Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Savoury Lunch Muffins -- a gluten free, grain free, sandwich maker

In a search for something to reduce systemic inflammatory reaction, we've decided to try going grain free for a few weeks to see if that helps.  Alas we are traditionalists, and we favour sandwiches for lunch. These are perfect for cheese, tomato, and spinach sandwiches. The batter is too fragile to bake as a loaf -- would make far too fragile slices to have good functionality in that form, but as muffin shapes, they are great, and make cute little sandwiches.






ingredients:

2 cups warm water
1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil (organic and unrefined)
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp sea salt
black pepper
pinch chili powder
1 tsp marjoram

1/4 cup ground chia
1/2 cup flax meal
1/4 cup coarsely ground sunflower seeds
1/4 cup coarsely ground pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup hemp hearts (shelled hemp seeds)
1/4 cup ground sesame seeds
1 cup shredded coconut, ground a little

4 eggs

1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups almond flour




directions:

1. combine the ingredients in the order listed
2. scoop into 24 prepared muffin cups
3. bake at 345 for 35 minutes
4. let cool partially before removing from cups, then fully cool on a rack
5. store in an airtight container


makes 24 little lunch buns
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2 comments:

  1. Claire29 April 2013 at 17:01

    Do you think it would be possible to substitute coconut flour for the shredded coconut?

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  2. stacey29 April 2013 at 17:06

    Hi Claire! Thanks for visiting my blog. Shredded coconut and coconut flour behave completely differently. But if you don't want to use shredded coconut, you can sub in the quantity of something else like ground pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds. They will behave more like shredded coconut. Hope that helps!!

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