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Gluten-Free Cinnamon Apple Bread

I’m telling you, bread made with rice flour is so good! My husband loves all these fruit-filled breads I’ve been making and I really do, too.

Click these links to try my Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread or Berry Pear Bread. Or try this new Apple Cinnamon Bread below!

Gluten-Free Cinnamon Apple Bread
cinnamon apple bread

  • 2 eggs, whisked
  • 2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup apples, diced
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 1/2 cups rice flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch of salt

In a medium-sized bowl, add the eggs and whisk. Next, add the avocado oil, applesauce, honey and stir. Add in the rest of the ingredients to combine.

Grease a glass bread pan with avocado oil and add the mixture to the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Test with a toothpick in the middle and enjoy!

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Bacon and Turkey Omelette

This breakfast has so much flavor and is really quick and easy to throw together. Plus, it makes enough for two people or two meals, so it’s awesome to have if you’re busy, like me!

Bacon and Turkey Omelettebacon and turkey omelette

  • 4 strips bacon
  • 1/2 red onion, chopped
  • 1/2 red pepper, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Mrs. Dash Original Blend
  • 3 pieces of low-sodium, steroid-free, antibiotic-free baked deli turkey, broken up
  •  4 eggs, scrambled
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 pinch of salt

Cook the bacon to crisp in a medium skillet on medium heat. Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside.  Don’t dump out the grease! Add the vegetables to the pan (with the grease in it) and cook for 5 minutes. Add the seasonings and turkey pieces. Stir and cook for 3 minutes. Add the eggs to the pan and cook to done or about 5 minutes.

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Homemade Berry Sorbet

Summer is coming and so are all the yummies that make your summer so delicious! This sorbet is the easiest and yummiest cold summer treat.

And it is the easiest ever! Just combine frozen fruit, OJ, and blend. Yum!

Homemade Berry SorbetIMG_20180511_145102

  • 2 cups frozen mixed berries
  • 2 cups OJ

Blend until smooth and serve immediately. You could also add more liquid for a smoothie or add protein and make it a protein shake. Yum!

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Coconut Chocolate Chia Pudding

Chia pudding is a weekly staple in my house. My hubby, Nick, loves my Cinnamon Raisin Chia Pudding and eats it as dessert, breakfast, and sometimes even as a snack

I love to try new versions of stuff we like. Nick doesn’t like or eat chocolate, so he won’t like this new version, but I love it and you will, too!

I’m not your typical chocolate lover but as a flavor combination, coconut and chocolate is so good! Let me know what you think=)

Coconut Chocolate Chia Puddingchoc coco pud

  • 2 cups vanilla almond milk
  • 1/2 cup chia seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup coconut shreds
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life brand because it’s dairy-free.)
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1/8  teaspoon cinnamon

Combine all the ingredients and let chill in the fridge for 5 hours or overnight. (Stir a couple of times in the first couple of hours to make sure that everything is combined.)

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Banana Bread Protein Shake

This shake is a cold, creamy version of the soft and sweet banana bread we all know and love. It’s really easy to make and you probably have everything you need to make it in the kitchen right now. What’s not to love?

Banana Bread Protein ShakeIMG_20180403_095953

  • 1 frozen banana, deskinned and chopped
  • 1 cup vanilla almond milk
  • 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup pecan halves

Just blend together in a blender and serve.

Let me know what you think, or what your favorite kinds of protein shakes are!

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Chicken and Vegetables with Red Curry and Coconut Milk Sauce

Do you ever make a recipe you love, but then you kinda forget about it and don’t make it again for a while? That was this recipe for me.

My husband was the first to make this Chicken Curry dish and I loved it so much. After what we made was gone, I made the recipe again that week, because it was so good.  It was my new fave. But..then it wasn’t? I forgot about it!

Then, I thought of this recipe, for some reason on the way back from our Mexico trip, and I just had to have it. This time, I put my own spin on the recipe, including throwing it all in the crock pot, and it came out great. It was so good, I had my leftovers for breakfast.

Chicken and Vegetables with Red Curry and Coconut Milk Sauce

  • 1 pound ready-made gluten-free and soy-free chicken stripsChicken and Vegetables with Red Curry and Coconut Milk Sauce
  • 2 red bell peppers, sliced
  • 1 white onion, sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 8 mushrooms, washed and sliced
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • 3 tablespoons Thai Red Curry
  • 1 teaspoon ginger powder

Add everything to the crock pot and let cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8. Serve it with cauliflower rice to keep the dish Paleo. Otherwise you could serve with rice, rice noodles or as a side to potatoes and a vegetable.

