Banana Maple Protein Snack Wraps (Pure Goodness)

Hey Joel,
As a mexican I do eat lots of tortillas but I haven been cutting on them since I wasn’t sure if they were that good for my nutrition. Whats your opinion on them?

Thanks in advance,
José

How could you make anything with sugar free maple syrup? If it isn’t real syrup, I won’t eat it. There is too much fake food in the world and I won’t use it because I beleive it is bad for my health – and yours too. You can lose weight without using fake food.

Hi Joel,
So…I got hungry one day and just had a wheat tortilla, banana and almond butter and thought I was heaven then! I’ll have to try your concoction now.

Wow, that looks awesome. I’ve been addicted to sf maple syrup and maple extract in my oatmeal, but this may be topping the list at the moment. :)

Thanks for sharing!
~Shannon

I’ve tried this with the almond butter…soooo goood!!

Jessica

Joel, can’t wait to see what else you’ve got in store, and would love to try this recipe. Unfortunately my allergy to banana’s wouldn’t allow that.

Hi Joel,

Awsome – Killer recipe!!! Very tasty, healthy and a great way to kill a craving for the sweet stuff!!!

Thanx,
Paul

Hmmm sounds delicious but I don’t think I can buy the sugar free maple syrup here or the almond butter. I’ll come up with some kind of replacement for those!

sounds interesting… my treat similar to this is on Christmas morning when we have pancakes/crepes for breakfast. Favourite one is Banana, strawberry’s, cream, honey and dark choc chips.

I will definitely try these, they sound awesome.

Will definately give these a go, tortillas are not something on my menu usualy but cannot wait to give them a go.

Tried it, liked it (a lot).
It seems so … cheat day. Is it?

mmmhhh sounds great

Extremly tasty and a perfect quick snack

Hi,
I usually spread some peanut butter on a toasted rye bread, slice a banana on top and sprinkle with cinnamon and maybe some honey for that sweet tooth, I love it. I am definately gona give your idea a try though, anything with peanut butter and maple syrup has to be heavenly, Thanx.

Excellent idea! Thanks! The addition of the protein powder balances everything out. I am a banana addict!

Here’s one for you….
A favorite “cheat day” meal for me is protein pancakes (oats, egg whites, cottage cheese) topped with a plain frozen banana that I put in the food processor to make like ‘ice cream’ and top it with a tablespoon of melted peanut or almond butter.

It’s not really a cheat but it certainly tastes like one!!

That sounds ace Joel, I am going to make myself one right now.

Ed

Hi Joel,

It sounds really delicious but what are the nutritional values for it? I mean how many calories and protein and stuff does it contain?

Thanks in advance,
Moga

Real or fake, all maple syrup is sugar, though I suppose there might be an Auntie-J made of mostly saccharin–can’t imagine that’s what you’re recommending, is it?

This really sounds great, but is there something I can use instead of the protein powder?

For those who are misinformed and think maple syrup is bad:

“Maple syrup’s health benefits are the reason maple sugar trees grow stories high and live hundreds of years. Maple syrup is obviously healthy for trees, but what most people don’t know is how nutritious it is for us. It’s organic, versatile, and tastes great.

Common sweeteners like corn syrup and sucrose have had all their nutrition processed out of them, but maple syrup’s health benefits are all there.

To start with, maple syrup has the same calcium content as whole milk. But whereas whole milk has lots of fat calories, maple syrup has no fat and only two-thirds as many calories as corn syrup.

Having a little maple syrup is like taking multivitamins that actually taste good. You have niacin, biotin, folic acid, potassium, magnesium, phosphorous, iron, thiamin, copper, and vitamins B2, B5 and B6. The list goes on.

The health benefits of maple syrup extend to the heart, too. Zinc and manganese are two really big reasons maple syrup is a great health food. Zinc is a well-known antioxidant, and helps prevent damage done by cholesterol. Manganese helps with antioxidation as well, but is also a needed part of enzymes that help cells reproduce energy. Maple syrup gives you 22% of this trace mineral you need to get every day.

Maple syrup is extremely unlikely to give you an allergic reaction the same way nuts and fruits may do. Of course, it doesn’t have any lactose, so anyone can eat desserts made out of maple syrup.

Philip Rozek invites you to step into the world of maple syrup at http://www.maplesugarrecipe.com/articles-on-maple-sugar-candy.html where you can learn about Maine maple syrup, grade b maple syrup, and even pick up a few pointers on making maple candy He’ll even show you five reasons to make all-natural maple sugar candy at home.”

And for a more detailed content breakdown:
http://www.puremapleproducts.com/health_benefits_maple_syrup.html

I’m in my priming fase on Cheat your way thin right now… Low carb makes me low. I’ll dream of this baby until cheat day.

Hmmm, sounds yum… will have to hunt down a recipe for tortillas… I reckon it’d work with choc protein powder too!

Joel, would you mind providing the nutritional breakdown, i.e., number of calories, grams of protein and fat for this recipe so I can properly allot this in my day?

THank you!

sounds great! My organic fruit and veg delivery didn’t include bananas this week so I’ll have to wait… hopefully next week they are in the order!!! Bring it on… I love my natural crunchy peanut butter, too! Is it cheat day or not??? May be us lighter/shorter girls should have a smaller serve than 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter and 18″ tortilla???
What do you think Joel?
PS My son Tim is through his Leukaemia treatment and has been declaired to be in remission… he didn’t vomit once or miss a meal… in fact he wonders why all his school friends thought he was sick… ” I wasn’t sick… I just had leukaemia.” Praise God! … he seems to have come out fairly unscathed… amazing… was it organics? colodial minerals, antioxidants or God? we’ll never know but one thing is sure God is Sovereign and Jesus is Lord! Sorry a bit off the topic there but thought you and the CYWT readers might like to know :-)
anne

This is also tasty with Nutella instead of nut butter. Mmmm…good.

