Something green…
Something green…
This is a snapshot of my brain as I was wandering through the produce section brainstorming for a St. Patty’s Day recipe.
Granny smith apples? They’re only green on the outside.
Pears? Same problem as above.
Honeydew? I don’t know what to do with it other than eat it or smoothie it.
Kiwi? So expected.
Avocado? Nah, I want something sweet.
Lime? Well, I forgot about limes for some reason.
Green grapes? They’re green, they’re unexpected, they’re on sale…okay!
tart and tarts. There is a reason I usually buy red grapes for snacking. They are (almost) always sweet. With the green ones it’s a toss up: sometimes sweet, sometimes tart. This batch happened to be on the tart side, so my tarts were tart in every sense of the word. If you want tart tarts, then find some tart green grapes. If you want sweet tarts then you better hunt down some sweet ones. Or you could even use red grapes instead (although it will ruin the St. Patty’s Day color scheme). Or you could add more sweetener.
sweet greens crust. I’m sure you already have plenty of greens in your diet, but I’m throwing in a few extra…since it’s a holiday and all. So there’s fruit AND veggies in these chloro-filled mini treats. I almost tossed a few dates into the crust to sweeten and stick it together, but then I realized that green + brown doesn’t make for the most appetizing hue. So I went with Bee Free Honee instead.
And if you missed it, I posted part one of a three part interview with Healthy Vegan Guy on my Youtube channel over the weekend. We talked about many things including what I almost named my blog before I came up with Feasting on Fruit!


Green Grape Chia Tarts
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 3 mini tarts 1x
Ingredients
- CRUST
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 handful spinach
- 3 tbsps Bee Free Honee (or liquid sweetener of choice)
- FILLING
- 1–1 1/2 cup of green grapes
- 3 tbsps chia seeds
- 3–4 tbsps sweetener of choice (keep in mind the color, I used Bee Free Honee)
- More green grapes for decorating the top
Instructions
- FOR THE CRUST: Grind the oats in a food processor.
- Add the spinach and process until the texture is crumbly and the green is evenly distributed.
- Add the Bee Free Honee. Process until it starts to stick together.
- Press into mini tart pans lined with parchment paper. Or you could use a muffin pan.
- Refrigerate.
- FOR THE FILLING: Blend the grapes on high until they become juice. It should be about 1 cup of juice.
- Add the sweetener and blend. Taste it, and adjust the sweetness as needed.
- Add the chia seeds, and blend on low to distribute.
- Refrigerate the filling for at least 20 minutes until thick. Overnight is even better.
- Once the filling has thickened, fill the crusts. Decorate with additional grapes sliced in half.
- Keep in the fridge.
Green! <3 Love it! And I want to…need to….try bee free honey!
Yes you really, really do!
This looks very appetizing, especially for being green! I’ve been seeing all different kinds of St. Patty’s foods and green foods usually don’t look appetizing to me, but this does.
That is wonderful to hear! I know what you mean, green is a tricky color when it comes to food! As much as I love kale and broccoli and green smoothies, they don’t exactly get my mouthwatering 😀
Love your logo BTW! Just had to say that 😀
“The greener green grapes are, the keener keen apes are to gobble Green Grape Cakes!!” Ok so these are tarts, but I still immediately thought of Dr. Seuss’ Oh say can you say? The perks of having little ones! And that’s one of their favorites because they get to laugh at us trying to read all those silly tongue twisters!
I love that!!!! When I first started reading I thought you were just making that up and I was like “Whoa! I didn’t know Melissa was such a rhyming machine!” Haha 🙂 I don’t remember that one, must not have been on my bookshelf when I was little, but I loved laughing at my parents reading silly books too! So much fine literature I’m missing out on without any little kids in my life 😀
I love this and I love your thinking process 🙂
I don’t think I’ve ever used grapes in a dessert before — you just opened up a whole new world for me here for a second! 😉 I also love that the crust is oil-free and holds together — that’s just awesome.
P.s. I think you still have dates on your mind — I’m pretty sure it’s meant to be oats in step 1?
Yikes! What would I do without you? I seriously need to work on my proofreading!
I have never used grapes in a dessert before this, that’s partly why I did it! And yes the crust is very sticky and surprisingly (for me) there are no dates in it. Bee Free Honee is a wonderful thing 😀
Hello Natalie, I’m in bed planning my shopping list for tomorrow with your website open in the browser I can’t stop thinking about these green beauties!! you come up with the best ideas for sweets honestly!! if they turn out half as good looking as yours I’ll be bragging on Instagram that’s for sure! xxx
Woah spinach in the crust – mind blown! I’ve never seen this anywhere but I imagine it tastes great! I’ve never eaten spinach as a child and now I love it and could spinach every day.. Funny how diets change 🙂
Spinach in a smoothie –> spinach in a crust, it was a natural progression 😉 And I love how you made spinach a verb!
LOL!! I think that was unintentional 😀
How about some Green Tea Desserts? Love your recipes btw. Big kisses and hugs from Malaysia. ^-^/
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Like matcha? I can do that, certainly! Thanks for the feedback and support, it means a lot to me <3
Just saw these on your facebook page and had to click over! These are so cute Natalie…loving all the green inspiration here. My husband LOVES grapes! These are so creative and I’m sure tasty year round, not just St. Paddy’s day! 🙂
Thanks Brandi! It’s always good to have last years holiday posts when you just don’t have time to whip out something St. Paddy’s day this year 😀 I LOVE grapes too, I can go through a bag a day easy!
Will this recipe fill a 9 inch cake pan?
No definitely not. You will need to at least double the amounts for a pan that size 🙂
Can I use flax seeds instead of chia seeds?
Flax seeds don’t gel quite as well as chia seeds, so they won’t work as well in this recipe. Plus flax seeds have a much stronger flavor of their own where as chia is almost undetectable in flavor. Sorry!
As you said, flax seeds didn’t work well… Yesterday I bought chia seeds and tried to make these tarts once again. It turned out SOOOO YUMMY :3 Thank you!
*Sorry for my bad English, I’m Polish and not even 18 yet (•_•;)
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No worries at all, I am so thrilled Thayer they turned out well with the chia seeds!! Thanks for the awesome feedback Julia❤️