Lunch: Cranberry-Orange-Nut Bread

Recipe by Robert Landolphi This zesty and festive nut bread wrapped up with a bow makes for a welcome holiday gift.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cranberries, Brown Rice, Nuts, Walnuts

Health and fertility benefits of Cranberry-Orange-Nut Bread

Researchers believe that cranberries contain substances that prevent infection-causing bacteria from sticking to the urinary tract walls. However, store-bought cranberry juice is typically all sugar - so make sure to stick with straight cranberries. Brown rice is a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity. Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity. Walnuts are low on the glycemic index. What’s more, they also lower the glycemic index of other foods that you eat in conjunction with these nuts. Any kind of nuts provide a healthy source of fat and a great way to encourage PCOS weight loss.

Ingredients

2.6 ounces potato starch (about 1/2 cup)
2.3 ounces brown rice flour (about 1/2 cup)
2.1 ounces sweet white sorghum flour (about 1/2 cup)
1.05 ounces tapioca flour (about 1/4 cup)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup fresh orange juice (about 3 oranges)
1/4 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, chopped
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Cooking spray
1 tablespoon turbinado sugar or granulated sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °.
Weigh or lightly spoon potato starch and flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine potato starch, flours, granulated sugar, and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine orange juice, oil, and eggs; stir with a whisk. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in cranberries and walnuts.
Pour batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake at 350 ° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

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