AIP Flatbread... really!

I am so excited…. I mean SO excited about this post today. I was a 100% skeptic when I found the recipe on Pinterest, but I made it, sampled it last night, and will be making more for yet another weekend roadtrip. When you search “AIP recipes” on Pinterest, you get about 10 results. You have to do some serious web browsing to find what you want (dessert, breakfasts and snacks are completely lacking and quite a challenge). This, however, I found because it’s PALEO – so I look at Paleo recipes to see if they’re actually AIP accommodating as well. So many people have Paleo Boards these days, it’s worth looking into.

This recipe is from Purely Twins. I didn’t have much time last night to look at their blog much, but I liked what I saw.

Ingredients

• 1 large green plantain
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 T coconut oil
• 1/2-1 teaspoon sea salt (depends on salty you like things)
• I added a sprinkle of basil for some seasoning. Rosemary, garlic, pepper, dill would all be excellent additions.

Instructions
1. Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. Get a 8 or 10 inch pan. (I used a round cake pan!)
3. Place 1 tablespoon coconut oil in pan.
4. Peel your green plantain. Cut into slices and toss into a blender (I used one of those hand-held wands and it worked like a charm).
5. Next add in your water.
6. Blend.
7. Next add in your sea salt and any other seasoning you want.
8. Continue to blend till smooth.
9. Place your oiled pan into hot oven for a few minutes to get warm.
10. Remove pan from oven and pour in your plantain socca batter.
11. Place pan back into oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes.
12. Let cool a little before removing from pan.

Calories per WHOLE flatbread: 221
Carbs: 29g
Fat: 13g
Protein: 1g
Fiber: 2g

Optional uses for bread:

There’s no way I was scarfing down that whole thing last night, as you can see I just sampled a wedge. A few variations to this I’m going to try are sweetening them a bit by taking out the salt, adding cinnamon and once it’s poured in the pan I will place apple wedges in them to make it more like an apple cinnamon pancake.

Also, you can also use it as a wrap for sandwiches, make a “pizza” or focaccia bread with it, and plenty of other things I will try and tell you about. I’m so excited about this discovery!

I wanted to give a brief update now that I am four days into the HARD CORE AIP Paleo plan. I've been hungry, and I've been eating. As much protein, veggies, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, as I want. I've also lost 4 pounds. Yes, four. I haven't been working out as much as usual because I have been slighty under the weather with the season change, and I definitely am not doing this to lose weight, it's just a side affect of clean eating. I am looking forward to something as simple as a glass of wine or a spoonful of almond butter, but in the mean time, I can say that I am quite content. Feel free to ask ANY questions you might have about this (it is scary, extreme, but also possible and helpful). In the words of my best friend, Shannon, "cheers to health!"