to compost the soil, for example, giving garbage a chance to stop being mere trash.

Fortunately, there are ways to use this waste in your kitchen as well. Many have done so for a long time; others just kept sending food to the garbage can, while it was not only still fit for human consumption--or for their companion animals--, but was even more beneficial than the part they had already used, as when we make a vegetable or fruit juice and throw away the bagasse, thus making use of a lot of sugar without the necessary fiber Nature knew you needed so much.

Today I want to tell you about a delicious way I found to give a second air to the coconut bagasse that I had left after making coconut milk. I also used a couple of overripe bananas which had been too long in our fruit bowl on the kitchen table. I know many people who throw away bananas when their peel have turned partially or totally black. These wrinkly old bananas are ideal for sweetening many preparations, so you can skip adding sugar.

If like me, you make your own coconut milk at home, you may find this recipe useful, especially if you have overripe bananas to spare because you didn't have as many guests as usual.

What other uses have you found for coconut bagasse in your trash cooking?

• 500 gr coconut bagasse
• 1 cup overripe bananas
• 2 cups of ripe plantain
• 2 eggs (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 cup cane sugar
• 1/2 cup of coconut milk
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup of water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Ground cinnamon and vanilla essence to taste (I used a spoonful of each one)
• A handful of walnuts
• A handful of raisins

The first step would be to have enough coconut bagasse. I had half a kilo from 3 coconuts that I processed to make milk that day--I have also used the bagasse I had kept in the freezer for weeks. If you wish, you can check out my post where I prepare homemade coconut milk.

The second thing to do is to soften the texture of the raisins if they are too hard, so that they are pleasant to bite into the cake bread. To do this, take the water you'll use in this recipe and let it heat well; then add a tablespoon of the sugar you'll use and let the raisins soak there for a few minutes while you prepare the rest. Finally, drain the raisins with the help of a strainer and use the water when blending, as indicated in the recipe.

Peel the bananas and plantain and cut into pieces that you can process in your blender.

Add the eggs and coconut milk. These two ingredients will help hydrate the coconut bagasse, making the cake bread softer.

Add the salt (only half of the coconut bagasse at this point), and the cornstarch.

Let the blender do its job until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.

Pour the mixture into a bowl. You will see that the mixture is smooth and lumpy.

Add the rest of the coconut bagasse, the rest of the sugar, the cinnamon, and the vanilla essence. Mix well with the help of a paddle or a fork.

Pour a third part of the mixture into a greased baking dish. I used olive oil this time, and it was perfect.

Add the nuts and raisins, while altenarting layers of the batter.

In a preheated oven at 300°F, with top and bottom heat, let the cake bread bake for 80 minutes, or until the surface is golden brown.

At home we were very satisfied with the result. This was our Sunday breakfast; we accompanied the cake bread with jams and peanut butter. I served this with black coffee.

The cake bread was moist and with incredible texture and aroma. The raisins were soft. After the first bite, I was sure I was going add overripe bananas again next time, definitely.

I had grape jam and homemade blackberry & mango jam.

Bon appetit!

Thank you so much for your visit :)

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