Reprinted from The Blood Type Diet Website (www.dadamo.com)

Sweet Potato Muffins
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Best Used By Blood Types:
  • Type A Non Secretor (2 beneficials)
  • Type AB (4 beneficials)
  • Type AB Non Secretor (6 beneficials)
  • Type B (1 beneficials)
  • Type B Non Secretor (3 beneficials)
  • Type O (2 beneficials)
  • Type O Non Secretor (1 beneficials)
Category:
  • Baked Good
Ingredients:
  • 2 cups mashed sweet potato (about 2 sweet potatoes)
  • 2 cups compliant flour (amaranth, kamut, brown rice)
  • 2 cups almond meal (or flax seed meal)
  • 1 cup vegetable glycerine
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup butter or ghee
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon allspice (or cinnamon)
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
How to make it:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Boil sweet potatoes for 25 to 30 minutes (poke with fork or knife to judge softness).
  3. Drain the sweet potatoes in a colander and peel when cool enough (but not cold).
  4. Put the sweet potatoes back in the pot they were boiled in and mash.
  5. Combine sweet potatoes, vegetable glycerin, butter, and eggs and mix thoroughly.
  6. Add dry ingredients and mix to combine.
  7. Add nuts if desired and mix well.
  8. Spoon into muffins pans and bake for 40-50 minutes (until a toothpick inserted comes out clean).
  9. Cool in pans to room temperature.

BTD Core Ingredients Analysis:

NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Egg (chicken)1 N N N B N N N N
Rice (White/Brown/Basmati)/ Br...2 ,3 N N B B N N N N
Potato (Sweet)2 ,3 A N B B B B B N
Vegetable Glycerine (Glycerol)1 ,2 N N N N N N N N
Ghee (Clarified Butter)1 N N N B N B N N
Baking Soda  N N N N N N N N
Sea Salt1 N N N N N N N N


BTD Variations and Substitutions Analysis:

Nut/Seed Product(s)
NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Walnut (English)1 ,2 B B B B N B B B
Almond/Almond Butter1 N N N N N N N N

Herb/Spice Product(s)
NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Allspice1 N N A A A A N N
Nutmeg1 N N N N N N A N
Cinnamon1 N N N N A A N A

Grain Product(s)
NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Amaranth- B B B B A N N N
Kamut2 ,3 ,4 N N A A A A N N

[1] This recipe uses ingredients which may help limit bacterial overgrowth.
[2] This recipe uses ingredients with a high glycemic index.
[3] This recipe uses ingredients rich in lignans.
[4] This recipe uses ingredients which are high in phytates.

  • This recipe is gluten free.
  • This recipe uses ecologically friendly ingredients.

    If an ingredient is an avoid for your blood type, then try using a BTD compliant variant/substitute or leaving the item out of the recipe.

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    Revision History:
    • Revised May 09, 2010 at 12:15 AM By: Lola