Gluten-Free + Dairy-Free Cherry-Almond Muffin Recipe
I have something fun planned for today. First, a wonderful gluten-free, casein-free, refined sugar-free muffin recipe to share that is full of healthy ingredients. No starches, no xanthan gum, just a few whole food ingredients. The recipe isn't mine though, it comes from another lovely food blogger, Kelly of The Spunky Coconut! And second, I'm giving away a free copy of her cookbook, The Spunky Coconut Cookbook (a $30 value). Read on to learn how to enter the drawing.
Kelly's cookbook contains 115 Gluten-Free, Casein-Free, and Sugar-Free recipes with 65 color photos. There are 100 vegetarian recipes and 30+ raw inspired recipes. She does use eggs in many of her baked treats though. But there are still plenty of egg-free recipes for those with sensitivities or who are vegan.
As the name of her book and blog suggest, many of her delicious recipes involve coconut; whether it is coconut milk, coconut oil, or shredded coconut. Here is a taste of a few of her recipes: Butternut Soufflé, Chicken Meatballs, Creamy Pea Soup, Caesar Salad, Funa (fake tuna salad), Chocolate Chip Bars, Vanilla Toffee Cake, Pumpkin Ice Cream, Mango Lemon Sorbet, Banana Bread (grain-free), Quinoa Almond Muffins, Creamy Bean Dip, and much much more!!!
You can view a wide variety of sample recipes on Kelly's blog. This high protein, low sugar Vanilla White Bean Cake with Chocolate Frosting is my favorite!
Kelly began to study nutrition in Maryland when her girls were very young. Her daughter Ashley was a baby, and daughter Zoe was a toddler at that time. Both girls were not well. In order to help them, her naturopathic doctor worked with them to radically change their diet (by removing gluten, casein, and sugar). She and her husband soon realized that their own health problems could be resolved as well. It was very eye-opening to see how many kinds of issues could be treated. So, after years of research and experimentation, Kelly has created recipes so similar to the old ones that nobody feels deprived. Together, through diet and biomedical treatments, their family is overcoming celiac disease, gluten-intolerance, ADD, and autism with great success.
Cherry Almond Muffins (gluten-free + dairy-free)
Enjoy this very simple and nutritious gluten-free and dairy-free muffin recipe with a cup of warm herbal tea for an afternoon snack. The cherries can be replaced with fresh or frozen blueberries if desired. Other delicious additions are chopped pecans, chopped dark chocolate, or sliced almonds.
This muffin recipe is a slightly adapted version from The Spunky Coconut Cookbook. The original recipes calls for using 2 cups of blueberries or cherries, and a ½ cup of oil. I've reduced both, but feel free to use the original recipe!
Dry Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
Other Ingredients
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients, set aside.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl beat wet ingredients together. Add dry ingredients on top of the wet mixture and beat together with an electric mixer. Fold in berries or cherries.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan. Bake for approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
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About the Author
Ali Segersten
Alissa Segersten holds a Bachelor's of Science in Nutrition from Bastyr University and a Master’s of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine from the University of Western States. She is a Functional Nutritionist, the mother of five children, a whole foods cooking instructor, professional recipe developer, and cookbook author. She is passionate about helping others find a diet that will truly nourish them. Alissa is the author of two very popular gluten-free, whole foods cookbooks and guidebooks: The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook and Nourishing Meals. She is also the co-author of The Elimination Diet book. Alissa is the founder and owner of Nourishing Meals®.Nourishing Meals Newsletter
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Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing all of your amazing recipes! I am thankful for so many things... Family, friends, a warm house, a yard to garden in, the great town of Bellingham, my appointment with Tom in 1/2 hour... I'd better get going! :)
I am all about coconut lately! So this post comes at the perfect time. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us. I would love to own a copy of the Spunky Coconut : )
Very exciting to find a book that had gluten and dairy free recipes, and not just desserts. Thanks for such a perfect Giveaway!
I LOVE everything coconut, and cherry-almonds is one of my favourite combos, so I will have to make these muffins! That coconut book would be great to have since I have no idea how to cook with it.
Thanks for another great recipe. I always look forward to each new post! Thanks, also for the chance to win this cookbook.
How exciting to have a new source of gluten-free recipes. I would love to have a copy of this book, the title alone makes me want to read it. This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for improved health through the elimination of gluten (and corn) from my diet and for my husband who supports me every step of the way.
I am thankful that I did not purchased this cookbook last night on amazon as I intended and waited for this morning! :) I am certainly thankful for the never resting Law of attraction! And for Ali, to make our lives much easier, proving us with such amazing, healthy recipes. And last but not least, for my wonderful boys and an amazing husband and this incredible place we live in!
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
I am grateful for healthy wholesome food!
Your cookbook and blog are so inspiring, mmm... super delicious wholesome food, thank you.
