EASY no-starch, dairy free PUMPKIN & CASHEW BREAD recipe

Deb September 24, 2016

Suitable for GAPS, SCD, Paleo, gluten free, dairy free or low carb diets

This is my favourite GAPS bread, and really it’s more like eating cake. It’s not ketogenic or very low carb, but it’s much lower than typical breads.

You can dress it up or down, make it savoury or sweet. It goes well with soup to make a meal more substantial. For a recent choir trip, I made it into muffins and filled them with cottage cheese. Avocado would also have been nice. Or have it for breakfast with mashed banana on top.

If you want a lighter bread, there are more complicated cashew bread recipes out there that involve separating the eggs, and beating the egg whites till fluffy, but this way is a lot quicker.

  • 6 large eggs – preferably free range (pastured)
  • 1 tsp celtic sea salt
  • 500gm raw unsalted cashews
  • 1.5 tsp baking soda, sifted
  • 2 cups cooked, mashed pumpkin
  • 2 Tbs apple cider vinegar

Turn on the oven to 150ºC (300ºF) and line a loaf tin with baking paper.

Put the cashews into the food processor and blitz till the pieces are small (about like a pin head).

Add the eggs one or two at a time, beating till they are well mixed in. Scrape down the sides a couple of times as you go.

Add the yoghurt, kefir or mashed pumpkin and beat till thick and creamy.

Add in the salt and baking soda and beat again.

Take out the food processor blade, and pour mixture into the lined loaf tin (making sure to hold the paper in place at the sides to stop it falling down under the mixture as you pour).

Bake for 60 to 80 minutes at 150ºC (300ºF), or until a skewer comes out clean.

I haven’t tried all of these variations, as I really like the base recipe, but I think they’d all be great. If you try them out, come back and tell me how it worked out.

  • Use the same mix to make muffins
  • If you’re not dairy free, you could use 2 cups yoghurt or kefir instead of the pumpkin and vinegar
  • See banana bread variation here
  • Add 1-2 tsp powdered ginger and some pureed dates for a gingerbread (untested)
  • Adding ½ cup raisins or sultanas, or any chopped dried fruit, to the base recipe (or the banana or gingerbread) would make a nice fruit bread (untested)
  • For a savoury bread, replace ½ of the pumpkin / yoghurt with grated zucchini or grated carrot, and add some dried herbs (untested)
  • Another version, which uses part coconut flour and part cashew is here
  • Make up your own variation and tell me about it

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