Rachel Zoe: Style Icon, Creative Entrepreneur, and Devoted Philanthropist

June 10, 2020

Live to Eat is back with a new episode featuring one of my dearest friends! This week I chatted with Rachel Zoe, style icon, business visionary, and amazing mom.

Rachel Zoe is a force. Her fashion empire includes the Rachel Zoe womens’ ready-to-wear and accessories line, the online fashion destination The Zoe Report, and Box of Style, a seasonal subscription box featuring exclusive luxury products hand selected by Rachel herself. As a Baby2Baby board member and Save the Children Ambassador, Rachel’s philanthropic pursuits focus on supporting children and families living in poverty and advocating for their essential needs every day, and especially now. Rachel has a nurturing and caring spirit, and whether late night baking alone or baking banana bread with her beautiful boys, she communicates her love for others through food. Rachel is so inspiring, and I know you will love listening to our conversation!

  • In this episode of Live to Eat, we discuss:
  • :: How to balance being a full-time working mom
  • :: What business owners can do to support their customers
  • :: Why baking is therapeutic
  • :: How rainbow carrots inspired one season’s color palette
  • :: Rachel’s thoughts on the current tie-dye trend

Looking for a little style upgrade? Treat yourself and try Box of Style! Use my discount code “LivetoEat25” for $25 off!

Have a few overripe bananas sitting on your counter? Try Rachel Zoe’s delicious Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe below!

Thanks for listening today!

Rachel Zoe’s Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients:

  • 5 tbsp unsalted butter or coconut oil
  • ½ cup of honey
  • 5 (medium sized) ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups of gluten free flour
  • 1 tsp of cinnamon
  • ½ cup chocolate chips or nuts or both

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease loaf pan with butter or line with parchment paper.

Add softened butter to a large mixing bowl. Add honey and mashed bananas and whisk together. Whisk in the eggs.

Add baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla to bowl; whisk together well. Add flour and mix only until combined; DO NOT OVERMIX.

Add chocolate chips or nuts in gently.

Pour mixture into pan and bake for 55 - 65 minutes. Check progress at 30-35 mins and loosely cover with foil until finished.

Share Rachel Zoe’s amazing GF Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with your gluten-free (or gluten-loving) friends today; it’s sure to be a hit! And, if you bake this recipe, tag me @candacenelson for a chance to be featured on my stories!

 
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