I'm thankful that we've almost finished building our home and it's dreamy and cozy. I'm loving that my twin boys turned 6yrs old last friday, wow, what a whirlwind. I'm thankful for my brilliant shining daughter who can't stop dancing and for my infatuated husband, my comrade in serious silliness.
-Erica
As always, your blog is my "go-to" place for great recipes. I am now rearranging my free diet (gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, corn, yeast) to accommodate Fructose Malabsorption. I will need to switch out the honey & stevia, but otherwise this recipe is right on track.
Oh, yes, please put me in for the contest.
So thankful for the many gifts God has given me, including my family and friends and your wonderful cooking wisdom!!!! Your cookbook is my favorite and I have a few friends who now agree! I would love to try this new cookbook.
What a wonderful giveaway...yum! Those muffins look amazing!
I am a subscriber..yippee!
Happy T-Day
Enjoy!
Count me in!
Sounds like a great cookbook!
Looking forward to trying these muffins, I have almond meal but not many ideas of what to do with it. The cookbook sounds great. I am thankful for each day and to have my friends and family. I love my life and enjoy good health!
Cathy (CAO)
Thanks for sharing more lovely resources for creative whole food, allergen-free cooking!
ps - I retweeted :)
ps - I retweeted :)
When my daughter had to face going off of gluten, one of the gifts was her discovery of coconut. For months she had a morning smoothie that consisted of a young coconut, frozen banana and piece of scraped vanilla bean. That's all she wanted and was happy scooting off to school. No sense of deprivation but rather of decadence! Now she eats the coconut butter straight from the jar. Coconut truly is a gift in its own right. I love that you're promoting this 'alternative'.
i subscribe to your blog and would love the cookbook! i just went GF and am trying to find ways to still eat the sweets i used to love. thanks!
Fabulous! This year I am thankful for the wonderful world of blogs. Being newly diagnosed gluten/casein intolerant, without all of the recipes, substitution suggestions and great writers, I would be lost! You guys have inspired me so much that I am just beginning to start my own blog. Looking forward to this journey!
Recently found your blog...your recipes are wonderful! And such a great giveaway! I love using different ingredients in all my cooking...makes it more fun! Thanks for the post! Ina from the Westcoast
Hi Ali,
I remain so inspired by the fact that you are able to create such wonderful delicious recipes with four children! Now that is some serious talent :)
I absolutely LOVE your cookbook and I am making pie using your pie crust recipe for Thanksgiving. Can't wait!
I'm thankful for so many things but I am particularly thankful for good health this year.
Have a wonderful day tomorrow - Stephanie
I love it, another book using coconut and gluten and dairy free!!!
I love your blog and your cookbook, thanks for all your great recipes! I've been eyeing the Spunky Coconut cookbook for a while, thanks for the giveaway!
I just twittered about your giveaway!
I LOVE the Spunky Coconut blog, so I'm sure I would love the cookbook! Thanks for an awesome giveaway. Oh... and I will happily take that 2 lbs. of sugar off your hands! hahaha ;-)
I am posting this comment and then making the muffins. I was searching the blogs for just the right muffin for my mom and me to snack on as we cook the Thanksgiving meal. They sound wonderful! Sandy Gillett www.aunt-sandy.blogspot.com
I have just been turned on to your website and cooking genius.Thank you so much for helping the rest of us become better cooks and families through nutrition. Can't wait to try the muffins.
Jeanne Brown
I'm really looking forward to including this recipe in my holiday brunch menu! Please include me in the drawing.
Thanks!
This cookbook sounds great. Please include me in the drawing. I would love to win this!
Theresa
I read Kelly's blog and would love to have a copy of your book! And maybe you can rerun the coconut sugar giveaway?
Pick me! Pick me! (^:
Thanks for the great recipes!
Ohhh yum! I've been pining over that book since it came out! Fingers crossed!
Thanks for the giveaway! As one who avoids gluten I am always interested in new recipes.
Thanks for posting this recipe! I'm fairly new to GFCF, just diagnosed, so I can use all the help I can get!
I love cherry and almonds, and lately I've been missing muffins like crazy. I'm glad to be on a GFCF diet, but sometimes it's difficult. Recipes like this make it a little bit easier.
I am the worlds worst baker!!!! I need all the help I can get! This recipe book can save my holiay season. To actually be able to bring a delicious healthy dessert to my family Christmas, would be a first!
I have been wanting this cookbook! Thanks for offering it as a giveaway! I will post on facebook also.
I am grateful for Jesus Christ, my family, my friends, and the great people who share on blogs etc to bless others.
Thank you for sharing!
Sounds soooo yummmy! Love cookbooks. I actually misplaced yours! EEK!
Love all things coconut! Plus a lot of kids in my classroom cannot have gluten. We have birthday celebrations and parents always bring in cookies/cupcakes/brownies with gluten in them. It would be nice to have treats made just for them on these occasions! I would LOVE to have the cookbook for myself and for my class!
~Leah Travers
Yum! I read the Spunky Coconut blog as well as your blog and I would love to have the cookbook. I will tweet this and post on facebook too.