Now that P has outgrown his almond allergy I am thrilled to be baking gluten free (AND grain free) goodies for us all to share. In terms of GF quick breads, I’m more into almond flour as a base than coconut or rice flours or various starches.
They are more mmmmoisture packed. Dodged the M word there.
Here’s a great recipe that helps use up the last bits of pumpkin from the can that you used almost all of.
Sugar free and grain free banana pumpkin bread [soy free, dairy free, peanut free, gluten free]
Ingredients:
- 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp NuNaturals liquid stevia simple syrup
- 2 cups almond flour/meal
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degree F.
Mash bananas. Add in the rest of the wet ingreds (pumpkin, shortening, eggs, vanilla, and stevia) and stir until combined.
Add dry ingredients (almond flour, baking soda, and salt) and mix until uniform.
Pour batter into a large greased baking loaf pan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees F. Let cool in loaf pan before removing and slicing.
Enjoy!
As you can see, I’ve been heaping gobs of sun butter on top. P has been eating his with Earth Balance (or plain). It’s really ridiculously fluffy and not remotely dry, so it’s easy to eat without any toppings. However, I wake up with a crazy appetite so I need kcals in me asap as soon as I finish nursing my babe and then squeezing in my workout. Hence the piles of seed butter.
Psst…the shortening I use it this one.
I get it from Thrive for way cheaper than you can find it in stores. I love the flavor of it and I’ve been baking with it almost as much (or more?) than I have with coconut oil lately. I keep it in the pantry so it’s super soft and spreads like buttah…meaning it can replace butter or Earth Balance in any other use as well. Now you know.
And the other super fun ingredient in the recipe is this guy…
Which I have been loving all summer long (in fresh squeezed lemonade!) and now am figuring out ways to use it with my Fall recipes. A little goes a long way, so it’s a fantastic thing for your pantry.
Want to win some? I figured as much.
Lucky for you NuNaturals is generously offering FOUR (!!!) readers the following:
- one bottle of the Vanilla Stevia Liquid
- one 50 pkt box of NuStevia White Stevia Powder packets
- one bottle of Sugar-Free Cocoa Syrup
- one bottle of the new Simple Syrup
In addition, they are including a FREE BONUS package in all 4 winner’s selection (this is a $70.00 retail value!).
The contest is open to everyone – international people too!!! [No PO boxes though]
There are a few ways to enter, and you get an entry with each thing you do so pay attention…
(1) leave a comment telling me your favorite thing to bake with NuNaturals stevia
(2) visit the NuNaturals Facebook Page and “like” them, then comment here to let me know you did so
(3) tweet about this giveaway mentioning @elisehippie and @nunaturals
(4) link to a recipe that includes a NuNaturals product (either in the comments or if you have a blog you could create your own post)
I WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS ON OCTOBER 23, 2015. Get inspired. Get baking.
FYI you all can receive discounts on orders placed on their website (enter the discount code BLG1215 for a 15% discount on your ENTIRE ORDER!). This discount remains effective until DECEMBER 31, 2015. Online ordering customers also receive free shipping to the CONTINENTAL US on all orders over $35.00 after discounts.
*This giveaway is being hosted by NuNaturals. All opinions are my own.
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Hey Elise!
I liked their Facebook page 🙂 I was literally just in the grocery store yesterday staring at all the different sugar options and I thought about writing to you about your preference! Is stevia a more natural/better option? My boyfriend and I are recently becoming vegan so I’ve been looking into a lot of different swaps I can make!
Thanks,
Danielle
I don’t do as much baking with stevia, as I find it somehow loses sweetness in the process. But I do a ton of raw desserts using it! One favorite is probably cheesecake, vegan style raw 🙂
Just in case you wanted to see the material, here is the writing sample I am submitting for jobs. At this late stage, I don’t expect you to review it or offer revision notes. Still, I wanted you to have it to refer to. I’ll do one or two more read throughs, but this is basically it.
Quick breads!
I follow nunaturals on FB!
