Since 2006 I've been on the eating healthy wagon. I've fallen off a few times but for the most part have stuck to it. I have felt a little icky lately and knew I needed to do the whole 6 week STRICT healthy eating plan BUT a fun lil shopping spree helped convince me to start like... NOW! Nothing more fun then taking 4 pairs of pants in to the fitting room and then putting all 4 back and your husband going "what is going on???" I'm all "let's just go home and no we are not stopping for ice cream!" ugh
So, the fact that I was down to one pair of jeans that fit me, I've been sick and crabby and now faced with buying a larger size of clothing, sent me in to a whirlwind. What if I gain all my weight back? What if I get as sick as I was before? What if I end up lifeless laying there crying because... well... you get the picture. Needless to say I am a bit stubborn and I am NOT ok with sitting here letting that happen so BAM! Back to strict eating it is. All thanks to a not so fun shopping trip ( I despise shopping anyway so it doesn't take much for it to be "not so fun" ha) I really do like eating healthy! It is fun for me to find different things to eat that are amazingly tasty and really GOOD for me. Here I am, 4 days in to my STRICT eating and I'm a wee bit cranky but better than I was 2 days ago. This morning I wanted something sweet terribly so I started searching. I've baked enough to know what I like and what turns out and I couldn't find anything that fit what I wanted so I used some measurements as a guide and made my own recipe up for... ready... drum roll please DUUDUDUDDUDUDUDUD (how do you spell a drum roll???? bet it's in your head though ;)
Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins
1 cup brown rice flour
1 cup almond flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp xanthan gum (sweet friend gave me some... it's GOLD in my book)
3 eggs
1 tsp ACV (I thought the boys would die)
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup almond milk (unsweetened original)
1/4 cup oil (whatever you prefer, I don't recommend coconut oil)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dark choc chips
Preheat oven to 325
whisk dry ingredients
whisk wet ingredients
add wet to dry
add walnuts and choc chips
stir until all yummily mixed
Bake 12 to 15 min depending on your oven.
There you have it my friends! There's a ton of variations you could do with this and I plan on trying more. I really like the combo of the almond/brown rice flours. Almond flour is EXPENSIVE but a really good binding flour for gf baking. Brown rice flour is inexpensive but very light and not a good binder so using both is a great mixture. Adding the xanthan gum helps hold it all together.
May all your baking be full of guiltless joy :)
