Rosemary Apple Roasted Chicken

I was looking for a new way to roast my chicken, while still keeping it moist and tasty! This was full of flavor and so simple.

1 whole roasting chicken
1 handful fresh rosemary
1-2 granny smith apples
olive/grapeseed oil
balsamic vinegar
salt/pepper
1 cup water

1. Rinse the chicken and place in roasting pan.
2. Pour 1 cup water into pan.
3. Drizzle chicken with oil and balsamic vinegar.
4. Season with Salt and Pepper and sprinkle fresh rosemary on top and inside the chicken.
5. Cut up apples and surround the chicken with apple slices.
6. Roast at 350 degrees for approximately 90 minutes (basting once midway through to keep moisture in).

I served this with roasted sweet potato fries and steamed vegetables, but it would also be super tasty with a side salad of some sort. Enjoy!

Gluten-Free Banana Bread (another recipe)

Banana Bread is a fan favorite in our household, and today I was cleaning out my cupboards and make a batch of super yummy stuff!

5 Tbsp. melted butter
1/2 cup raw honey (agave or raw sugar would also work)
2 organic, eggs
3 mashed, ripe bananas

-Combine wet ingredients. Then add:

1 3/4 cup flour mixture (pamela's gluten-free baking mix would work also)
*1/2 cup almond flour
*1/2 cup brown right flour
*1/2 cup coconut flour
*1/4 cup MILA chia seed
1 tsp. baking soda (omit if you are using baking mix since that is included then)
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Mix together well and place into bread loaf pan (I used a mini loaf pan) and cook at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until a knife comes clean. This got a bit brown and crispy on top but stayed moist in the center-I loved it! Enjoy!

Tri-Berry Muffins

Growing up, my dad used to make these super yummy tri-berry muffins but as I changed the way we eat, I realized that these are not at all healthy (I thought they were all those years)-lots of sugar, white flour, etc. So, I tweaked a recipe to make some healthy, high fiber muffins

6 eggs
1/3 cup oil (olive, coconut, grapeseed)
1/3 cup raw, organic honey (agave would also work)
2 tsp. vanilla

*Whisk together until completely combined. Then add:

1/2 cup organic coconut flour
1 scoop MILA chia seed
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1-2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. sea salt

*Continue Whisking together until well combined and there are no lumps.

*Then, fold in 1 cup (I actually ended up putting in about 1.5 cups) of fresh or frozen berries (I used blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries but you could try any combination)

*Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes and enjoy! These were gooey and fruity!