About Me

My name is Denise and I have an autoimmune condition of the thyroid called Hashimoto's Disease. This diagnosis brings a different set of challenges for each patient although most of us have to make major changes in our diet. Until recently, my diet was high in gluten, dairy, soy and corn. In fact, I didn't even know the names of 75% of the items in the fresh food isle! That's been the biggest obstacle on my quest to wellness. It is the reason I started this blog; to find and share recipes without those inflammatory ingredients. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! If you have a favorite recipe of your own to share, please drop me a note via email or through my facebook page. Thanks for checking out the blog -- I look forward to hearing from you!


Sunday, February 8, 2015

Banana Bread Mini-Muffins

If you're like me, life is a continuous search for your next healthy recipe -- preferably one with lots of flavor and texture.  Meals don't seem quite as challenging to conjure up as they were a year ago… it’s the small, on-the-go type snacks that I spend most of my time experimenting on lately.  In the past week and a half, I've come across these ‘breakfast cookie’ recipes; most of them are two or three healthy ingredients.  You know what I'm talking about – quick and easy but tough and tasteless!  So I started with one of those two-ingredient recipes and kept adding to it until I designed a delicious little muffin that you can pack for your afternoon snack.  You’ll love them!

Ingredients:

2 ripe bananas
4 packs of instant maple-brown sugar oatmeal (organic)
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 egg
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup raisins
¼ cup pecan pieces

I know this looks like a lot, but you just throw it all in a food processor and scoop it into your baking pan! 


Directions: Combine all ingredients except the raisins and nuts; blend in a food processor for 30-60 seconds.  Mix in the raisins and nuts.  Scoop one spoonful each into a greased 24 mini-muffin baking pan; you can use coconut or extra virgin olive oil to grease the pan.  Bake at 350* for 15 minutes.

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