Lunch: Gluten-Free Scrumptious Pumpkin Bread

If you don't need this recipe to be gluten-free you could try using yellow cake or carrot cake mix in place of the gluten-free bread mix. This QUICK bread is a festive and delicious holiday treat!

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts

Health and fertility benefits of Gluten-Free Scrumptious Pumpkin Bread

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). 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

Cooking spray
1 egg
3 egg whites
1/3 cup skim milk
1 – 15-ounce can pure pumpkin puree
1/3 cup canola oil
1 – 19 ounce box gluten-free bread mix (such as Gluten Free Banana Bread Cake Mix from The Really Great Food Company)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch nutmeg
1/4 cup mini-chocolate chips 1 tablespoon, divided
1/4 cup chopped walnuts 1 tablespoon, divided

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a large loaf pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine egg, egg whites, milk, pumpkin, and oil. Mix until blended well.
Add bread mix, cinnamon and nutmeg to wet ingredients and mix well until blended together.
Stir in ¼ cup chocolate chips and ¼ cup walnuts. Pour batter into loaf pan. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon each; chocolate chips and walnuts on top of batter.
Bake 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
MAKE IT GLUTEN-FREE: Confirm the ingredients you use are gluten-free if cooking gluten-free.

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