Pumpkin, Date & Almond Loaf Submitted by Jessica Donovan

Jessica Donovan is a woman’s holistic health expert who helps mums get their sparkle back and become a more energetic, calm and joyful version of themselves. She is a one stop shop for all things nutrition, stress and hormone related.

Jessica combines her deep naturopathic knowledge with a realistic, empathetic, inspiring and down to earth approach to empower women to look after themselves and take charge of their own wellbeing.

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Ingredients

• 2 cups raw greated pumpkin (I chop/grate in my vitamix)
• 1 cup dates, chopped (I blitz mine in the vitamix)
• 2 cups almond meal (I blitz my own in my vitamix and leave them chunky)
• 3 eggs
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• Pumpkin seeds to garnish

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 150 C fan forced or 170 C no fan
2. Combine pumpkin, eggs, coconut oil, cinnamon, ginger and dates
3. Add almond meal and mix through
4. Pour into a loaf tin lined with baking paper and sprinkle pumpkin seeds on the top
5. Bake for 1 hour or until cooked through
6. Remove from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes before turning onto a cooling rack
7. Spread with organic butter to serve

Notes

• This is a recipe from Tommy’s Blog Post: Featured Friend Interview: Jessica Donovan – Energetic Mama

• Equipment

  • Vitamix Blender
  • Loaf Baking Tin with Baking Paper
  • Oven

• Makes

  1 Loaf

• Serves

  4-8