Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Best Ever Banana Bread with Lemon Glaze (and of course it's gluten free too!)

This is banana bread that will put a smile on your face, is what this is. I know you will enjoy this because it turned out amazing! I doubled this recipe and make one large loaf and 12 muffins. This was so ridiculously good, I almost didn't want to share it. Until guilt set in and I decided it would just be wrong if someone out there didn't get to taste this sweet deliciousness! So here you go! 

 
 
Banana Bread with Lemon Glaze
 
Ingredients

1 1/4 cups Domata Living Flour (http://www.domatalivingflour.com/)
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs (room temp)
1 cup sugar
3 mashed bananas
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Directions

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Grease a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
-In a large bowl mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
-In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, bananas, vanilla, and oil.
-Stir wet ingredients into the flour mixture.
-Pour batter into pan.
-Bake about 50 minutes.
-Let cool while you mix up the glaze. 
 
Lemon Glaze
Mix together 4 tablespoons of sugar with 1 tablespoon lemon juice. You can adjust according to the flavor you like but we all happen to be fans of lemon in my house!


Enjoy!



Chicken Teriyaki Stir-fry over Brown Rice

This is a very easy dinner that you can make with frozen or fresh veggies. I had a bag of frozen stir-fry veggies in the freezer and I always keep shredded chicken in the freezer as well. Easy things to keep on hand!

      Chicken Teriyaki Stir-fry over Brown Rice
Ingredients:
1 bag of frozen stir-fry vegetables or fresh vegetables
3/4 cup of La Choy Teriyaki Sauce (more or less depending on how much your making)
4 cups of chicken, shredded, and cooked
4 cups brown rice (I use Minute Maid Brown Rice)

Directions
- Heat up 2 tablespoons of oil on a wok or in a skillet

- Once the oil is heated, add in your vegetables and shredded chicken

- When heated through, add in teriyaki sauce and let simmer about 20 minutes

- In a saucepan, make brown rice (the entire process only takes about 10 minutes)

-Serve the stir-fry over the brown rice!


And there you have a half-way healthy meal, that is incredibly easy!