{"id":136,"date":"2012-03-22T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=136"},"modified":"2017-02-19T10:08:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T10:08:55","slug":"grain-free-apple-walnut-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/03\/grain-free-apple-walnut-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Grain Free Apple Walnut Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"It’s 8pm on a Thursday in Dubai. I am running the last half marathon of the season tomorrow morning at 6.30am. Everything is laid out, including the banana that I will force myself to eat before the race. I am still arguing with myself at what time I should wake up for this.<\/div>\n

I am also arguing with myself, if I should eat some more now. I just had a light dinner with eggs and veggies. And only half a glass of wine, not a full one, like I normally have. But I still feel hungry, or rather peckish. What can I eat now? And when will I get up tomorrow morning? Decisions, decisions.<\/p>\n

I had a box of little chocolate pralines in my race goodie bag. I haven’t had those kind of things for ages. My sugar-reduced lifestyle has been going on for long enough that I am by now happy with 85% dark chocolate. I admit, on bad days, I can eat a whole 100g\/4oz bar of it.
\nI have never had one decent and healthy food item in a race goodie bag. It ranged from spaghetti to chocolate cookies and dodgy “energy” drinks. If you have all or just any of those, the race might become a true challenge.<\/p>\n

So I should actually stick to what I usually eat. That’s the usual advice: before a race, do what you do before a training run. Alright, a whole bar of dark chocolate might not be the best idea now. Something sweet would be nice though. Or some roasted pepitas, that would be the savory option.<\/p>\n

If I go for sweet, I have this grain free apple cake in the fridge.
\nThis apple cake is actually a lazy recipe because I simply changed the fruit of the Grain Free Banana Date Bread<\/a>. A fellow Dubai blogger was asking me after I posted the banana bread recipe, if one could somehow substitute the banana. Apples, I said. Why didn’t it cross my mind before? Honestly, I’d always prefer apples over bananas myself.\u00a0 I added a little more dates and date syrup to the apple cake, as apples are naturally not as sweet as bananas. The result: a moist and apple-fresh cake with a lovely nut crunch.<\/p>\n

I think I am gonna have a slice of apple cake now. I am only left with the decision about what time to get up tomorrow morning. 5.15am? Sounds so terribly early…….
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GRAIN FREE APPLE WALNUT BREAD<\/b><\/div>\n
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Print Recipe<\/a><\/div>\n
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3\/4 cup almond meal<\/div>\n
1\/4 cup coconut flour<\/div>\n
3\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/div>\n
1\/2 teaspoon sea salt<\/div>\n
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3 eggs (at room temperature)<\/div>\n
2 tablespoons coconut oil (liquefied)<\/div>\n
1\/2 cup grated apple with peel (one medium apple)<\/div>\n
1\/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce<\/div>\n
4 tablespoons date syrup (or honey)<\/div>\n
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1\/4 cup chopped dates<\/div>\n
1\/2 cup chopped walnuts<\/div>\n
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Yields 1 loaf<\/div>\n

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\nPreheat oven to 175C\/350F. Grease or line regular loaf tin with parchment paper.<\/p>\n

In a large bowl, sift together almond meal, coconut flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
\nIn another bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Stir in date syrup\/honey, apple sauce, grated apple and coconut oil. Combine wet and dry ingredients and stir until\u00a0 no longer lumpy. Stir in chopped dates and walnuts, keeping a couple of chopped walnuts aside.<\/p>\n

Transfer batter to prepared loaf tin. Sprinkle remaining walnuts on top. Bake for 40 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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