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Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Cake

May 29, 2014 By: Nanette

banana walnut chocolate chip cake

It is not often I bake but when I try something and like it as much as I did this cake, I just have to share it.

It’s really simple which I like of course.  It does require a couple of very ripe bananas which in my house is rare thing. Bananas don’t typically last long enough to get overly ripe around my kids. But maybe you’ll be lucky enough to stash a few away from your kids to make this.

What you’ll need:

3 cups blanched almond flour

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

just shy of 1/4 cup honey

3 large eggs

1 tablespoon gluten free vanilla

1 cup of chocolate chips (we used the Enjoy Life brand)

1 cup (2 to 3) mashed very ripe bananas

approx. 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional in case you aren’t a fan of or can’t have nuts)

1/4 cup grapeseed oil

 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease your 9-inch pan with grapeseed oil and lightly dust it with almond flour. I used a glass pan and needed to lightly dust just the bottom with almond flour and not the sides.

In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients: almond flour, sea salt, baking soda.

In a small bowl combine the wet ingredients: grapeseed oil, honey, eggs and vanilla extract. Whisk them together.

Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until they are mixed well. Then fold in the bananas, walnuts and chocolate chips. Pour the cake mix into your already greased (with grapeseed oil) and lightly dusted pan.

Bake for 35 to 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool. I let ours cool for 30 minutes but you might want to give it up to an hour. Enjoy!

grain free cake

I can’t make this too often, it is too good. I couldn’t stop eating it. Probably the best tasting grain free, gluten free, dairy free, soy free food I’ve made since beginning this eating lifestyle. It may be free of a lot of things but one thing it is not free of is deliciousness. It was so moist!

I can guarantee I will be making this one again. Next time probably without the walnuts as my kiddos are not fans but who knows I may just work on getting them to like them.

Baking With Coconut Flour First Attempts

February 17, 2014 By: Nanette

I have missed baking so much since we have gone gluten free. And now that we are trying grain free I thought ok this is crazy we have to have something. So, I searched google and pinterest and found that coconut flour and almond flours are alternative options for baking.

I was so excited I hopped on Amazon and bought containers of coconut flour and a 5 lb bag of almond flour. Have you priced these flours? OUCH! But I wanted to bake again so I just did it. They finally arrived and this past weekend I gave it a shot. Well, actually a couple of them.

coconut flour muffinsThe pancakes were, well, not too bad. They weren’t great but my family ate them. I’ll keep practicing with those. I think they needed something though. Haven’t figured out what yet.

Then on Sunday, I thought ok, let’s give it another try. So I did. Muffins. Yes the ones pictured right above. They didn’t look too bad but they came out horrible. I ended up throwing out the entire batch. They were so bad I wasn’t even going to let my kids try them. Hubby and I tried one each and the rest ended up in the trash can.

But stubborn as I am, I was not going to let this baking thing get away from me without at least one success or at least a semi-success.

I gave up on the coconut flour for now and decided to give the almond flour a try. I found this “sugar” cookie recipe on pinterest that is made with almond flour. These actually came out okay. They weren’t awesome or even sweet for that matter but I was able to roll them out and use cookie cutters.  The kids gobbled them up pretty quick too.

Do you have any coconut flour recipes you just love?

Staying Cool with my Lactose Free Smoothie!

June 26, 2013 By: Nanette

I love Texas, I do. This is my home but come summer time, boy does it get HOT! It’s only June and the temps with the heat index have been well over 100. So you can imagine keeping cool is pretty high on my priority list.

fruit smoothie

I received a free Lactaid coupon so I decided to try and make a nice, cold smoothie with it. I like smoothies cause they are cool, refreshing and I can get 3 fruit servings in one tall glass. I am always trying to get my kids to drink smoothies but they always refuse. But not this time! My pickiest kiddo drank one. Yay! I’m no foodie so my recipe is simple:

lactaid6-8 oz. of Lactaid lactose free milk (I used the 2% milk)

1 small banana

6-8 strawberries

Handful of blueberries

Honey

Note: As far as the honey goes, add as much as you like. I don’t like mine too sweet so I don’t add too much just enough to taste.

Combine all ingredients in the blender and blend until you get the consistency you like. With the Lactaid, the smoothie came out nice and thick which was much more filling than the usual milk I use. That was a good thing, because I have been known to just have a smoothie and a handful of nuts for lunch or even for breakfast. I know, not the best meal option but better than skipping a meal when I’m in a rush.

Like I said, I’m no foodie but Melissa d’Arabian is. She appeared on the TODAY Show and made a Chicken with lactose-free creamy mushroom sauce recipe that looks delicious! In case you missed it, you can watch it here

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