One of the things I learned while on my January Whole 30 was that I don’t tolerate grains very well. But 30 days of no grains meant 30 days of no tortillas. Which also taught me that I can’t live forever without tortillas, after all Mexican food is a staple around here. So I needed to find a way to make grain free tortillas that were delicious enough to serve with these Sweet Potato Tacos! And I did. Of course you may serve these delicious, colorful tacos on any tortilla you wish. (This post contains affiliate links through my association with Amazon)
Aren’t these tacos beautiful? So colorful, fresh and healthy!
The Filling:
To make these tacos I roast sweet potatoes and shallots until the edges are browned and crispy, then I add zucchini the last few minutes of cooking. After roasting, I toss with black beans and drizzle with chipotle oil for more flavor, then top it all with ripe avocados, thinly sliced cabbage, micro greens and lime juice. When it comes to vegetarian tacos it’s all about the flavorful condiments and toppings!
The Grain Free Herbed Tortillas
I made these Tortillas using Otto’s Cassava Flour. Cassava flour looks like flour made from wheat, it cooks like flour made from wheat and holds together like flour made from wheat but it is completely grain and nut free! Cassava flour is made from 100% yuca root and is the best option I have run across for people that need to avoid gluten and grains!
Because it is so new, Cassava flour isn’t in most stores yet but it is available online. I just love to offer my friends with food intolerances an awesome option! Not only is cassava flour a fabulous grain free alternative but it is a resistant starch, which means it’s fabulous for digestion. Win/win!
You can make these tortillas herbed or plain!
How To Make Tortillas:
Making these tortillas is simple and only takes a few minutes! Just put flour and butter, ghee or clarified butter in a bowl. Add sea salt, baking soda, herbs, lemon juice and a bit of sea salt. Use your hands to mix and form into balls.
Then place each dough ball between two pieces of wax paper. Press with your palm and then roll flat. Cook in a pan, fill with roasted sweet potatoes and…
..voila! A gorgeous meal!
The Recipes: Sweet Potato Tacos with Herbed Grain Free Tortillas!
Tips and what you will need: You can use any tortilla you wish but if you are making these grain free herbed tortillas you will need Otto’s Cassava Flour (affiliate link) and a rolling pin. I got my rolling pin and beautiful bowl at Anthropologie. You also need wax paper for rolling. You will need chipotle chili powder for the chipotle oil you drizzle on the tacos. Your tortillas will not have perfectly smooth edges. That is okay, I think they look pretty “rustic”style. If you want a smooth edge you can always trim them. See more variations for fillings below.
- 1 cup cassava flour
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 Tablespoons cilantro or chives or a combination of both if you prefer a plain tortilla, exclude herbs
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 Tablespoons soft butter clarified butter or ghee
- 2/3 cup warm water
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Mix flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
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Add soft butter, clarified butter of ghee, lemon juice, warm water and herbs.
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Use hands to mix well. Dough should be moist but not wet/not dry.
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Roll into a ball and then separate into five or six balls.
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Place each ball between 2 sheets of wax paper, press flat with palm.
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Roll with rolling pin a couple times, turn the wax paper a quarter turn and roll a couple of times again. Turn wax paper a quarter turn and roll again...repeat until tortilla is really thin.
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When ready to cook, place pan on medium/high heat. Peel of the top layer of wax paper.
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Turn tortilla over into one hand and peel wax off. Gently set into hot pan.
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Cook for 60 seconds and then turn tortilla. Cook for 60 more seconds.
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Remove from pan.
More Ideas!
Sometimes if I have left over pulled pork I combine the sweet potato filling and the pork! So good. You can also use these tortillas for any of the following recipes:
Veggie Quesadillas
Fish Tacos
Ranch Chicken Wrap
Pulled Pork Tacos
Enjoy friends! ~ Linda Spiker
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These look delicious! What unique tortillas!
Kari
http://www.sweetteasweetie.com
this look delicious and definitely healthier than the original tortilla ! it looks so colorful tho . I’d like to add mushrooms to the filling lol!
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The grain free tacos has me interested. Will have to get the ingredients.
Wow – I never thought of making tacos with sweet potatoes… pinned this – looks wonderful!
I’ve never thought of sweet potatoes in veg tacos – what a different choice. Will try them next time instead of peppers. Thanks!