Enjoy!

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Berry Pear Bread

Being gluten-free, I am always working with different flours. Lately, it’s rice flour that I’ve been experimenting with, and I really like it. I’ve used it for two breads, this and a Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread, and both are really delicious.

And this recipe is so easy! Just mix the ingredients together and bake. Rice flour, mashed pears, and berries make a berry sweet bread.

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  • 2 eggs, whisked
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 2 ripe pears, smashed
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1 cup strawberries, diced
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 1/2 cups rice flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch of salt

 

In a large bowl, smash the pears. (The riper they are, the better for smashing.) Then add in the eggs and mix. Stir in the remaining ingredients and add to a greased (almond oil) bread pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes or until you can stick a skewer in and it comes out clean.

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Blueberry Pie Protein Shake

Whether you like it or not, we should all be eating breakfast. I never liked to, and still don’t, really, but I’ve made a point to eat something by 10am each day. (I took a body test and part of it tested my resting metabolic rate, which came back low. I needed to eat more or at least more often.)

Another thing about breakfast is, I don’t always have or make time to cook it. Isn’t that the truth, I mean how much busier could life get most of the time? So, quick and easy breakfasts are usually my go-to, things like a banana or a Larabar.

Another fast yet healthy option is a protein shake. These are a staple in my house and this kind is my husband’s favorite. He’s always a blueberry fan and the cinnamon and vanilla almond milk combine perfectly for that “pie” taste.

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  • 1 1/2 cups blueberries, frozen
  • 1 scoop protein powder
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1/2 cup oats
  • 1 cup vanilla almond milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix everything together in a blender and serve.

 

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Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

It never fails, when I buy bananas, and I eat one, I think, “God, how good is this?” But by the time I go to eat another (usually the next day and especially in FL,) they went brown. Can you relate?

But, to be honest, as delicious and fresh as a good yellow banana is, I LOVE to use “old” bananas to cook with. Whether it’s trying out a new recipe or throwing them into a protein shake, browned bananas are my jam. And this banana bread recipe? You will love how easy it is and how great it tastes!

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

  • 2 eggs, whisked
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1/2 cup almond milkIMG_20180308_153653
  • 2 ripe bananas, smashed
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 1/2 cups rice flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch of salt

Cinnamon Swirl Sauce

  • 4 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 4 tablespoons coconut sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

In a large bowl, add the eggs and whisk. Next, add the avocado oil and almond milk. Add in the bananas and smash until mixed and incorporated. Stir in the honey. Add in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix together to incorporate.

For the cinnamon swirl sauce, mix the ingredients together in a separate small bowl.

In a glass bread pan, greased with avocado oil, add half of the bread mixture. Then, add half of the cinnamon swirl sauce. Finish by adding the rest of the bread mixture and remainder of the sauce on top.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes or until you can stick a skewer in and it comes out clean.

This was my first time making banana bread with rice flour and it turned out so yummy! I’m glad I tried this new recipe and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

So, when life gives you overripe bananas, make Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread=)

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Greek-Inspired Lentil Soup

Living in Panama City, Panama was easily one of the craziest things I’ve done in life thus far. It’s up there with sky-diving and straddling the side of a fjord in Norway. What crazy things do you like to do?

Needless to say, I love to travel and do crazy things. You know what else I love to do? Cook. It’s one of my favorite things to do! And it doesn’t matter if we’re in FL, back home in WI or on the road, I want to be cooking then, too.

What do you love to cook? Are you cooking lots of soups this month? I know I am. I love the warmth of them and I’m enjoying celebrating National Soup Month this January.

I first made this lentil soup when we were living in Panama. It’s so yummy and full of flavor. I love it for lunch or dinner and it’s great as leftovers, too.

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  • 8 ounces lentils
  • 3 1/2 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried rosemary
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper

Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and add the lentils and enough water to cover the lentils by at least an inch. (This is water to cook the lentils, outside of the soup recipe.) Turn up the lentils and water and bring to a boil. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the lentils and set aside.

Add the avocado oil, carrot, and onion to the pan and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and stir. Pour in the lentils, water, oregano, rosemary and bay leaves, stir. Bring to boiling and reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.

Stir in the tomato paste, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 45 minutes. Serve warm.

Dairy Option: Add 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese to top the soup

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