Fruit Nut Breakfast Bites

(Vegan, Gluten-Free)

Another result of epiphany, experimentation, and a whole lot of tweaking, these vegan gluten-free breakfast bites each have only 109 calories, but they have 1.7 g fiber and 1.4 g protein. They work well as a quick morning breakfast, a late afternoon snack, or late, late midnight snack that you really know you shouldn’t have but I’m up and I’m hungry diet be damned oh these look good maybe I’ll have another one.

But I’m paraphrasing.

INGREDIENTS

• ¼ cup ground chia seed
• 2 tablespoons psyllium powder
• 2 cups almond milk (or other plant-based milk)
• ⅔ cup brown rice flour
• ⅔ cup sorghum flour
• ⅔ cup millet flour
• ½ cup tapioca starch
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons chai spice
• ¼ cup melted vegan butter
• ¾ cup raisins
• ¾ cup chopped dates
• ¾ cup chopped pecans (or other nuts)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a mini-muffin pan with cooking spray.
2. Whisk ground chia and psyllium into almond milk. Let set for about five minutes to hydrate.
3. Whisk together brown rice flour, sorghum flour, millet flour, tapioca starch, baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar, brown sugar, and chai spice.
4. Add melted butter and milk mixture into flour mixer, and mix for about five minutes with electric mixer. Batter will still be very sticky.
5. Using a spoon, mix in raisins, dates, and nuts.
6. Scoop 1-2 tablespoons of batter into each well of the mini-muffin pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a test toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely.

Makes 36 muffin bites.

NUTRITION

Serving size: 1 muffin bite
109 calories, 1.4 g protein, 1.7 g fiber, 3.7 g fat