My family loves sweet potatoes! Using the healthy ingredient in a taco is an awesome way to expand our repertoire. I usually make just mashed sweet potatoes.
More beautiful photos from you lady! Always gorgeous. I love grain free tacos because I have been trying to chill out on gluten and it truly helps me feel more energized! These are lovely, thank you for sharing!
xo
Krista
http://www.hundredblog.com
Wow these look amazing! I am always looking for great vegetarian options. Love how versatile the flour is. I saw your dessert post earlier. I will have to try this stuff out. Thank you so much for sharing!
This is so awesome! I haven’t seen anything like this. They look delicious and are super healthy. I can’t wait to try this recipe.
Yum!! Looks amazing and so healthy.
hey thats an amazing idea..i would love to try it.
These look so delicious! I’m going to adapt this recipe for my whole 30!
Karin | truncationblog.com
Which would mean no tortilla. I am on Whole 30 too:)
this is the hardest part of eating paleo for me is the lack of a good tortilla option! These look good and pretty easy to make! thanks for sharing!
Agreed!
I love sweet potato tacos but I will have to make these tortillas! So amazingly healthy!! Thank you for sharing such a delicious recipe!
Oooo all of those gorgeous veggies in that delicious looking tortilla….my tummy is rumbling now!!
This looks delicious.
Oh my goodness! Delicious! I’m so excited to try the tortilla recipe-Thank you!
I REALLY want to make these. I’ve recently decided to give up meat, so these will be perfect to add to my list of things to make!
Mmm! I love tacos so much and adore finding new recipes to make them even yummier. Thanks so much!
I love all your recipes and this one is no exception!
Awesome recipe!! I just posted about pulled pork on my blog, so I will use this next time I make a batch of my pork. Lovely photos too.
These are perfect with pulled pork!
Oh wow those look amazing!! I love sweet potatoes and right now I am loving unconventional tacos, I had brussel sprout ones the other night!
That sounds amazing!
Yum!! I’ve made sweet potato tacos several times before but I love switching it up and your version looks and sounds AMAZING!
Thanks Robin 🙂
Omg these tacos sound all sorts of deliciousness!!! I will definitely be giving these a try!
I really try hard to eat grain free so this is an answer to prayer! Plus I love sweet potatoes!! What an amazing recipe!!
Oh good! cassava flour is a really interesting addition to grain free living!
I have Cassava flour. Can’t WAIT to make these. Thank you so much, Linda.
You are welcome!
I can’t wait to make these for taco Tuesday next week!
Oh my! I so know what you mean about needing tortillas. Having raised a GF child, I could never find gluten free wraps that weren’t packed with other gross ingredients.
I am sooo pinning this recipe and trying both.. the tacos sound amazing!
Love cassava flour. And the addition of herbs in the tortillas is genius! And that gorgeous rolling pin, only Anthropologie. 🙂
Only at Anthro:)
I can’t wait to make these tortillas! I love that you add cilantro to them … and you know I love Otto’s. 🙂
🙂
These look delicious! We have several vegetarian friends and I’ll definitely be serving these next time we have them over for a game night. I’ve also been wanting an excuse to try the cassava flour!
chipotle oil!!!! love it! this looks so good!
Oh wow… these look so yummy, Linda! Will have to make them sometime soon 🙂
Thanks Nadia!
What a bright and colorful dish. Looks so flavorful too!
I thought I had tried every kind of taco but I haven’t tried these and they look so good!
These look so good! I can live off of tacos and often have them after working out. So easy and delicious!
That’s a good after workout meal!
I can’t wait to make these tacos–with homegrown sweet potatoes of course. 🙂
Nice! I wish!
Now these look SO good. Thank you so much for sharing!
​xx katie // a touch of teal
Love this dish! And I love what you did with the tortillas. Definitely need to make this!
Loving my Otto’s too! How genius to use herbs! Leave it to you make it so pretty and delicious. And that rolling pin. Swoon!
Lol. Thank you. I thought it made it a little prettier:)
I’m leaving this page open so I can make the tortillas right away, this morning!! 🙂
Enjoy!
I wasn’t familiar with cassava flour, it sounds wonderful and these colorful tacos are gorgeous!
Those tortillas look delicious! Pinning this to cook soon!
I’ve never heard of these type of tortilla’s. I like how quick they take to make.
Yum! These looks delicious. Definitely have to give this recipe a try soon!