Free recipes to your inbox!

X

Feasting on Fruit

Blog

Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles

· Natalie 28 Comments

Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles! Light, golden, perfectly crispy edges––they are everything you could dream a breakfast to be. Plus healthy and protein packed!

Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles (vegan + grain-free)

My first time experimenting with chickpea flour, and I’d say it was a crispy, fluffy breakfast (or dinner) success. I tested them a few times––varying the ratios for that perfect texture, and trying them both with and without eggs. The recipe includes both options, so perfect if you are vegan or not. Either way they are super tender, not too sweet, full of protein, and easy to make.

Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles (vegan + grain-free)
Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles (vegan + grain-free)

I’ve eaten them stacked with syrup and sliced bananas. Generously drizzled in almond butter and buried with blueberries. Messily munched mid-afternoon with a dollop of jam. And re-toasted the next day with a handful of mini chocolate chips sprinkled so they melt right in. No wrong way to go about it!

And the recipe makes eight good sized waffles, so enough to share or try tons of topping combos for yourself. If you are new to chickpea flour here is your perfect introduction. Or if you already know and love the stuff, consider it brunch brought to you by an old friend. Either way, I hope you love them!

Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles (vegan + grain-free)
Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles (vegan + grain-free)
Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles

★★★★ 3.8 from 5 reviews
  • Author: Natalie
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 8 waffles 1x
  • Category: breakfast
  • Cuisine: american
Print Recipe

Description

Easy Chickpea Flour Waffles! Light, golden, perfectly crispy edges––they are everything you could dream a breakfast to be. Plus healthy and protein packed!

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 1/2 cups (210g) Edward and Sons Let’s Do Organic® Chickpea Flour
  • 2 cups (480g) nondairy milk
  • ¼ cup applesauce (or 2 eggs if not vegan)
  • 2 tsps cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2–4 tbsp coconut sugar
  • 2 tsps baking powder

Instructions

  1. Whisk together all the ingredients.
  2. Cook in a preheated waffle iron (sprayed with non stick spray) until golden brown.
  3. Pile them up, add toppings, drizzle with syrup, and eat!
  4. Refrigerate or freeze the leftovers, and toast to reheat.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2 waffles
  • Calories: 223
  • Sugar: 9g
  • Sodium: 306mg
  • Fat: 6g
  • Saturated Fat: 1g
  • Carbohydrates: 31g
  • Fiber: 4g
  • Protein: 11g

Keywords: gluten free, breakfast, brunch, protein, grain free, easy, healthy, pancakes, garbanzo, dairy free

CLICK BELOW TO PIN

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough

· Natalie 6 Comments

Chocolate-dunked and full of tart raspberries, these cookie dough hearts are the perfect no-bake valentines treat. Vegan, grain-free, and easy to make!

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough
SPONSORED BY HU

Classier than candy. More casual than truffles. Cuter than a cookie. Healthier than eating an entire red velvet cake. And easier to make than all of the above.

That, friends, is a list of some (but not all!) of the reasons you will love these Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough Hearts.

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough

I personally love chocolate dipped berries––the simplest of all valentines desserts––but sometimes you want something a little more aggressively DESSERT, ya know? But baking a whole batch of cupcakes for your lover or yourself seems like a lot of effort when valentines is well…tomorrow. These little cookie dough hearts have all the desserty decadent energy of a baked treat but on the mix > chill > chocolate dip level of effort we love so much.

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough

I typically make my no-bake cookie dough treats with coconut flour only, but this time we are amping up the goodness with a mix of almond and coconut flours. Added bonus: almond flour is naturally so sweet and moist you need just a very small amount of sweetener in this recipe. Added added bonus: low in sugar and no grains leaves lots of room for berries and dark chocolate!

I am using my favorite dark chocolate from Hu because it is hands down the best and should be in a category all it’s own. If you haven’t tried their Gems yet, perhaps gift yourself a bag for Valentine’s Day and prepare for your chocolate-loving life to be changed.

For the berries, I chose raspberries (but strawberries or blueberries work too) in freeze dried form. Freeze dried is easy to crush and fold into our cookie dough, plus the flavor is extra tart and delicious.

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough

And I mean you don’t technically HAVE to dip them in more melted dark chocolate after you cut them into cute heart shapes. But you can. So my only question is: why would you not?

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough

Happy valentines, loves ♡

Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough

★ 5 Stars ☆ ★ 4 Stars ☆ ★ 3 Stars ☆ ★ 2 Stars ☆ ★ 1 Star ☆ No reviews
  • Author: Natalie
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour (chilling time)
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 24 hearts 1x
  • Category: dessert
  • Method: no bake
  • Cuisine: american
Print Recipe

Description

Chocolate-dunked and full of tart raspberries, these cookie dough hearts are the perfect no-bake valentines treat. Vegan, grain-free, and easy to make!

