{"id":399727,"date":"2010-03-07T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/07\/banana-bread-recipe-healthy-gluten-free\/"},"modified":"2010-03-07T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T08:05:00","slug":"banana-bread-with-pear-gluten-free-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/399727","title":{"rendered":"Banana Bread With Pear: Gluten-Free Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/advice\/\" rel=\"tag\">Advice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/healthy-eating\/\" rel=\"tag\">Healthy Eating<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/holistic-recipe-of-the-week\/\" rel=\"tag\">Holistic Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.thatsfit.ca\/media\/2010\/03\/bananapear-bread-294.jpg\" \/>Digging through my freezer the other day I realized it has literally become a holding tank for frozen, ripened bananas. Time to make banana bread! Like many people, I always toss my overripe bananas in the freezer knowing that I&#8217;ll eventually put them to good use, which is exactly what I did with this new recipe I created from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>Now when I say a &#8220;from scratch,&#8221; I literally mean that I pulled a rabbit out of my hat on this one. I&#8217;ve made standard banana bread a million times, but I wanted to try something a little different and, of course, make it gluten-free, which my body prefers.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to add chopped pear to this recipe when I recalled the Healthy Foodie&#8217;s inspiring <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2009\/06\/23\/nutrient-packed-pears\/\">article<\/a> last summer on nutrient-packed pears, here are some the health benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One medium-sized pear has as much <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=vitamin%20C\">vitamin C<\/a> and potassium as a half glass of orange juice.<\/li>\n<li>Pears contain 30 percent more of the all-important <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=potassium\">potassium<\/a> than their cousin the apple.<\/li>\n<li>Pears are a nutritional powerhouse offering, along with potassium, high levels of vitamin E, boron, vitamin B2 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=fibre\">fibre<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>They are also a good source of copper, pectin (soluble fibre), zinc, sulphur, phosphorous, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=magnesium\">magnesium<\/a>, iodine and vitamin A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bananas make up the bulk of this recipe and they, too, are packed with nutrients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bananas are one of the best sources of potassium, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. In fact, one banana contains a whopped 467mg of potassium.<\/li>\n<li>They are an exceptionally-rich source of fructooligosaccharide, a compound called a prebiotic because it nourishes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=probiotic\">probiotic<\/a> (friendly) bacteria in the colon.<\/li>\n<li>Bananas are a source of vitamin B6 and C, manganese and have long been recognized for their antacid effects that protect against stomach ulcers and ulcer damage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recipe after the jump<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/07\/banana-bread-recipe-healthy-gluten-free\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Banana Bread With Pear: Gluten-Free Recipe<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/07\/banana-bread-recipe-healthy-gluten-free\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/forward\/19378580\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/07\/banana-bread-recipe-healthy-gluten-free\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Advice, Healthy Eating, Holistic Recipe Digging through my freezer the other day I realized it has literally become a holding tank for frozen, ripened bananas. Time to make banana bread! Like many people, I always toss my overripe bananas in the freezer knowing that I&#8217;ll eventually put them to good use, which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}