Gluten-Free Banana Bread - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup chopped dates
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups mashed, very ripe bananas (about 4)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup sorghum flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °. Pour 1 cup boiling water over dates in a small bowl. Let stand 10 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
- Lightly beat eggs with a whisk in a large bowl. Whisk in bananas and next 3 ingredients until blended.
- Stir together brown rice flour and next 4 ingredients in a small bowl. Gently stir flour mixture into egg mixture, stirring just until blended. Gently stir in melted butter, walnuts, and dates. Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 9- x 5-inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 ° for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 1 hour).
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Apples, Brown Rice, Nuts, Walnuts.
Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full) Brown rice is a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity. Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supp...
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