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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

April 20, 2020 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 16 Comments

These easy Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins are vegan, allergy-free, and naturally sweet! Moist, tender, soft, and fluffy, they’re packed with mashed ripe bananas and dairy-free dark chocolate chips. A perfect family-friendly recipe for a sweet breakfast treat or afternoon snack!

Everyone loves an easy muffin recipe. Everyone loves a little chocolate chip action too…amiright? And when it’s a sin to ever let an over-ripe banana go to waste that leaves us with one option…CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA MUFFINS! So easy, so delicious, perfectly portioned without the need to cut individual slices like you would with banana bread. Plus, baking muffins is quicker than baking an entire loaf!Read More

Southern Vegan Banana Pudding (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

September 2, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 58 Comments

A 100% homemade, from-scratch, Southern Vegan Banana Pudding! This gluten-free, allergy-free, sugar-free twist on the old-fashioned classic dessert is too easy not to make! A no-bake recipe with layers of vanilla wafers, banana slices, vanilla pudding, and sweet creamy fluff!

Not to be confused with banana cream pie; banana pudding holds its own in cool, creamy sweet Southern desserts! Crunchy sweet vanilla wafer cookies, slices of fresh banana, creamy vanilla pudding, and sweet whipped cream. Let the layers mingle together in the fridge, the cookies soften, and you have a dreamy scoop of no-bake heaven to serve up to your guests. Here’s a twist…let’s take the old-fashioned classic and make it vegan, gluten-free, and top allergen-free!Read More

Oat-Free No-Bake Granola Bars (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Allergy-Free)

July 1, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 52 Comments

These 3-ingredient no-bake granola bars are so easy to make! This recipe for healthy homemade granola bars is oat-free, gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free! These chewy bars make a great grab-and-go breakfast or kid-friendly snack! They’re sugar-free and naturally sweet, plus packed with protein and nut-free!

You know those moments when you’re like, “Why didn’t I think of this sooner!?” This is one of those times. Oats are the foundation of any good granola bar, but the hardest grain for a celiac to digest even when they are safe and 100% purity protocol. Noshing into a big ‘ole granola bar doesn’t sit well for many of us. Alternatives to the famed granola bar would be bars made from nuts and loads of sticky refined sugar. Granola bars are not so allergy-friendly, nor are many of the store-bought versions healthy. But what if we could change that with a healthy, homemade, no-bake recipe?Read More

Gluten-Free Banana Sunflower Mini Muffins (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

May 20, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 52 Comments

These healthy Gluten-Free Banana Sunflower Mini Muffins are so quick and easy to bake! They’re vegan, allergy-free, naturally sweet, and make for a great nut-free school & kid-friendly breakfast or snack! This muffin bites recipe only take 10 minutes, is great for meal prepping, and keeping in the freezer for those busy days!

Mini muffins are the best! So quick, so easy, they make for a perfect grab-and-go breakfast, lunchbox addition, or afterschool snack! Mini muffin bites that are gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free and naturally sweet are perfect for little hands and hungry bellies! What’s special about these banana sunflower mini muffins is that fact that they’re a nut-free riff on the classic banana nut muffin!Read More

Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

May 2, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 56 Comments

There is nothing like a warm slice of homemade banana bread! This Classic Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe is vegan, allergy-free, soft & moist, and perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack! It’s 8 ingredients, high protein, sugar-free, oil-free, and can even be made paleo & grain-free!

Sometimes you just need a slice of banana bread, right? The most classic quick bread known to man. So cozy and comforting; one of the only acceptable ways to use bananas (in my non-banana-liking opinion). Of course we can make fancy banana breads with blueberries or peanut butter, but sometimes I just want a slice straight up. A slice reminiscent of my gluten-filled childhood.Read More