Summer Smoothie

With the beautiful summer weather today I whipped up a delicious summer smoothie with good fructose friendly fruits. 

Summer Smoothie Recipe

This isn't really a strict recipe that you must follow but usually I add a little bit of this and a little bit of that to get a smoothie. Hopefully you can use this as inspiration which you can alter to your own taste and intolerance's.

What I used here: 

1 Banana

Small handful of strawberries

Small handful of frozen blueberries

A small chunk of cucumber

Pineapple juice as needed 

Blend together 

Banana Choc Chip Muffins

These sweet treats are simple to prepare and taste delicious! 

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins 

Preparation time: 10 min       Baking time: 30min

Ingredients: 

3 small ripe Bananas, mashed

2 large eggs 

3/4 cup lactose free milk 

1/4 cup oil (rice bran or sunflower)

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 cups gluten free self rising flour

1/2 cup raw sugar

1 cup almond meal 

2 tsp maple syrup 

pinch of cinnamon 

pinch of salt 
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Steps: 

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a 12x muffin tin. 

2. Combine bananas, eggs, milk, oil, vanilla essence and maple syrup into a medium bowl. 

3. Combine dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Whist wet ingredients into dry ingredients until combined. Add chocolate chips and mix through evenly. 

4. Pour into the greased muffin tin. Bake for 30min, or until golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer. 

Banana Bread

There were three over-ripe bananas sitting in our fruit bowl today. Instead of getting rid of them I thought I would make a banana bread. This banana bread is soft and full of flavour. The rest of my family could not tell that it was gluten free. 

Banana Bread Recipe

Preparation time: 10 min       Baking time: 1 hour

Ingredients: 

3 small ripe Bananas, mashed

3 small eggs (or 2 large eggs)

3/4 cup Milk (lactose free alternatives: coconut milk, soy milk or rice milk)

1/4 cup oil (rice bran or sunflower)

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 cups gluten free self rising flour

1 cup raw sugar

1 cup almond meal 

2 tsp maple syrup 

pinch of ground cloves (or cinnamon!)

pinch of salt 
1/2 cup crushed walnuts 

Steps: 

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a small cake tin (11cmx21cm). 

2. Combine bananas, eggs, milk, oil, vanilla essence and maple syrup into a medium bowl. 

3. Combine dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Whist wet ingredients into dry ingredients until combined. 

4. Pour into the greased tin and cover with walnuts. Bake for 1 hour, or until cooked when tested with a skewer. 

5. Serve plain or indulge by serving with melted chocolate or Nutella