Alpha Gal Friendly Cinnamon Baked Plantain Slices

Ripe plantains — the kind with yellow skins gone spotty black — turn into something almost magical in a hot oven, their natural sugars caramelizing into deep golden edges with a tender, jammy center. A quick toss in melted coconut oil, honey, Ceylon cinnamon, and a pinch of sea salt is all it takes before they hit the sheet pan, making this one of the easiest sweet-savory sides or snacks you can pull off on a weeknight. Every single ingredient here is plant-based and free from mammalian meat byproducts, so people managing alpha-gal syndrome can dig in without a second thought. The optional ground ginger adds a gentle warmth that plays beautifully off the cinnamon, but the dish is completely satisfying either way. After a flip at the halfway mark, the slices come out with caramelized cut surfaces and just-firm edges — the kind of texture that makes them work as a side dish, a dessert, or an honest-to-goodness snack straight off the pan. Serve them warm and watch them disappear fast.

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