This week’s parsha is Tazria, which discusses laws of purity and tzara’at, which is leprosy. There’s not much parsha food to make here so we will be making a recipe for Pesach instead, which is coming up very soon. It’s healthy, too.

Banana Bread Blondies

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe bananas
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1¾ cups almond flour
• Chocolate chips or blueberries

Directions:

1. Blend first five ingredients.

2. Add in baking soda and almond flour, blend again.

3. Pour into a 9×13-inch baking pan and sprinkle chocolate chips or blueberries on top. (You can bake these in 8 muffin cups, too.)

4. Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes, let rest and then cut into squares.

Sarina Ross is a fourth grader at Ben Porat Yosef. She loves to cook and bake.