Let’s talk about some facts. 10 to be exact.
- I haven’t recovered from my trip yet. My feet still feel weird. Even after a foot massage. Guess I need more of those.
- I hate my voice. I just listened to myself on Paleo Parents: The Paleo View Podcast and I sound like a troll.
- World Market moved and is no longer a 2 minute drive from my house. It’s now 6 minutes. I’m furious.
- The website for preordering my book is acting up. And being a straight up b*tch. It may actually be pay pal, not the website. But let’s not name names. If you’ve ordered since December and gotten the confirmation, we’ve gotten your order and expect to begin mailing them at some point in March (one month early!). If you’ve tried to order recently and got an error message, please bear with us, and we’ll tell you again in a few weeks when pre-orders can be placed again. We will keep pre-ordering open up until the book is available on Amazon and elsewhere in late April this year. Thanks for your patience! I’m not exactly patient, so your patience calms me down.
- Not gonna lie, it took me about a month to figure out how to eject a disc out of my Mac. Seriously. And I figured it out on accident. I’m an idiot.
- I love girls nights. Watching The Bachelor with 4 other women, while we all gossip and eat, is awesome. Just a fact of life.
- 5280 Restaurant Week is coming up here in Colorado. You know what that means?! Wasting lots of money I don’t have at restaurants I could have never afforded before 5280 was invented. If you don’t know what that means, it means there is a huge list of restaurants you can choose from and get a 3 course meal for only $26.40. It’s pretty rad. But that kind of adds up. Pretty sure I haven’t reservations at 4 of these restaurants. #damnmylackofrestaurantselfcontrol
- Beyonce’s performance at the Super Bowl was by far my favorite thing of the entire month of February. I had no clue she was performing until the Super Bowl started, and then I was glued to the screen. They should have Beyonce perform every year, that way I would actually watch the game. Seriously though, I LOVE Beyonce. Like, I would LOVE to be her. I wish I were kidding. I really do.
- I have a stomach ache. I think my wine consumption is catching up to me.
- On a regular basis, I get annoyed with people’s ab pictures on instagram. We get it. You have an incredibly lean stomach. That’s great. But when I’m scrolling through my instagram follower’s pictures and am greeted by a bathroom pic after 13 beautiful food pictures, I’m instantly annoyed. If I wanted to see your abs, I would be sleeping with you. Just a fact, people. Please keep half naked pictures to yourself. Or sext it to a person you’re into. Duh.
That’s all I got for you. Mostly because I’m just day dreaming about what I have brewing in my crockpot for you guys tomorrow…just you wait!!
OMG I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU. I was incredibly excited to find out that I was voted ‘Best Treat Recipe-Online’ for my Sweet Potato Brownies, and ‘Top Rated Food-Centered Blog’ by Paleo Magazine. Thanks to all your amazing votes, I made it in the magazine!! Pretty cool. Hopefully my cookbooks can make it in the magazine next year! Fingers crossed!
Sweet Potato Chai Muffins
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large sweet potato or yam, cut in half lengthwise
- 1 banana, peeled
- 2 chai tea bags (no sugar added)
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup pecans
- 1/3 cup flax seed meal
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 3 tablespoons coconut nectar (or other sweetener – add more if you want sweeter muffins)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 3–4 tablespoons coconut sugar (to garnish muffins)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 405 degrees. Cut sweet potato in half, place on baking sheet, and bake for 20-25 minutes, until super soft. Remove skin.
- Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees.
- Place soft sweet potato and banana in the food processor and puree. Then add chai tea herbs from two bags (discarding the chai bags), pecans, flaxseed meal, baking soda and powder, and cinnamon. Puree until completely broken down and smooth.
- Then add the wet ingredients: coconut oil, eggs, coconut nectar, and vanilla extract.
- Puree until smooth.
- Line muffin tin with paper or silicone liners and use an ice cream scoop to scoop out and pour ingredients into each cup. The ice cream scoop keeps the muffins equal in size.
- Sprinkle each muffins with a bit of coconut sugar.
- Bake muffins for 25-30 minutes or until you poke them with a toothpick and it comes out clean.
- Let muffins cool before consuming, it helps the muffins meld together a bit more.
Notes
This made a little over 12 muffins.
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<3 the recipe
I just made these tonight and they are awesome! I did take a short cut and shredded the sweet potato then cooked in a pan for 5-7 minutes in place of baking. I’m sure it changed the texture but everyone loved them. Thanks!
I made these the other day. By far a better recipe than most! Thank you. I have just converted to the Paleo Lifestyle and feel better than ever. I wanted to say I did not have Flax meal on hand so I substituted Almond Flour. I also used walnuts as I an not a big Pecan fan. They turned out so good!!!!! I have made 4 recipes of yours this week!! I will be purchasing your cookbook- as You have made life good tasting all over again!!!
I’m doing a Paleo challenge with some friends, and everyone at my Crossfit gyms recommended this site! I’m trying to get these muffins just right though. My batch tasted great, but they were gooy in the middle. Is it because I used flax seeds instead of flaxmeal?
yes, you definitely need the flaxmeal, not just seeds
So excited to try this, but I’m missing a few ingredients and I’m too lazy to go to the store. Questions:
1) If I substitute Almond flour for Flax seed meal, do I still use 1/3 cup or less/more?
2) Can I sub brown sugar for coconut nectar?
3) Can I bake this into a bread instead of muffins?
Thanks!
i honestly have no idea what all those changes would do to the recipe
These were delicious! Just one question… mine came out a little bit wet and I’m wondering if my sweet potato was larger than the one you used. How much does your sweet potato weigh when you make these?
that could be emily, so next time maybe use a bit more coconut flour. i never weigh my sweet potato out, i just pick a medium sized one and go with it
I am about to try this and I forgot to save a banana! You advised to someone else that extra sweet potato would work. I was wondering, would pumpkin puree work? Thank you!
yeah, i think so!
This was my first ever paleo baking attempt, and these are awesome!! Thanks so much!
These muffins were delish! However it took me a lot longer to cook my sweet potato than 20-25 minutes, maybe I needed to set my oven to 450 vs 405? I’m not sure. But will def have these again. I used agave nectar vs coconut nectar as that was what I had on hand, turned out great. The chai spice flavor came out so nicely!
II love your blogs, and your recipes! If I lived in Denver I would find you and become your friend, lol.
Mine were also not quite cooked through the middle so they were “wet” but I couldn’t cook them any longer because the tops would’ve burned 🙁 Any suggestions for getting them to set better? More baking powder or soda? They were delicious just the same!