Banana Bread

Here's a clean recipe for Banana Bread from Primally Inspired

No Sugar, No Grains, Easy and Amazing Banana Bread
 Makes 1 loaf
Ingredients:
4 very ripe bananas, mashed
1/3 cup coconut oil or grass-fed butter, melted
4 free-range eggs
1tsp vanilla
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
½ cup organic coconut flour (do not substitute another flour – it will not work)
1 heaping tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
optional add-ins: 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans, slivered almonds, raisins, etc.
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Throw everything together in a medium bowl and mix until combined. Pour into a lightly greased (use coconut oil or butter for greasing) bread pan and bake for about 45 minutes or until center is set and top is golden. Enjoy!
 *Your bananas should be extremely brown, almost to the point when you would throw them away or freeze them. If they are not overly ripe, your bread will not be as sweet and probably not taste as good. If you are using non-ripe bananas, you should add about a 1/3 cup of maple syrup to the batter.
 **I get my coconut flour here: http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/organic-coconut-flour-5lb.aspx
The coconut flour may seem expensive, but you never need a lot of coconut flour in recipes because it soaks up a lot of liquid. Most recipes only call for a ½ cup or less of coconut flour so this 5 lb bag will last a really long time! Also, you CANNOT substitute coconut flour for other flours and vise versa. It took me a long time to figure out coconut flour, but I think I finally have a good grasp on it now. The biggest mistake I made was thinking I could substitute coconut flours for other flour and it never worked or turned out right.

French Onion Soup

A delicious French Onion Soup from Prevention Magazine.

Serves 8. Prep: 15min Cook: 6hr 30min Total: 6 hr 45 min

Ingredients 

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp trans-free margarine
• 3 onions, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 4 cups reduced-sodium vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup dry white wine (optional)
• 8 slices crusty French bread
• 1/2 cup grated reduced-fat Swiss or Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Heat oil and margarine in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and saute, covered, until soft. Add sugar and salt. Cook, uncovered, 15 more minutes. Stir in flour and cook 3 more minutes.
2. Stir onion mixture, broth, and wine, if using, in 4-quart or larger slow cooker.
3. Cover. Cook on low 6 to 8 hours.
4. Toast bread. Sprinkle with cheese, then broil until golden and bubbly. Serve soup topped with slice of toast.

Nutritional Facts per serving

CALORIES	304.1 CAL
FAT	7.8 G
SATURATED FAT	1.4 G
SODIUM	829.9 MG
CARBOHYDRATES	45.2 G
TOTAL SUGARS	5.7 G
DIETARY FIBER	2.5 G
PROTEIN	10.1 G

No Bake Oreos

Thank you Chocolate-Covered Katie. This recipe looks awesome.

No-Bake Oreo Cookies
Makes 30-34 sandwich cookies
(No refined sugar!)

• 1 cup walnuts (see nutrition link below, for substitutions) (120g)
• 1 and 1/3 cup pitted dates (I highly recommend Sunmaid, which are softer) (200g)
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp plus 1/16 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp regular cocoa powder (or Dutch-processed for more of a “cookie” taste)
• coconut butter or raw cashew butter (see nutrition link below, for substitutions)
• optional: sweetener of choice, if a sweeter filling is desired

Combine first 5 ingredients in a food processor, and process until the dates are completely broken up. (I used a Cuisinart. For best texture results, don’t use a blender.) Transfer the dough to a ziploc-type bag, seal, and smush it into one tight ball. Then roll out onto a sheet of wax or parchment paper, and use cookie cutters to make circles (or other shapes!). Fridge or freeze the circles for a few minutes, so they’re firmer and therefore easier to frost. Once firm, spread the filling on 1/2 the circles and then top with remaining circles.
These are best stored in the fridge or freezer, as coconut butter melts at room temperature. (P.S. coconut butter really doesn’t have a coconutty flavor, if you were worried about that. Its flavor is more like shortbread. However, feel free to use one of the other options if you’d prefer.)

Cocoa Crack

This is an easy recipe from Clean Living Recipes. A great healthy way to get your chocolate fix.

Clean Living Cocoa Crack

2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa (I like dark), 2 tbsp organic coconut oil, melted, Stevia, to taste ~Blend together and pour onto a small plate. Place in the freezer or fridge for one hour. Break into small pieces. You can also add crushed nuts.