Dairy-Free Coconut Milk Ice Cream

Ice cream? But doesn't that have milk in it?

WRONG.

I recently purchased both Purely Decadent Coconut Milk ice cream and Rice Dream Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts (A.K.A., ice cream). I tried Rice Dream's strawberry, vanilla, and Cookies an' Dream, as well as Purely Decadent's mint chip, turtle tracks, and couple others.

Purely Decadent wins by far.

Purely Decadent's mint chip tastes no different from your standard mint chip ice cream. You can taste the rice and soy milk in Rice Dream's ice creams, but Purely Decadent's ice cream is simply delicious.

For those of you gluten-freers, Purely Decadent's SO Delicious line has a gluten-free Cookie Dough ice cream.

Gluten-Free Banana Bread

Ingredients*:

2 cups gluten-free all purpose baking flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup Earth Balance

1/2 cup turbinado sugar (white or brown sugar can be substituted)

2 eggs, lightly beaten

3 tablespoons maple syrup

6 ripe bananas, mashed

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in eggs, maple syrup, and mashed bananas until well-blended. Add the banana mixture to the flour mixture; mix until batter is just moist. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 - 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. If using muffin or cupcakes tins, bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

*Altered version of All Reciples' Gluten Free Banana Bread.

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I highly recommend this banana bread. It is incredibly moist - so much so that you may initially believe that you've under-cooked it. It tastes amazing that you won't know by the taste that it is gluten- and dairy-free. Enjoy!

Gluten-Free AND Dairy-Free?!

Hello, world -

Long time, no post! I've got a little something to update you on; I'm going gluten-free!

Why? This itchy, unattractive rash developed on my right arm, and that, along with a couple other symptoms, made me wonder: am I gluten-intolerant, too?

So far, it looks like that was the key.

What can I eat now? Well, gluten-substitutes. And things that don't contain gluten or dairy, such as fruits, vegetables, meat, fish...etc.

So it goes. Together, it eliminates nearly all store-bought junk food, which is definitely a good thing. Time to become incredibly healthy! Or else, start baking more....

Help support me on my dairy-free, gluten-free endeavor by posting links to recipes in the comments. Thank you!