{"id":2434,"date":"2017-01-17T02:40:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T02:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2017-02-22T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:24:51","slug":"recipe-gluten-free-almost-paleo-banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/recipe-gluten-free-almost-paleo-banana-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Gluten Free, Almost Paleo Banana Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note:\u00a0 This recipe is part of a series on making your good eating resolutions come true<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

A few months ago, I resolved to make my own almond milk so I didn’t have to drink the additives in store-bought almond milk.\u00a0 While you can learn a lot about how to make almond milk from this series, that’s only a small part of the story.<\/p>\n

The bigger part–the “moral of the story” you might say–is to show how much territory lies between making a resolution and seeing it happen, day after day.\u00a0 If you feel frustrated by resolutions that never come true, find out what barriers might be hanging you up<\/a> without your knowing it–and then how to get around them.<\/p>\n

A barrier I discovered is that milk making produces a sizeable pile of leftover almond meal.\u00a0 I don’t like to waste food, so after a couple batches, the almond meal piling up in the frig became a barrier for me.\u00a0 My solution was to experiment with recipes to use it up, like this recipe for Banana Bread (or muffins.)\u00a0 Of course if you don’t have leftover almond meal, packaged almond flour can be substituted.\u00a0 See the Notes for directions.<\/p>\n

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The recipe was inspired by Kelly Schmidt’s recipe for Almond Butter Banana Muffins<\/a>.\u00a0 I ran across it right after my second batch of almond milk had produced yet another unexpected wealth of almond meal.\u00a0 Kelly is a Registered Dietician and food coach<\/a> specializing in Paleo and Primal Eating, and has been living with Type 1 diabetes for many years.\u00a0 She is quick to say that real food is the key to health.\u00a0 Her real food muffin recipe calls for almond butter but she encouraged me to substitute almond meal and indeed, it worked just fine.\u00a0 The (non-Paleo) addition of flour was also mine.<\/p>\n

Gluten Free, Almost Paleo Banana Bread (or Muffins)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Preheat oven to 350 (F).\u00a0 Coat bottom and sides of a 8\u201d square baking pan with butter and sprinkle all surfaces with brown rice flour.<\/p>\n