Hope it’s ok to post one of your recipes – I love this one!
http://www.hungryhungryhippie.com/the-banana-bread-you-all-want/
Oooh what a great giveaway! Hmm I would love to try making iced tea with the syrup. That is great!!! A big fan of the blog, by the way, and love your weekly dinner posts. 🙂
Oh, and I liked NuNaturals on Facebook 🙂
I like baking brownies the most.
I liked the nu naturals facebook page
I love eating lemon poppy cake, this recipe looks promising: https://www.nunaturals.com/recipe/499
I once used their lemon sweetener to make lemon-apple baked oatmeal, and I really really REALLY loved it. But their lemon sweetener is just so ridiculously good.
Recipe for fudgy brownie bites:
http://anunrefinedvegan.com/2014/07/18/fudgey-brownie-bites-gluten-and-sugar-free-a-nunaturals-giveaway/
I liked their facebook page!
I’d love to use this for some healthy pumpkin pie 🙂
I love baking oatmeal with NuNaturals!
Facebook page liked
Banana bread is my favorite thing to bake so I’ll have to give this banana pumpkin version a try!
I would probably say banana bread
I have never baked with NuNaturals and would love love to try! I feel like I have come across so many recipes I want to bake but haven’t because of the added sugars…this would solve my problem. I think Id bake an apple bread or pumpkin bread because I’m craving all things fall!
I love to bake cookies!
What an amazing giveaway! I would love to win that stevia syrup. Not exactly “baking” but my favorite use for liquid stevia lately has been to make sparkling water with the soda stream, and then add lemon juice and NuNaturals liquid stevia for kind of a sparkling lemonade. So good! Now that it is getting cooler, though, I am sure will be baking again soon. I used to make a black bean brownie with stevia…I’ll have to dig up that recipe again this year!
I have made these once before—they were good!
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2013/01/08/breakfast-oatmeal-cupcakes-to-go/
Quick breads are my favorite with NuNaturals stevia. Zucchini and banana want to try pumpkin too!
One of my favorites to bake with Nunaturals stevia is using their baking blend for your Pumpkin Banana Bread. So naturally I’m super excited to try out this recipe!! Also, I liked Nunaturals Facebook page. I’m loving all the fall baking recipe inspirations floating around the internet! Too much baking, too little time!
Awesome giveaway!! I already use and love nu naturals!
1) I don’t do a lot of baking but i use their packets in my coffee daily and can’t wait to make YOUR recipe here!
2) done!
3) i’m not on Twitter….
4) i’ll make this recipe next!
http://momsownwords.com/38082/nunaturals-com-oat-fiber-vanilla-stevia-review/#
I love using stevia in banana oat cookies with cacao powder, mashed banana, and peanut butter! So tasty because it complements the sweetness of the (way too ripe) bananas perfectly! Love
I haven’t seen the NuStevia simple syrup before so I have never cooked with it but would love to give it a try. I think I would use it to make your banana pumpkin bread recipe because it looks amazing.
I liked NuNaturals facebook page.
My favorite thing to bake is brownies.
I visited their FB page, and I already like them.
tweeted https://twitter.com/prizepuzzle/status/655217702630531072
Nunaturals is great in coffee w/ coconut milk cream as a little treat!
I love baking gluten free brownies with NuNaturals! But that bread looks awesome
My favorite way to use NuNaturals Stevia in baking is for sweetness in muffins (it works in both my regular fluffy blueberry ones or more dense protein-filled banana ones)!
Hey Elise, I use this in my sweet potatoes and apple, almond butter, oatmeal bake. A tiny bit adds a lot of flavor and goes a long way. No after taste, just as plain, great flavor. Have a great weekend!
All of your recipes look delicious Elise! I would try your banana pumpkin bread to start with. I really need to start making your recipes instead of just drooling over them! Love your approach to healthy eating:)
Chocolate chip banana millet muffins. 🙂
I liked NuNaturals Facebook page!
