{"id":17949,"date":"2025-05-10T12:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T10:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/?p=17949"},"modified":"2025-05-10T12:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T10:19:44","slug":"chick-pea-blondies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/2025\/05\/10\/chick-pea-blondies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick Pea Blondies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Yoga Kitchen &#8211; Simple, healthy, and plant-based<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Never just call a blondie a brownie<\/h1>\n<p>If you pick up a packet of brownies at the supermarket, it will invariably contain eggs and dairy.<br \/>\nBut that&#8217;s not necessary. Animal products, especially beef and dairy, are responsible for the enormous CO2 emissions of modern agriculture.<br \/>\nIn this recipe for soft cakes, banana, ground flaxseed and chickpeas make eggs completely unnecessary. The banana and dates also provide a deliciously sweet taste. And there&#8217;s no butter or margarine, as peanut butter takes over that role with flying colours. These blondies are nutritious, contain no added sugar and can also be made without the chocolate chips.<br \/>\nThe original recipe I adapted also included vanilla powder or vanilla essence, but I&#8217;ve left these out because due to climate change and food speculation by a couple of big players on the market, vanilla products have become very expensive in recent years.<\/p>\n<h2>What ingredients do you need?<\/h2>\n<p>You will need the following ingredients for a large blondie measuring approximately 20 x 20 cm, which you can cut into pieces or strips afterwards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>approx. 380 g cooked chickpeas (cooked yourself or from a jar or tin), rinsed<\/li>\n<li>approx. 70 g wholemeal wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>one small banana (approx. 80 g without the skin)<\/li>\n<li>two tablespoons of ground flaxseed, soaked in 3 tablespoons of water for half an hour<\/li>\n<li>8 to 9 pitted medjool or mazafati dates<\/li>\n<li>130 g peanut butter (pure peanut paste)<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>a pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>60 g dark chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>a shallow baking tin measuring approx. 20 cm x 20 cm and baking paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to make it:<\/h2>\n<p>If you have a conventional oven, preheat it to 180\u00b0C. This is not necessary for a fan oven.<br \/>\nLine the baking tin with baking paper.<br \/>\nThen prepare the batter:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mash the banana with a fork<\/li>\n<li>Place all the ingredients except the chocolate chips in the bowl of a food processor fitted with an S-shaped blade and blend until you have a smooth batter<\/li>\n<li>Stir about 50 of the 60 g chocolate chips into the mixture<\/li>\n<li>Pour the batter into the baking tin lined with baking paper and spread evenly with a spatula<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle the remaining 10 g of chocolate chips on top<\/li>\n<li>Place the tin at the bottom of the oven and bake for about 35 minutes at 180\u00b0C until golden brown<\/li>\n<li>Remove the blondie from the tin and the baking paper and leave to cool on a wire rack<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<br \/>\nYou can freeze these blondies if you like.<\/p>\n<h3>Chick pea blondies, per 100 g of product<\/h3>\n<p>Values are approximate and do include the chocolate drops.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#O5C2DE\">\n<th scope=\"col\"><strong>Energy<\/strong><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Carboh.<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Sugars<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Fat<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Sat. Fat<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Protein<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Fibre<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Salt<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1160,37 kJ\/277,15 kcal<\/td>\n<td>35,39 g<\/td>\n<td>12,26 g<\/td>\n<td>12,54 g<\/td>\n<td>3,11 g<\/td>\n<td><strong>10,0 g<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7,6 g<\/td>\n<td>0,18 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Participate in our cooking classes:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"yk-green_btn\" title=\"Our cooking classes\" href=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/healthy-vegan\/\">Cooking Workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Read more about plant-based nutrition and health:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"yk-green_btn\" title=\"More about plant-based food\" href=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/blog\/\">Read more about plant-based food<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Find out about yoga and yoga classes in Schaerbeek:<\/h2>\n<p>Check out our yoga classes here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"yk-blue_btn\" title=\"Yoga classes\" href=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/yoga-classes\/\">View our full range of yoga classes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga Kitchen &#8211; Simple, healthy, and plant-based Never just call a blondie a brownie If you pick up a packet of brownies at the supermarket, it will invariably contain eggs and dairy. But that&#8217;s not necessary. Animal products, especially beef and dairy, are responsible for the enormous CO2 emissions of modern agriculture. 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