If you are accustomed to eating bread-y, baked things then this nutritious muffin recipe will help get you through the elimination diet process. Muffins made with plantains are quite filling and energizing—unripe plantains contain easily digested complex carbohydrates that actually feed the beneficial bacteria in your gut! Feel free to change up the ingredients here. Add in different spices such as ginger, nutmeg, cloves, or use different vegetables in place of the carrots such as grated parsnip, beets, or zucchini.
Ingredients
2 pounds
yellowish-green
plantains
peeled and chopped
¼ cups
coconut oil
(at room temp)
2 tablespoons
maple syrup
6 tablespoons
arrowroot powder
¼ cups
coconut flour
2 teaspoons
cinnamon
1 teaspoons
baking soda
½ teaspoons
sea salt
2 teaspoons
raw apple cider vinegar
1 cups
grated
carrots
Nutrition Facts
Per serving Recipe serves 10
- Protein 3%
- Net carbs 71%
- Fat 25%
Full nutrition facts
Macros
Energy & Macronutrients
- Calories
- 232kcal
- Protein
- 1.9g
- Total Carbohydrates
- 43.7g
- Dietary Fiber
- 4.1g
- Net Carbs
- 39.6g
- Total Sugars
- 5.6g
- Sucrose
- 2.9g
- Glucose
- 1.1g
- Fructose
- 1g
- Total Fat
- 6.2g
- Saturated Fat
- 5.3g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 0.37g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 0.14g
- Sodium
- 245mg
Vitamins
Water-Soluble Vitamins
- Vitamin C
- 19.5mg
- Thiamin (B1)
- 0.1mg
- Riboflavin (B2)
- 0.15mg
- Niacin (B3)
- 0.62mg
- Pantothenic Acid (B5)
- 0.52mg
- Vitamin B6
- 0.08mg
- Folate (B9)
- 27.9µg
- Choline
- 1.1mg
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
- Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol)
- 0.09mg
- Vitamin K1 (Phylloquinone)
- 1.7µg
Minerals
Minerals
- Calcium
- 16.8mg
- Iron
- 1.1mg
- Magnesium
- 39.9mg
- Phosphorus
- 32.7mg
- Potassium
- 438mg
- Zinc
- 0.26mg
- Copper
- 0.11mg
- Manganese
- 0.35mg
- Selenium
- 0.05µg
- Fluoride
- 0.35µg
Amino Acids
Essential Amino Acids
- Histidine
- 0.01g
- Isoleucine
- 0.01g
- Leucine
- 0.01g
- Lysine
- 0.01g
- Phenylalanine
- 0.01g
- Threonine
- 0.02g
- Valine
- 0.01g
Non-Essential Amino Acids
- Alanine
- 0.01g
- Arginine
- 0.01g
- Aspartic Acid
- 0.03g
- Cystine
- 0.01g
- Glutamic Acid
- 0.04g
- Glycine
- 0.01g
- Proline
- 0.01g
- Serine
- 0.01g
- Tyrosine
- 0.01g
Fatty Acids
Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs)
- Butyric Acid (4:0)
- 0.01g
- Caproic Acid (6:0)
- 0.03g
Medium-Chain Fatty Acids (MCFAs)
- Caprylic Acid (8:0)
- 0.37g
- Capric Acid (10:0)
- 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids
- Oleic Acid (18:1 cis)
- 0.36g
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- ALA (18:3 n-3)
- 0.01g
Omega-6 Fatty Acids
- Linoleic Acid (LA)
- 0.13g
Other
Carotenoids
- Alpha-Carotene
- 383µg
- Beta-Carotene
- 911µg
- Beta-Cryptoxanthin
- 0.67µg
- Lutein + Zeaxanthin
- 29.3µg
- Lycopene
- 0.19µg
Plant Sterols (Phytosterols)
- Phytosterols
- 4.8mg
Other Compounds
- Betaine
- 0.06mg