What are Tiger Nuts? These are coconut-flavored, nutrient-packed, marble-size tubers—small, wrinkled root vegetables that hail from Northern Africa and the Mediterranean.
This ancient superfood comprised up to 80 percent of our Paleo ancestors’ diet around 2 million years ago, and now it’s beginning to hit the shelves of Whole Foods Market and other natural food stores, edging out almonds and cashews as granola’s dynamic new best friend.
The ideal alternative for those who suffer nut allergies, tiger nuts—related only to tigers by the stripes on their outer skins—are high in prebiotic fiber (so they’re great for the gut), low in calories and fat, and count as a great source of potassium, iron, vitamin E, and unsaturated fatty acids. One will find peeled and unpeeled versions; think of those as blanched almonds versus regular almonds.