Hi Joel, first of all thank you for your interest and for sharing your recipes. There was someone saying you shouldn’t be eating not healthy food, but I’m sure you are, it ‘s simple as seeing your picture.
I would like to give some twists to your recipe and make it up for a fancy dessert.
You need 2 more minutes and you’ll really have a great job done !!
Heat the tortilla on a pan until at low, until it is crunchy. Pour on the smash banana (I would rather use chocolate protein).
Melt (lower your microwave to 30 o 40%) 2 or 3 pieces of dark (organic) chocolate with one or two spoons of low fat milk and pour that salsa over your smash banana,
Don’t add the peanut butter, and instead add some coconut chips.
If you are having one tortilla and specially the one higher in fiber it is Ok with the CH, specially in the days that you are training.
Coconut is a great source of MCT (middle chains triglerides), a very healthy kind of fat (saturated one) that is shown to lower total cholesterol and higher the HLD (the good guy).
Try and enjoy !!

Wow these Banana Maple wraps sound full of my favourites..Thank you..only we can’t get sugar free Maple syrup in Zimbabwe.. Plenty of Bananas .Plenty of Peanut Butter.. Can make the Tortillas with flour from Botswana..but..can i cheat..anyway thank you so much.(what is Protein powder??)

Still trying to get your book but being in Zim seems a problem!! but I will try again!
jean
PS-Anne yep i was glad to know your side comment-praise God!

@Jean Webster – Thank you! Jean

My husband is going to love this…I’m not fond of PB, but this just may work.

New recipes are always fun to incorporate into your diet. However, I enjoy modifying it to my health choices. Instead of wheat I enjoy millet and flax or spinach and millet. Anything gluten free. Instead of peanut butter I enjoy making my own almond or cashew butter. And I also would rather use pure ingredients like maple sryup. You just dizzle it on so you just favor it not smothering it. So its all good and a great on the go snack. Thanks

Since I’m only in week 3, can i have this snack next week on a hi GI day, or only on a cheat day? Also, I’m confused about carrots-they don’t seem to be on any of the lists-free veggies, low GI or high GI….what’s the scoop on carrots?

YUM!!!

Do you have the nutritional analysis available? Thanx.

Anne, thank you for sharing about your son. May God receive the glory.

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So how many calories is it? Honey might make a good substitute for the syrup – and honey tastes yummy with peanut butter. Not crazy about bananas – wonder if strawberries would be a god substitute

Dianne,

If you think that sugar-free mample syrup has any resemblance to the good stuff then dream on!

Sounds tasty. I will have to try it.
Dallin

That sounds delish!!! Will have to work on the calories so I can indulge. ;)

Oh PB tortillas – I am addicted!

Yep, I think real maple syrup (the fake tastes absolutely awful to me and real is good for you too), chocolate protein powder and add coconut!!!

Might have to go buy bananas and tortillas on the way home tonight…

Yo Joelz Marionz,

Ur sight iz gr8. Ay heart peenut budder 2.

Q: do u eat this b4 or after ur 40+ oz. porterhouse?

-alex

I am shocked that this recipe was actually really tasty. It did not sound appetizing, but very surprised. I was not going to try it based on a lot of things you have written.
Cheers.

Boy, people, can’t you calculate the calories based on the amount and the nutritional value of the ingredients?
I do the same , but with the whole wheat light bread. I roll the slices of bread with the dough roller to make them flat and then put the banana mixture in between two slices, then toast it a bit turning once. Then drizzle with bit of honey. You also can use agava nectar.

Hi,
Your recipes are good but for the fact that you always use only things that are difficult to find around us in Cameroon. Can you send recipes for us following our own country. However the few that I can lay hands on are good for they produced remarkable results.

Ok so I’m from Oz, but the first time you tried maple syrup you thought it was gonna be sweet and yummy? When in fact it tasted like crap. Or is that just me?

PFFFFFFFFFFFT. You ask for comments, then when I comeback you have booted it. Goodbye.

That was pretty good, but how the heck did you cut it in half? I had banana all over my hand just from trying to roll it up, not to mention eating it…

Wow,pure haven.Love then,eat two of them in last two days,and cant wait for tomorrow.That is my answer to my sugar addiction.More recepies like this one,please.Monika.

Be careful. Don’t use the “sugar free maple syrup” that is just imitation maple flavored syrup with artificial sweeteners. That is not food and cannot be good for your health.
Joel is probably not using something so detrimental to his (and our) health and has probably been using this stuff or something like it:
http://thevegetariansite.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=Natural+Sugar-Free+Maple+Syrup&Category_Code=grocery
Keep on doing what you do!
Jason

I tried to make this for brekky today, my banana was so mushy, it was running everywhere, so I warmed up a bowl of otameal and plopped the banana mixture(p-butter, honey and protein and mashed banana) into my oatmeal and YUMMMM. My new favorite was to eat oatmeal!!!
BTW, did you know you can make a HUGE pot of oatmeal and freeze it in individul portions, then just reheat in the microwave??? What a timesaver!

I don’t know if I didn’t understand your program but on the Higher GI/GL days you’re not supposed to combine fat and carbs, no?
If we can eat this, can we eat a toast with peanut butter too?

:)