MADDIE DAY here, bringing you a healthy dessert.
My beau, Hugh, is trying an anti-inflammatory diet to help him with several health issues. He's a tall, skinny guy who has never had to even think about calories, and he has a sweet tooth.
The diet omits LOTS of yummy things, including gluten, sugar, and dairy. When I saw my friend Nancy Whitt post a simple recipe that has none of those categories, I whipped up a batch for Hugh's dessert (me, I'm still working through the Christmas chocolates...).
The verdict? It's good. Not great, but a perfectly acceptable bit of sweetness after a meal. It's fancier than eating a piece of plain fruit and definitely good for you.
Banana Oat Dessert
For
anyone with a sweet tooth who is restricting sugar, gluten, and dairy.
Ingredients:
3 mashed
ripe bananas
1/3 cup
unsweetened applesauce
2 cups gluten-free oats
¼ cup
almond milk
½ cup
raisins (optional)
1
teaspoon vanilla
1
teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a
square baking dish
Mix all ingredients. (I omitted the raisins because we didn't have any.)
Spoon into prepared pan and smooth.
Bake for 15-20 minutes. Let cool in the pan and slice into squares.
Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
Readers: See? Isn't that easy? What's your favorite simple dessert?
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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and sweet cat Martin north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.
