Sugar and Gluten-Free (but still delicious!) Banana Bread

This is a super simple and great way to use your overripe bananas! They are a great gift or make an awesome quick treat, dessert, bfast or snack! Enjoy!!!

Ingredients:

4 extremely ripe bananas (very important for them to be overly ripe or the bread will not be sweet enough)

1/3 cup melted coconut oil (or butter)

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup coconut flour (don't sub any other flours, recipe won't turn out right)

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

*optional add-ins- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, raisins, etc

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees

- Mix all ingredients, except for optional add-ins, in a bowl and mix thoroughly until combined well

- Stir in your optional add-ins

- Pour into a lightly greased bread pan

- Bake for 45 to 60 mins, until center is is set and top is golden

Spaghetti Squash Crust Quiche

Ingredients:

1 medium sized cooked spaghetti squash, you will use 2 1/2 to 3 cups of it's meat for this recipe

2 tbsp butter (or coconut oil or ghee)

6 large eggs, beaten

1 cup coconut or almond milk

1 bunch of green onions chopped, about 1 cup

1 tomato thinly sliced and halved

Salt and pepper to taste

Optional: 1/4 cup goat cheese

- Preheat oven to 400 degrees

- Add 2 tbsp butter to 2 1/2 - 3 cups spaghetti squash meat and mix well. Salt and pepper to taste

- Press spaghetti squash into a crust form in a pie dish, patting up the sides and across the bottom

- Bake 8-10 minutes, until slightly crispy and golden. Set aside

- Whisk eggs, milk, salt and pepper together

- Pour mixture on top of spaghetti squash crust. Add green onions and goat cheese throughout, evenly. Place tomato slices on top decoratively (You can get super creative with your fillings!)

- Bake for 30-40 minutes until eggs baked through and golden browned. Enjoy!

St. Patrick's Day Gluten Free Soda Bread

Don't let your desire to maintain a gluten free lifestyle slow you down this St. Patrick's Day. Try out this simple and tasty gluten free treat!

Ingredients:

2 C Almond Flour 1/2 C coconut flour (can use all almond flour instead) 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 C raisins 2 Eggs 1/4 C coconut or almond milk 2 Tbs apple cider vinegar

- Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl

- In another bowl mix all wet ingredients

- Mix wet ingredients into dry. Add more milk or flour as needed to form a slightly crumbly dough

- Form dough into a disk shape then using a knife cut an X shape across the disk

- Bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees

Pesto, Garbanzo, and Asparagus Pasta

 

Ingredients:

1 box Annie Chun's Maifun Brown Rice Noodles (You can find these in the organic aisle at King Soopers, love them!)

1 bunch asparagus

1 can garbanzo beans

3/4 cup store bought or homemade pesto sauce

- Cook pasta according to directions on box

- Roast asparagus in the oven for 10-15 mins at 425 degrees or until tender, drizzle with some olive olive oil, garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste

-Once pasta is cooked, mix in asparagus, garabanzo beans and pesto and stir until blended

Talk about easy! Perfect for a rushed dinner after a busy day. I usually serve this with a baked bone-in, skin-on chicken breast and make the pasta more of a delicious side dish. Hope you enjoy!

Picnic Perfect Quiche

Ingredients:

1 Gluten-free frozen pie crust (I love the Whole Foods brand, rice flour one, so good!)

8 beaten eggs

1/4 cup almond milk

1/2 tsp olive oil

1 small sweet onion, chopped

1 head of broccoli florets, cut into bite size pieces (you can use frozen)

1 red bell pepper, chopped

1 tsp garlic powder

Salt and Pepper to taste

- Heat oven to 375 degrees

- Remove frozen pie crust from freezer and let begin to thaw

- Heat pan on stove to medium heat, add olive oil

- Add onion and sauté for 2 minutes

- Add broccoli and red pepper, cook until all vegetable are soft

- Add garlic powder and salt and pepper

- Combine beaten eggs, almond milk and salt and pepper

- Pour mix of veggies into pie crust and pour egg mixture on top

-Place in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until cooked through

Super easy and super yummy! If you prefer a crispier crust, you can pre bake the crust for 15 minutes empty before adding the filling.