Savory Protein Crêpe

Pancakes have a bad reputation healthwise, but they don’t have to be so. Here’s a very healthy crêpe recipe, with around 20g of protein per serving (which is about how much protein most people’s body’s can use at one sitting) and a healthy dose of fiber too:

You will need

Per crêpe:

• ½ cup milk (your preference what kind; we recommend oat milk for this)
• 2 oz chickpea flour (also called garbanzo bean flour, or gram flour)
• 1 tsp nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp ras el-hanout (optional but tasty and contains an array of beneficial phytochemicals)
• 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
• ⅛ tsp MSG or ¼ tsp low-sodium salt

For the filling (also per crêpe):

• 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
• Small handful baby spinach
• Extra virgin olive oil

Method

(we suggest you read everything at least once before doing anything)

1) Mix the dry crêpe ingredients in a bowl, and then stir in the milk, whisking to mix thoroughly. Leave to stand for at least 5 minutes.

2) Meanwhile, heat a little olive oil in a skillet, add the tomatoes and fry for 1 minute, before adding the spinach, stirring, and turning off the heat. As soon as the spinach begins to wilt, set it aside.

3) Heat a little olive oil either in the same skillet (having been carefully wiped clean) or a crêpe pan if you have one, and pour in a little of the batter you made, tipping the pan so that it coats the pan evenly and thinly. Once the top is set, jiggle the pan to see that it’s not stuck, and then flip your crêpe to finish on the other side.

If you’re not confident of your pancake-tossing skills, or your pan isn’t good enough quality to permit this, you can slide it out onto a heatproof chopping board, and use that to carefully turn it back into the pan to finish the other side.

4) Add the filling to one half of the crêpe, and fold it over, pushing down at the edges with a spatula to make a seal, cooking for another 30 seconds or so. Alternatively, you can just serve a stack of crêpes and add the filling at the table, folding or rolling per personal preference:

Enjoy!

Want to learn more?

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Take care!