Chai Spiced Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Muffins

Chai spiced sweet potato chocolate chip muffins - Nutrient-packed sweet potato muffins that are super moist and addictingly delicious! Gluten-free, dairy-free, and naturally low in sugar.

Growing up as a kid, we didn’t eat sweet potatoes often. The few times we did, it was usually in the form of  sweet potato casseroles or sweet potato pie for Thanksgiving. Now that I’m older, I can’t get enough of them.

That’s why, regardless of the weather, I wanted to create a super cozy and comforting sweet potato muffin made with chocolate chips (because why not!?) and chai spice!

If you can’t tell from my Instagram, I use this chai spice seasoning on almost everything. Before diving into this muffin recipe, you should totally whip up this amazing chai spice seasoning if you haven’t done so already, then we can get to cooking!

Of course, if you don’t have the time to make a homemade seasoning blend, you can always use a regular chai spice blend found at a grocery store, use pumpkin spice seasoning, or simply cinnamon!

At first glance, it might seem like you need a lot of ingredients for these muffins, but if you look closer, you will see that you might have many of these ingredients already in your pantry! If you don’t have gluten-free fine oat flour then you definitely need to stock up!

If you are worried about buying an entire bag of oat flour just for a muffin recipe, then don’t fret because you can also use this oat flour for many other recipes such as my fluffy, gluten-free pancakes or raspberry almond thumbprint cookies.

If you try this recipe, let us know! Leave a comment, rate it, and don’t forget to tag a photo to #fromtherootsblog on Instagram. We love seeing what you come up with!

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Chai spiced sweet potato chocolate chip muffins - Nutrient-packed sweet potato muffins that are super moist and addictingly delicious! Gluten-free, dairy-free, and naturally low in sugar.

Ingredients

Dry

• 2 cups gluten-free oat flour

• 1 cup superfine blanched almond flour

• ½ cup chocolate chips + plus more for topping

• 1 Tbsp chai spice seasoning

• 1 tsp baking soda

• ¾ tsp baking powder

• ½ tsp salt

Wet

• 1 cup sweet potato puree (from 1 sweet potato)

• ½ cup plant-based, unsweetened milk

• ¼ cup coconut oil

• ¼ cup pure maple syrup

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. To cook the sweet potato, peel the sweet potato and cut into small chunks. To a medium pot, add sweet potato chunks to water and boil potatoes until soft. Drain potatoes and blend in a processor, blender, or using a masher until sweet potatoes are pureed. Set aside to cool.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 12 cup muffin tin with liners and spray the inside of them with nonstick cooking spray.

3. In a medium bowl, whisk the dry ingredients together except the chocolate chips.

4. In a separate large bowl, whisk the wet ingredients until well combined, smooth and creamy. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until well combined. Gently fold in ½ cup chocolate chips.

5. Divide batter evenly into muffin liners (about ¾ full), and top each with a few chocolate chips. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

6. Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes and then remove and transfer muffins to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

• Remember - if you want this to be a true dairy-free version, use dark chocolate chips that have no milk.

• If you would like to make this recipe lower in oil, you can use 2 tablespoons of oil. It will just not be as moist - more on the crumbly side but still delicious!

• If you need help finding the best ingredient brands, these are what I use! Gluten-free whole grain oat flour, superfine almond flour, dairy free chocolate chips, vanilla extract

• If you  have leftover sweet potato puree, you can make this pumpkin pie protein smoothie - just replace pumpkin with sweet potato!

Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Chicken lettuce wraps - made with an almond butter sauce that is full of flavor and lower in sodium! Gluten-free, dairy-free, and paleo friendly!

I tried so hard not to create a copycat PF Chang’s lettuce wrap recipe, but in the end, I have done exactly that. I know, sounds cliche and basic, but I can’t hide the truth.

This recipe has a total of just three easy steps and takes less than 30 minutes to make.

Step 1: Brown the ground chicken

Step 2: Prepare a marinade to drizzle over browned chicken and veggies.

Step 3: Make the most delicious almond butter sauce known to man.

If you are concerned with your sodium intake, I have a great alternative -- I use liquid aminos. If you are not familiar with liquid aminos, it’s a vegetable protein from soybeans.

If soy is an issue for you then e coconut aminos is a great substitution. Coconut aminos is a soy-free alternative to soy sauce. There are only two ingredients to this condiment: coconut tree sap and salt. It’s popular in the paleo community and significantly lower in sodium than tamari or soy sauce.

Both options are lower in sodium, just remember that coconut aminos will have a coconut undertone.

Let’s get to the recipe! Btw, this recipe is very macro friendly so if you need me to provide the macros, please let me know.

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Chicken lettuce wraps - made with an almond butter sauce that is full of flavor and lower in sodium! Gluten-free, dairy-free, and paleo friendly!

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground chicken

• 1 can 8 oz water chestnuts (drained)

• 8 oz mushrooms (sliced)

• 1 red bell pepper (diced)

• 1 white onion (diced)

Marinade

• ¼ cup liquid aminos (or GF/low sodium tamari or soy sauce)

• 1 Tbsp rice vinegar

• 1 Tbsp almond butter

• Juice of ½ orange

• 3 cloves garlic (minced)

• 1 small knob fresh ginger (grated)

• 1 tsp hot chili oil

Almond butter sauce

• 1 Tbsp almond butter

• Juice of ½ orange

• 1 Tbsp liquid aminos (or GF/low sodium tamari or soy sauce)

• 1 tsp sriracha

Other

• Head of butter lettuce (or romaine)

• ½ cup cashews

• Spring onions

• Sesame seeds

Directions

1. In a large skillet, brown ground chicken on medium high heat for 5-10 minutes.

2. Set browned chicken to the side and add diced onions to the skillet. Saute onions for 2-3 minutes and then add red peppers, followed by mushrooms and chestnuts until cooked through.

3. While your vegetables are cooking, prepare the marinade by adding all the ingredients to a small bowl and whisk together until mixture is fully incorporated.

4. Lower heat to medium and transfer chicken back to the skillet. Pour marinade over the cooked chicken and veggies and cook until marinade has simmered down, coating the chicken and veggie mixture completely.

5. While the chicken mixture is cooking, wash and clean butter lettuce, and prepare almond butter sauce by adding all ingredients to a small bowl and whisking together until fully incorporated. Depending on how oily the almond butter is, you may need to add water to the mixture until you reach desired sauce consistency.

6. When you are ready to eat, spoon a small amount of the chicken mixture onto a single butter lettuce and top with the almond butter sauce, sesame seeds, cashews, and spring onions.