Just Ask Laurie - Gluten Free Quinoa Banana Bread

May is Celiac Awareness Month, so here’s a gluten free quinoa banana bread recipe. Very tasty!

Gluten Free Quinoa Banana Bread

Ingredients:

½ cup quinoa flour

½ cup quinoa flakes

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

3 Tbsp honey

3 ripe bananas, mashed

2 eggs

½ cup dried cranberries

Putting it all together:

1. Heat oven to 400F and grease a medium loaf pan, set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, mix together quinoa flour, quinoa flakes, baking powder and baking soda.

3. In a separate bowl, mix together honey, bananas and eggs.

4. Mix dry and wet ingredients together just until moist. Stir in cranberries.

5. Pour into prepared loaf pan. Bake 25 – 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Cut into 12 slices

Nutrition Information per slice:

Calories: 90

Fat: 1.5 g

Sodium: 169 mg

Carbohydrate: 17 g

Fibre 1.5 g

Protein: 3 g

Laurie’s Tip:

Quinoa flour and flakes can be found in the Natural Source section of your grocery store. You could easily freeze this loaf into portions and pull out for a quick snack.

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  Gluten Free Quinoa Banana Bread