Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread – Gluten, Dairy And Refined Sugar Free

By Ange
Last weekend, we finally hosted a Sunday brunch. After spending the summer renovating, covered in paint and dust, it was time to show off our hard work to our awesome training community.
 

Planning a healthy brunch for your loved ones, can be really exciting. From researching the recipes to the actual preparation, there is no better feeling than knowing the food on display is nourishing, wholesome, totally delicious and not going to bring someone’s whole week of conscious eating undone.

Does anyone else sit around the work place office and wonder how their office food culture effects their health and waist-line?

Since moving out of a school environment this year, I am literally blown away by how my diet has changed. I am no longer eating on the go. I find time to sit and just eat. Savoring each mouthful. But more  importantly, my conscious healthy and clean eating patterns are less likely to be undone.

 

We have all been there before, you pre plan you food for the day, only to realise that there is a staff lunch or birthday and before you know it, you ‘accidentally’ grab a handful of this or that, which then opens the flood gates to completely giving up on the diet for the day and gorging on highly processed, energy dense and salt laden foods.

Everyone has the power to change the culture of a workplace and it starts with the foods you chose to bring in a share.

Some simple ideas include veggies and homemade dips, a seasonal fruit platter, fritata or healthy muffins.

What if you could make a chocolate cake that contained no gluten, dairy or refined sugars, but tasted like the real deal?

Using zucchini’s is a great way to keep baked goods moist without adding a ton of calories to the recipe. Zucchini’s are such a versatile veggie, that should never be allowed to go moldy in your crisper. Warning, similar to our Coconut Zucchini Bread

it will be dificult to stop at once slice.

Consider making this next time you have special occasion at work, it will certainly be a great talking point and no doubt earn you a couple of pats on the back too.
 
Calories: 282kcal/ Fat: 21g/ Carbohydrates: 19g/ Protein 7 g

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs room temp
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil (melted and cooled to almost room temp)
  • 1/4 cup almond butter
  • 1 1/2 cups almond flour
  •  1/3 cups raw cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2-3 small medium zucchini peeled if desired and finely shredded (1 and 3/4 -2 cups gently packed, water squeezed out between paper towels)
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line a medium loaf pan with parchment paper
  2. In a large bowl, whisk or blend together the coconut oil, almond butter, honey and eggs until well combined and smooth. Then in a medium bowl, combine the almond flour, cacao or cocoa powder, baking soda and salt
  3. Fold in the zucchini and chocolate chips
  4. Transfer batter to the parchment lined loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes.
  5. Cool the loaf on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes, then gently remove the loaf by holding both sides of the parchment paper and continue to cool completely on the wire rack before slicing. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Enjoy!

Our founder

Ange Drake is an personal trainer, women’s empowerment coach and fitness blogger in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. She is the director of one of the few womens’ only strength training gyms in Melbourne, 23W. Ange helps women to learn how to use strength based training, nutritional strategies and a positive mindset to transform their bodies, relationship with food and mind.

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