With just a handful of ingredients, these gluten free vegan chickpea waffles are a quick yet healthy fix for breakfast or lunch and can be enjoyed either with sweet or savoury toppings. You can use them instead of bread in your favourite sandwich too. Healthy, versatile, quick & easy.
Finally, after a long 4 week break from the blog, I’m back! I must admit, I’ve had one of the worst cases of ‘post holiday blues’ yet… It’s been so hard to get back into the daily routine after a fun filled 2 week vacation in sunny Florida.
It didn’t help coming back to the freezing cold and wet English weather (it looks like Spring has been cancelled here by the way!) when all I could think about was sunshine and palm trees.
With so many thrilling experiences, as well as utterly relaxing and doing-nothing-for-the-whole-day beach days, Florida took my breath away. I’ll write a separate travel post about our Floridian adventures as I’d love to share some gems of the places we discovered along the way.
As expected, there are so many recipes I want to share on the blog by now, so I’ll get straight down to business, aka these quick and easy vegan chickpea waffles.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THESE VEGAN CHICKPEA WAFFLES
I love how versatile this recipe is. You can choose to serve the waffles with sweet or savoury toppings, which makes it a perfect breakfast or lunchtime recipe.
I particularly like using these chickpea waffles in sandwiches instead of bread, especially when they’re generously covered with delicious hummus (like this cauliflower hummus or butternut squash hummus for example) in between all the other sandwich goodness!
In addition, these waffles freeze really well too. Just thaw them out (I normally do it overnight) & put in the toaster for that crispy crunchy finish.
CAN I ADJUST THIS CHICKPEA WAFFLES RECIPE TO SUIT MY TASTE BUDS?
Absolutely! It’s one of the great things about this recipe! You can put your own twist on it by adding your favourite spices into the batter. Smoked paprika, mild curry powder, Italian mixed herbs, nutritional yeast flakes for a s=cheesy twist – the combinations are endless!
LOOKING FOR MORE HEALTHY RECIPES FOR BREAKFAST & BRUNCH?
How about some of the readers’ favourite recipes like:
- 15-minute ‘cheesy polenta
- The ultimate chia pudding breakfast bomb
- Butternut squash pancakes
- Show stopper oatmeal with caramelised bananas
- The ultimate orange crepes
As always, if you give this recipe a try, I’d be delighted to read your comments and hear your feedback. Be sure to drop a comment here on the blog, tag me in your photos on Instagram @Fit Foodie Nutter, Facebook or Pinterest so I don’t miss them.
Bon appetite!
Healthfully yours,
Tania x
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CHICKPEA WAFFLES (GF, VEGAN)
Ingredients
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp chickpea flour
- 2 tsp ground flax seed
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Coconut sugar (around 2 tbsp) (omit for savoury)
- 1 cup sparkling water
- Coconut oil for greasing
Optional for savoury waffles:
- 1 tsp nutritional flakes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients and let the batter sit on the side for at least 10 minutes. Alternatively, you can prepare the batter the night before and store in the fridge overnight.
- Heat the waffle iron and grease with a little coconut oil. Pour the batter into the hot waffle iron taking care not to overfill around the edges.
- Top the waffles with your favourite toppings or sandwich fillings and enjoy whilst still warm.
I love savory waffles! What a great idea to make them into a sandwich!! Totally trying this!
Thank you Jenn. Good luck with that stacking:)
I can’t wait to try the savory option. These look incredible!
Thank you so much Sarah! I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do:)
Ohhh, this is genius! We haven’t experimented too much with our waffle maker, so I can’t wait to try this. I LOVE savory breakfasts. We also happen to have a ton of chickpea flour right now, so it’s too perfect!
This is such a great idea for a sandwich! Love all the different topping ideas too.
Thank you so much Nicole. I can’t wait for the picnic season now!
Never had waffles with chickpeas. What a nifty idea 🙂
Thank you Jasmin. Chickpea flour is on my top list of flours to use – it’s so versatile!
Such an amazing idea. Chickpea flour is just so versatile. I have to try these!
Thank you Melanie. Totally agree with the queen of all flours, aka chickpea flour:)
Looks like a great breakfast. Can’t wait to try it!
Thank you so much Jason. I hope you enjoy the recipe.
Has anyone actually cooked these, or do they just gush about how they can’t wait to try? Why are these people so desperate to get on the net saying nothing?
I’d be privileged for you to try them and post your honest feedback Harold:)
Tried these this weekend-no matter how much I slathered the waffle iron with coconut oil the waffles still stuck to it. What I was able to scrape off was delicious but too much work to have to scrape them off. Any suggestions?
Hi Shannon. Many thanks for your comment and sorry to hear you’ve had to scrape them off the waffle iron. I haven’t had any issues with the waffles sticking to the waffle iron before, tried them a few times recently too. I’ll give them another go this weekend just to make sure and will report back:)
Maybe I should add that I have a rotary waffle iron-that might make a difference as well.
Flavors and adaptability would be 5 stars, but I did two attempts with this batter, and both times the waffles split–completely stuck on the top and bottom of the waffle iron. After spending nearly an hour total of prying crusted on waffle bits, I am frustrated and still have no waffles, just waffles shards. I was using a Cuisineart non-stick waffle maker; the first time I skipped the oil (which has never been a problem before with the non-stick), so that time is my mistake for not listening to directions. Second attempt, I slathered the coconut oil on with a pastry brush, and it still split and is just cooked on into every groove. Not sure I want to attempt again given how hard it is to clean this off. Why did it split?
Hi there. Thank you for taking the time to post a comment and sorry to hear of the problems you experienced. I haven’t had this problem despite making this recipe several times in my VonShef waffle maker. Greasing of the waffle iron should have eliminated the problem, so not sure why the batter split. I’ll make this recipe again over the weekend and will report back. Many thanks for taking the time to share the feedback xx