Chia Eggs and Gluten Free Pancake Batter
No egg? No problem! Chia egg to the rescue.
In today’s world of rising costs and low supply of eggs, I want to introduce you to substituting with a chia egg!
Vegans have been baking with chia eggs for many years, and now it’s time to adapt this methodology into your own baking & sweet treat needs in a time of low egg supply and surging prices! These make a great replacement for all items that call for an egg to use as a binder in any recipe from pancakes to waffles, muffins, cookies & cakes.
Chia Egg Replacement + GF / DF Pancake Batter Recipe
How to make a chia egg – 1 egg equivalent
*if a recipe calls for 2 eggs, scale up and double the below
INGREDIENTS
1 tbl spoon chia seeds
1/4 cup water
DIRECTIONS
Add chia seeds and water to a small cup or bowl and mix well with a spoon. Let sit for 10-15 minutes for the chia to gelatinize and become a consistency similar to an egg.
Add to any recipe as you normally would
Here is a recipe for one of my custom pancake / waffle blends and you can incorporate the chia egg as the replacement, buon appetite!
Vegan GF / DF Blueberry Corn Waffles / Pancakes
INGREDIENTS
1 cup corn meal
1 cup GF flour – I use millet, oat or cassava
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
2 chia eggs
1 cup dairy free milk
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla flavoring
1 cup blueberries – fresh or frozen
DIRECTIONS
Make chia eggs
Combine all dry ingredients and mix together
Melt coconut oil
Add all wet ingredients + blueberries and mix together
Prepare pancakes on a stovetop (1/4 cup of batter 2-3 min on each side on medium heat) OR waffles in a waffle maker as you. normally would…buon appetite!
Jump on over to my IG to see me making a Chia Egg @chef.via.melissa
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Chef Via Melissa Melissa
Melissa Eboli AKA Chef Via Melissa is a certified Culinary Nutrition Expert (CNE), Nutritional Chef and certified nutrition & wellness counselor (CNWC) based out of the NY-Metro Area. She is the author of “Let’s Dine IN: Healthy Recipes & Tips To Minimize Your Shopping Trips” (2020), and the owner of Via’s Kitchen, a personal chef and catering company that cooks from a global perspective, while also focusing on clean, allergen friendly food. Her services include event catering, dinner parties, cooking classes, live demos and recipe development. When she's not in the kitchen, she has been seen making guest appearances on Dr. Oz, in addition to being published in the likes of The New York Times, Forbes and Readers Digest to name a few. She has executed over 300 events and has been in the media over 100 times for her culinary and nutrition expertise. Her passion as a chef is to create healthy, sustainably conscious dishes with a modern twist using the cleanest of ingredients while focusing on nutrition, flavor and presentation with an emphasis on gluten and dairy free cuisine.