Ingredients

Scale

Instructions

  1. Stir together the almond butter, maple syrup, applesauce, and vanilla until smooth.
  2. Add the flours and salt. Mix to combine.
  3. Gently fold in the chopped Hu Gems and freeze dried raspberries.
  4. Roll out to approximately ½” thickness (between two sheets of wax paper is easiest).
  5. Cut into hearts. Re-roll scraps, and cut again to get approximately 24 small hearts.
  6. Freeze for 1 hour.
  7. Dip in melted chocolate. Chill until set.
  8. Enjoy!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 heart
  • Calories: 103
  • Sugar: 4g
  • Sodium: 50mg
  • Fat: 6g
  • Saturated Fat: 2g
  • Carbohydrates: 8g
  • Fiber: 2g
  • Protein: 2g

Keywords: gluten free, valentines, paleo, no bake, chocolate chip, berry, easy, dairy free, dessert, healthy, grain free

CLICK BELOW TO PIN
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cookie Dough Hearts


Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies

· Natalie 13 Comments

Sweet, simple, just crispy Cutout Sugar Cookies perfect for Valentines (or any day). Made from the easiest vegan paleo dough, and glazed naturally pink!

Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies (paleo)

The making is half the fun with these cute little cookies. Pink mini hearts because it’s valentines, yellow sunflowers because spring is coming soon, purple squirrels because it’s tuesday––there are no rules or limits.

Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies (paleo)
Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies (paleo)
Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies (paleo)

The real magic is in the super simple six-ingredient cutout cookie dough. It’s vegan and paleo, made from a mix of almond flour, coconut flour, maple syrup, and coconut oil/butter. The prep is as easy as dump and mix, although I do recommend chilling for 10-15 minutes after you roll it out for easier transferring of cookies to pan. But after your any-shape cookies bake, they will be so gloriously golden with the perfect balance of crisp edges and soft tender middles. Delicious dipped in chocolate or playfully glazed with my favorite coconut butter frosting.

Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies (paleo)
Nolan

Healthy. Festive. Fun to make. Sonya and I (and Nolan…supervising) had the most fun monday last week making these little guys, and we hope you love them too!

Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies (paleo)
Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Vegan Cutout Sugar Cookies

★★ 2 from 1 review
  • Author: Natalie
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 24 small cookies 1x
  • Category: cookies
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: american
Print Recipe

Description

Sweet, simple, just crispy Cutout Sugar Cookies perfect for Valentines (or any day). Made from the easiest vegan paleo dough, and glazed naturally pink!

Ingredients

Scale

Glaze**

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla.
  2. Add the flours and salt. Mix to form a sticky dough.
  3. Roll out between two pieces of wax paper to 1/4-inch thickness.
  4. Chill dough for 15 minutes (optional, but recommended for easier cutting/transferring).
  5. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
  6. Cut into hearts (or any shape!), and transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  7. Bake for 8-10 minutes until just golden around the edges. It will take less time for smaller cookies.
  8. Cool completely before glazing.
  9. Whisk together glaze ingredients, adding more or less powder to desired color.
  10. Top cooled cookies with glaze and sprinkles. Chill until set.
  11. Eat!

Notes

*You may need to increase to 1/3 cup since it is thicker, it also helps to melt it before mixing.

**They are delicious plain too, or drizzled/dipped in melted chocolate.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 80
  • Sugar: 3g
  • Sodium: 25mg
  • Fat: 5g
  • Saturated Fat: 3g
  • Carbohydrates: 5g
  • Fiber: 1g
  • Protein: 1g

Keywords: gluten free, valentines, dessert, easy, baking, holiday, glaze, heart, grain free, dairy free, healthy

CLICK BELOW TO PIN

Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles

· Natalie 17 Comments

Crispy golden Peanut Butter Waffles are easy and egg/grain free! Sweet, salty, with a little cinnamon. Pile on your fave toppings for a delicious breakfast!

Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles (vegan + grain-free)

What started as a mission to attempt a powdered sugar “snow” shot turned into the delicious creation of these vegan, grain-free, perfectly Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles. And I (sort of) got the winter wonderland shot I had envisioned too. A very good morning indeed.

But even if you skip all the sugar and theatrics, the waffles themselves will make your wednesday or weekend morning feel like a treat. Especially if you happen to accidentally on purpose drop a big handful of chocolate chips into the batter (optional, but not NOT recommended).

Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles (vegan + grain-free)

These crispy pb waffles are:

  • Vegan and grain-free (plus easily made paleo if you use almond or sunflower seed butter instead).
  • Made with coconut flour!
  • Not too sweet, we have to leave room for maple to work it’s syrupy magic.
  • Small but stackable.
  • Extra golden and crispy, especially if you make them small like I did. Because smaller = more edges. See what I did there.
  • One bowl. 10 ingredients. We’re talking sooooooo low maintenance here, friends.
Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles (vegan + grain-free)

Pictured above: The part where I ran out of maple syrup for pouring on top but didn’t want to ruin my background styling, so I found the tiniest jar of honey hiding in the back of my pantry (welcome gift from when I moved in two apartments ago) and swapped that in instead. Vegans don’t hate me.

Pictured below: The fluffiest of FLUFFY cake-like insides.

Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles (vegan + grain-free)

Happy peanut butter breakfast-ing to you!

Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles (vegan + grain-free)
Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles

★★★★ 4 from 1 review
  • Author: Natalie
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 6 small waffles (as pictured) 1x
  • Category: breakfast
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: american
Print Recipe

Description

Crispy golden Peanut Butter Waffles are easy and egg/grain free! Sweet, salty, with a little cinnamon. Pile on your fave toppings for a delicious breakfast!

Ingredients

Scale

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the applesauce, peanut butter, milk, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
  2. Add the coconut flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
  3. Preheat the waffle iron to medium-high heat. Spray with coconut oil or non-stick spray.
  4. Scoop in about 1/4 cup of batter per waffle. Close and cook until golden brown. Repeat with remaining batter.
  5. Add toppings of choice and enjoy!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2 waffles
  • Calories: 378
  • Sugar: 14g
  • Sodium: 210mg
  • Fat: 23g
  • Saturated Fat: 5g
  • Carbohydrates: 35g
  • Fiber: 6g
  • Protein: 11g

Keywords: breakfast, brunch, grain free, coconut flour, paleo, egg free, dairy free, easy, healthy

CLICK BELOW TO PIN
Crispy Peanut Butter Waffles (vegan + grain-free)

Matcha Coconut Bars

· Natalie 12 Comments

Matcha green tea and flakey coconut combine inside a snappy dark chocolate shell to create an easy sweet vegan + paleo treat with just 6 ingredients!

Matcha Coconut Bars (vegan + paleo)

Dark Chocolate Matcha Coconut Bars

Inspired by the ever so delicious Matcha Boom Bars from a company called Nanuki that I discovered while visiting Cape Town (that sadly don’t ship to the US *insert sobbing emoji here*), these chocolate covered matcha bars are the perfect not too sweet but still decadent way to eat matcha for dessert.

Matcha and coconut combine to create the gorgeous green inside, and then we hide all of that inside a silky dark chocolate coating. If you’ve never tried matcha with chocolate I highly recommend. And I highly recommend you start with THESE bars.

I can’t claim my homemade version is AS good as Nanuki, but they are pretty damn delish!

Matcha Coconut Bars (vegan + paleo)
Matcha Coconut Bars (vegan + paleo)
Matcha Coconut Bars (vegan + paleo)
Matcha Coconut Bars (vegan + paleo)
Matcha Coconut Bars (vegan + paleo)
Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon

Matcha Coconut Bars

★★★★★ 5 from 1 review
  • Author: Natalie
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 2 hours (chilling time)
  • Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
  • Yield: 8 bars 1x
  • Category: chocolate
  • Method: no bake
  • Cuisine: american
Print Recipe

Description

Matcha green tea and flakey coconut combine inside a snappy dark chocolate shell to create an easy sweet vegan + paleo treat with just 6 ingredients!

Ingredients

Scale

Instructions

  1. In a food processor combine everything except the chocolate. Process until sticky.
  2. Press into a pan lined with wax paper (mine was 8×4″). Freeze for 2 hours until hard.
  3. Cut into 8 bars (or smaller!)
  4. Melt the chocolate chips. Coat each bar in chocolate. Refrigerate until set.
  5. Enjoy!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 bar
  • Calories: 354
  • Sugar: 17g
  • Sodium: 80mg
  • Fat: 28g
  • Saturated Fat: 24g
  • Carbohydrates: 23g
  • Fiber: 4g
  • Protein: 2g

Keywords: no bake, tea, easy, snack, dessert, chocolate, coconut, healthy, candy, bounty bar, candy

CLICK BELOW TO PIN
Matcha Coconut Bars (vegan + paleo)