Healthy Blender Recipes

Linda Etherton & Gluten-Free Homemaker’s Gluten Free, Dairy Free Almond Cranberry Muffins

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  • 1 cup almond meal/flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/2 cup sweet rice flour
  • 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp potato starch
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins
  • 1/4 cup tapioca starch
  • 1/4 cup melted coconut oil or grapeseed oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 Tbsp gluten free baking powder
  • 1 tsp xanthan gum
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  1. Preheat oven to 200 / 400°.
  2. In a mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients with a whisk.
  3. In your stand mixer, lightly beat together the milk and eggs on a low speed.
  4. Add the vanilla.
  5. Pour the coconut oil into the dry ingredients and gently mix with a fork.
  6. Add this mixture into the milk, egg, and vanilla mixture and mix on a low speed until just moistened and combined.
  7. Gently fold in the cranberries or raisins.
  8. Spoon batter into a 12-cup greased muffin tin. The cups will be almost full.
  9. Bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  10. Cool in the pan for five minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. YUMMO! 

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Piggy Cooking Tips

freeze those ripe bananas for yummies later

To ensure you always have a stash of frozen ripe bananas for your smoothies, muffins and breads, never throw away ripe bananas. Just keep freezing them whole in their skins in a ziplock bag. The riper they are (not soft and mushy) the sweeter they are - meaning you will need little or no sweetener! You can keep adding to the bag. Then when you need them, take the desired amount out of the bag and then rinse and cut for delectable frozen treats. I buy a bunch of bananas every week that I let ripen on the bench top and then freeze for use later. Bananayumma!