May 25, 2008

Dead Banana's

What do you do with dead banana's? You make Banana Bread! Well I went on a search for a recipe that sounded good. I found 2 online and found one in a cook book I purchased. I decided to use the recipe in the cook book "The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread" by Bette Hagman. The only beef I have with this book is it doesn't tell you how much of each flour to use for each recipe. You have to make the "Flour Mix Formulas" near the beginning of the book. It's lame, but I did it!

So here is my finished product. I baked it 3 minutes less than what the recipe called for and I think it was baked too long. It didn't have much flavor either. Maybe that's because its Gluten-Free?!? I have no clue. My husband says I am being to hard on myself and that it tastes fine. I personally think it needs to be sweeter and moister. I have to say I ate half the loaf =o)

Posted by Lindsy Riches (Anti-Glutite) at 4:06 PM
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Michelle (GFF) said...

I have the same recipe/cook book... I made this and brought it to work. A co-worker came up to me and said "I'm so sorry you can't eat wheat" after tasting this... yeah, it sucked.

She's got some other recipes that are decent; I made the graham crackers and was pretty happy with them.

Back to banana bread... I have a cookbook called The Not Strictly Vegetarian Cookbook that has a lot of great recipes (Yeah... I loved the bread recipes.. needless to say I don't use most of those anymore). Anyway, I used their banana bread recipe and substituted Pamela's baking & pancake mix for the flour, and that turned out pretty durned good.

You can see the book on amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Not-Strictly-Vegetarian-Cookbook-Lois-Dribin/dp/1555610293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245096006&sr=8-1

Looks like you can get a copy for under $5 with shipping if you buy used.

June 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM

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What is Celiac Disease?

Celiac disease is a disease of the small intestine. The small intestine is a 22 foot long tube that begins at the stomach and ends at the large intestine (colon). The first 1-1/2 feet of the small intestine (the part that is attached to the stomach) is called the duodenum, the middle part is called the jejunum, and the last part (the part that is attached to the colon) is called the ileum. Food empties from the stomach into the small intestine where it is digested and absorbed into the body. While food is being digested and absorbed, it is transported by the small intestine to the colon. What enters the colon is primarily undigested food. In celiac disease, there is an immunological (allergic) reaction within the inner lining of the small intestine to (gluten) that are present in wheat, rye, barley and, to a lesser extent, in oats. The immunological reaction causes inflammation that destroys the lining of the small intestine. This reduces the absorption of dietary nutrients and can lead to symptoms and signs of nutritional, vitamin, and mineral deficiencies.

I found this information at the link below.
http://www.medicinenet.com/celiac_disease/article.htm

BTW I dont claim to be an expert or doctor. This is information I have found or what has worked for me.