AIP Paleo tigernut banana muffins – glutenfree and vegan

Easy to make muffins from tigernut flour (chufa), tapioca or arrowroot, banana and coconut flower sugar. These muffins are AIP Paleo proof: no grains, nuts, seeds, dairy or eggs. It’s also vegan. And, because it’s completely fatfree, also a healthy treat for Medical Medium followers.

Do you like baking with tigernut flour? Than take a look at these crispy Dutch kletskoppen with tigernut flour. Or these basic cookies with tigernut flour. Both are AIP Paleo friendly. But a little less suited for Medical medium because they contain fat.

Tigernut flour or chufa

Tiger nuts, although the name suggests otherwise, aren’t nuts at all. They are small balls on the roots of the chufa plant. So chufa is a tuber: gluten, grain, legume and nutfree. Chufa tastes slightly sweet and is high in protein. The structure is light and full of fiber.

Medical Medium

Chufa is not listed as a Medical Medium healing food. Tubers in general are not the best filler foods either, although they aren’t considered no foods. Tigernut flour can be a bit dry and fibrous. Therefor, here I combined it with coconut oil. And of course you have to be careful with fat as well. So, thesr cookies are not ideal for Medical Medium. But if you are bored with other foods I would say it’s ok for once in while.

Tapioca

Tapioca flour is made from the cassave root. It’s not the same as cassave flour. That’s the whole, ground root. Tapioca is just the starch. If you don’t want to use tapioca you can substitute for arrowroot.

Coconut blossom sugar

Coconut blossom sugar is a natural, unprocessed form of sugar. It has a low GI and does not promote inflammation. It is dark in color and that is why these muffins are a bit darker than muffins with white sugar.