Gluten & Egg Free Plantain Rolls

I finally mastered the art of gluten and egg free bread making! Okay, well, I actually didn't master bread making but after many failed attempts and finally getting a recipe that works, it sure does feel like I mastered it! I even went the lengths and made dairy free cheddar cheese to go on the sandwich!  Woop Woop! Mama Birdie has been working it out in kitchen. Poor boys, they haven't had a good sandwich since....maybe April? My boys are ecstatic about having sandwiches in their lunches tomorrow.  I can picture them in the lunchroom at school now. Give them some good food and they will either start twirling or foot tapping and one of them is guaranteed to start humming his "happy tune".  I Wonder where they got that from...could it be from yours truly? 

Anyway, the boys have been doing awesome since I have put them on the Auto Immune Paleo Protocol, their skin has dramatically improved! I am trying add more healing/repair in the mix to help heal "leaky gut" which is said to be the reason behind food allergies.  Just taking food out of the diet is simply not enough to heal the damage that is in the gut.  The whole purpose is for the gut to actually heal and for me to try to re-introduce the foods one at a time that they are allergic to, in hopes they can tolerate them.  

Onto the bread, I found this recipe and added a few changes. I added nutritional yeast to give it a more savory, slightly cheesy taste. Nutritional yeast is an deactivated yeast that is used in a lot of vegan dishes as a flavoring, particularly to replace cheese. To me it tastes similar to unsalted parmesan cheese and looks like gold fish food. It can be found in health food stores and is sold the form of in flakes. This bread can also be used as dinner rolls, bread for dipping in olive oil and herbs. Get creative, add herbs to them Rosemary, Oregano, or Thyme. Try them out and let me know how it works for you!

Ingredients:

1 Green plantain

1 1/4 Cups Arrowroot starch or tapioca

2 tablespoons of coconut flour

2 Tablespoons of Nutritional yeast

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 Cup Homemade coconut milk or canned

2 Tablespoon olive oil or coconut oil 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees

2. Peel and grate Plantain set aside

3. Combine dry ingredients

4. Mix coconut milk and olive oil into dry ingredients

5. Add plantain to dough, mixing with hands, if needed add extra milk if too dry, or extra starch if too wet - one tablespoon at a time. Divide into 8 balls. 

6. Cook for 15-20 minutes.