I totally want to recreate this recipe today! It looks so good. I’ve been looking for a grain-free fall inspired bread recipe and i think this it it! 🙂
Definitely going to make this!! Will sub corn flour since allergic to nuts..hope will turn out OK
I love using nunaturals in my muffin recipes! game changer!
I also liked their FB page!
I’ve never baked with Nutivia, but I’d love to try an apple crisp.
I liked NuNaturals on Facebook!
I love baking pumpkin spice muffins.
Not my recipe, but this is a fun one: http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2014/08/04/cookie-dough-protein-shake/
Liked on Facebook!
Pancakes!
I loooove NuNaturals stevia, I use it as a sub for sugar in everything i bake from protein bars to quick breads, muffins, brownies, etc. I would love to try that new simple syrup and the cocoa syrup sounds awesome.
I’ve never tried it before but would like to
cashew pumpkin creamer made with Vanilla Stevia Liquid
Do you think Earth Balance would work in place of the shortening?
My fav thing to bake with nunaturals is muffins. I also like nunaturals on facebook. 🙂
Pumpkin bread! Love baking with it!
Tweeted!
This recipe!!! http://www.hungryhungryhippie.com/the-banana-bread-you-all-want/
I love love using it in overnight oats!
i love trying to sub nunaturals in every recipe i have! it does tend to work pretty great in quick breads 🙂
blog posts — 2 things in the past i’ve made with nunaturals and loved!
https://bsweetdreaming.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/flourless-pumpkin-spice-dark-chocolate-torte/
https://bsweetdreaming.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/apple-pie-streusel-tart-with-shortbread-crust/
I like to make banana bread with chocolate chips with Nunaturals; that way i can have two slices(;
I also liked the Nunaturals page on facebook (:
I also tweeted https://twitter.com/chocmilk_carly/status/655952954462109696?lang=en
And lastly…heres a great recipe using Nunaturals(: http://www.powercakes.net/powercakes/power-pumpkin-roll-2/ just in time for pumpkin season!
My favorite thing to bake with nunaturals stevia is my mums banana bread lightened up!
I like nunaturals on Facebook
I have never tried the NuNaturals stevia, but would love to! My husband has Type 2 Diabetes, I would love to see if he likes the taste of this stevia – he has been pretty so so with others on the market. I think I would make some peanut butter banana cookies with it.
I liked the NuNaturals Facebook page. Thanks!
I love to make vegan French toast, with chickpea flour, with NuNaturals Stevia.
I love to make healthy pumpkin bread with stevia!
I love making banana or sweet potato pancakes with NuNaturals stevia. To each recipe I also add a ton of cinnamon to balance out the sweetness and they end up tasting awesome!
I totally want to make this recipe for the holidays however, I’ll modify it so that it’s gluten, dairy, and largely sugar free. Yum!
https://www.nunaturals.com/recipe/513
Thanks for putting on this giveaway Elise! And also so excited to see so many positive comments from this great community. We love hearing from you all!
I love making cheesecake with NuNaturals! No one ever knows there isn’t any sugar.
I liked their FaceBook page!
I also tweeted about the giveaway 🙂 I know a few of my friends would love to win, too!
And, lastly, I think this sounds delicious: http://ohmyveggies.com/baking-with-nunaturals-stevia-crustless-sweet-potato-cardamom-pie/.
Thank you so much for the giveaway! I love your blog.
I like nunaturals on Facebook!
I love baking zucchini bread and apple cakes with nunaturals. Love the no added sugars quick breads! I can’t wait to try this recipe either.
Hi Elise, long Time Reader and First Time commenter from Germany Here. I ordered NuNaturals Stevia from the US about a year ago After seeing it Here on your blog and Love it. I make cake and Cookies with it for a Friend Who avoids sugar due to severe skin problems and I’m also experimenting with making Iced teas because I Love soda a Little Too much and need an alternative. PS: sorry for the Many capitals, Autocorrect is driving me nuts!
Hi Elise! I liked their facebook page… I have dealt with systemic candida, and so while cutting sugar and sweet things has been a priority, NuNaturals stevia has been an amazing baking substitute for when I feel the need for a little something sweet. Love it!