best banana bread EVER

Not that I'm lacking things to talk about, but every time I get 5 minutes to sit and compose my thoughts, they seem to go away. Thus, rather than bore you with what's currently on my mind (group therapy techniques and behavioral disorders), I thought I'd share one of my all time favorite ways to use bananas. I've ended up making this twice in the past 3 weeks because, apparently, my son isn't a huge fan of banana and my husband isn't in the mood for it. You'd think I'd stop buying, but for some reason it feels wrong to not have banana in the house just in case.
Anyway, I got this recipe when I was in college, visiting a doctor for one of the many mono relapses and trying to figure out why my platelet count was ridiculously low (never found an answer to that, in case you're curious. I just have unusually low platelet counts since having mono. Bet you didn't know that about me, eh? ;-) ) I wish I could give credit to the magazine that published the recipe, but I was furiously copying it into a day planner and didn't stop to cite.

Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread

Need:
2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter, soft
1 1/2 c. mashed ripe bananas (basically 3 bananas)
1/2 c. egg substitute (or 2 egg whites)
1/3 c. plain low-fat yogurt
1/2 c. semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease a loaf pan (I use an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2, I think). Stir together your flour, baking soda, and salt with a whisk; set aside. Place the butter and sugar in a bowl, stir 1 min. on medium. Add the banana, egg whites, and yogurt to the butter/sugar mixture. Stir until blended. Add the flour mixture slowly, stirring until just moist.
Microwave the chocolate chips on high for 1 minute; stir until smooth.
Add 1 cup of the batter to the chocolate.
Pour the batters alternately (plain, chocolate, plain) into your greased pan. Swirl with a knife.
Bake for 1 hour, 15 minutes. Once removed from oven, cool for 10 minutes in pan and then remove to a cooling rack.
Mmmm. You don't need to top it with anything, but lately we've been spreading Nutella on ours. Plain is great though! Let me know if you try it out ;-)