Easy Paleo Healthy Strawberry Muffins

Are you looking for a light and fluffy paleo strawberry muffin recipe? I have finally worked out a flour combination to make the best healthy strawberry muffins!

Grab some cassava flour and tigernut flour, you won’t believe how easy this muffin recipe is to make!

I have been experimenting quite a bit with alternative flours lately. Have you tried cassava or tigernut flours yet?

We are trying to go more grain free, refined sugar-free, and I am sure you can imagine the chemistry experiments needed to make sure all ingredients work properly together. Nothing like combining fun new flours to make you realize how hard gluten free and paleo baking can be!

Luckily for all of us, this easy paleo strawberry muffin recipe tastes AMAZING. It took about three tries to get it right.

Cassava Flour vs Tapioca Starch

Cassava flour is made from the yucca root vegetable. Cassava is different from tapioca flour as cassava is made with the vegetable and not the roots. Tapioca starch is actually extracted from the cassava roots.

Both are very high in starch and have very little nutritional value. What I love about these both is that they help make your gluten free baking light and fluffy!

Tigernut flour is much more nutritious than cassava flour, which is why I decided to mix the two for this recipe. Almond flour can be a bit inflammatory, even if you are not sensitive to nuts, so I wanted to create a recipe without almond flour.

Tigernut flour is high in fiber, iron, potassium, protein, magnesium, zinc, and vitamins E and C. They give these muffins a nice little nutritional boost.

If you are looking for more paleo recipes, try some of these recipes out:

• Paleo Breakfast Muffins
• Paleo Pear Muffins
• Grain-free Almond Linzer Cookies
• Paleo Apple Cinnamon Donuts

Substitutions and Variations of this Recipe

Feel free to change things up in this recipe! Here are a few ideas:

• Add nuts. This is a sure way to add some crunch and protein.
• Switch up the fruit. Try blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries.
• Use blond coconut sugar instead of brown for a lighter color.
• Check out some of my kids’ favorite gluten free muffins.

Shopping List for this recipe:

You probably have fruit and the basics on hand, but you will need cassava flour and tigernut flour to make this easy strawberry muffin recipe.

How to make this paleo strawberry muffin recipe:

First, add the dry ingredients to a bowl. Whisk to blend. In another bowl, add the wet ingredients. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, add the strawberries, and mix lightly.

TIP: Don’t overmix your muffin batter. Mixing too much will prevent your muffins from being light and fluffy!

Use paper liners and drop one into each cup section in your muffin tin. Fill 3/4 to the top with the muffin batter. Bake at 350 degrees.

Remove the muffins from the oven. Take out each muffin and put it onto a cooling rack to cool.

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Things You Need to Make This Recipe:

1. A muffin tin.
2. These parchment paper muffin tin liners are amazing because the muffins don’t stick to the paper.

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Paleo Healthy Strawberry Muffins

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

35 mins

 

Moist, light and fluffy paleo strawberry muffins.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: 12 muffins

Calories: 161 kcal

Author: Sandi Gaertner

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup arrowroot starch
• 1/2 cup tigernut flour
• 1/3 cup cassava flour
• 3/4 cup coconut sugar
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 3 tablespoons flaxmeal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• dash salt
• 2 bananas smashed
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
• 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
• 1/2 cup strawberries chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large bowl, add the dry ingredients and whisk to blend.

3. In a medium bowl, add the wet ingredients and mix well.

4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and add the strawberries. 

5. Mix gently. Don't overmix the batter.

6. Line a muffin tin with paper muffin liners.

7. Fill each muffin liner 3/4 to the top with muffin batter.

8. Bake for 25-30 minutes until done.

9. Cool on a cooling rack.

Nutrition Facts

Paleo Healthy Strawberry Muffins

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 161 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 6g 9%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 2g

Cholesterol 28mg 9%

Sodium 36mg 2%

Potassium 155mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 24g 8%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 10g

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 1.4%

Vitamin C 6.9%

Calcium 5.6%

Iron 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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