coconut flakes

Here is another superfood, sugar-free breakfast. I learnt the recipe from Maria. During this sugar-free (no fruits, no desserts, no chocolates, no honey, no agave/maple/rice syrup, etc.), vegan challenge I got so much inspiration from her recipes. I can be a very sweet-tooth person so to be honest… sometimes I feel I’m craving just a piece of chocolate.

This granola is a new favourite of mine. I’ve never made it before – I always bought at the stores – but I realized it’s easy and quick to make and you can choose all the ingredients you want to mix.

Sugar-free Cinnamon Granola

Ingredients (serves 2)

– 70 g walnut
– 30 g cashew
– 30 g almond
– 70 g coconut flakes
– 20 g chia seeds (you can substitute it with flax seeds or sesame seeds)
– 20 g coconut oil
– 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Method

Preheat the oven to 120C (248F) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

In a bowl mix together all the ingredients and spread the mixture evenly on to the baking tray. Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown (half time turn everything around with a wooden spoon). Let it cool before serve it with almond/oat/rice milk or yoghurt. If you want to make it a bit sweeter add 1-2 teaspoon honey to it.

I love cozy Sunday mornings especially at winter times. Who doesn’t? If I have time I always make pancakes. I love pancake and it’s exciting for me to test new flours and new flavours.

There are two new (for me) ingredients in this recipe: coconut flour and date syrup. Do you know any of them?

Coconut flour is a gluten-free alternative to wheat that is rich in dietary fiber, which helps support your digestion, immune system and heart health. The flour is fiber from the coconut meat after most of the oil has been extracted. It can be added to standard wheat-based recipes to add extra fiber, by substituting 10-30% of the grain-based flour with coconut flour. It can also be excellent addition to shakes and smoothies where fiber and protein are needed. Since organic coconut flour contains natural sugar from the coconut meat, baked goods need less sugar added.

Date syrup is an alternative sweetener, a thick, dark brown, very sweet syrup extracted from dates. It is used widely in the Middle Eastern countries. Date is a food of high nutritional value. It provides natural sugar in the form of glucose and fructose. It’s good to know that a 100 gram portion of fresh dates is a source of vitamin C and supplies 230 kcal (960 kJ) of energy.

Vegan Coconut Oat Pancakes with Date Syrup, Coconut Chips and Clementine

Ingredients (makes 8-10 pancakes)

– 1 cup white spelt flour
– 1/4 cup oat flour
– 1/4 cup coconut flour
– 2 tablespoons aluminium free baking powder
– 1 cup oat milk or almond milk
– 1 tablespoon date syrup
– 2 tablespoons coconut oil + for cooking
– 1 vanilla bean, split and seeded
– pinch of salt
– unsweetend coconut chips
– clementines

Method

In a bowl mix together the dry ingredients: flours, baking powder, salt. In another separate bowl mix together oatmilk, coconut oil, vanilla and date syrup. Give each mixture a stir then add the wet to the dry combining just until mixed. Set aside for 5 minutes to allow the batter to rise. Prepare a non-stick pan with 1 teaspoon oil on medium heat. Spoon batter into pan, forming a pancake. Cook until lightly brown on the bottom. Turn and brown the other side. Serve with clementines, coconut chips and more date syrup if you want.

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