Adding fruits to breads has been always been a passion for me. I started it as a way to overcome my handicap. I dunno why, but I simply don't have this habit of consuming fruits on a day to day basis! "What's so hard about it?" - you might ask. Well nothing so to speak - but I would conveniently forget to eat it! In the place of eating the recommended 2-4 servings every day I was having nothing!! So I started adding fruits to my breads as a way of kick starting eating fruits in some way or the other. Have to accept - now I am much better though I still have a long way to go.

I got these amazing looking Grapefruits recently. As they say, looks sure matter sometimes - cos I enjoyed the fruit by itself too. Not to speak of adding it in this bread (can't help myself! Slave to habit ;) )The  fruit, yogurt and egg whites added such moistness to the bread that its hard to explain. The mild citrus along with slight sharpness from the ginger made it all the more better. Of course there was this crunch from the pecans. I adapted this recipe from Vegetarian Times where I made this tad healthier by using egg whites instead of whole eggs. I also substituted few ingredients since I did not have them on hand and did not want to buy anything new. I have enough trouble emptying out my pantry already. Instead of Vanilla yogurt, I simply added fat free yogurt and 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract. Furthermore, I did not have crystallized ginger on hand and hence used ground ginger instead. This is a low calorie treat filled with nutrition and taste. Try it, you wont be dissapointed. You might also like other fruit based breads: Cranberry Orange Bread, Orange Wheat Bread, Strawberry Yogurt Bread, Plum and Pecan Bread, Cranberry Almond Bread, Persimmon Walnut Bread, Banana Cardamom Bread, Banana Walnut Bread