baked green pea falafels

Baked Green Pea Falafels 💚
If you haven’t yet noticed, I am forever on the hunt to find the perfect vegetarian ‘ball’ or ‘pattie’ to add to my salads as an extra protein veggie hit. Today’s concoction was super simple yet so rewarding 👏🏼These falafels are packed with parsley, peas and chickpeas, a winning combo if you ask me! Definitely worth trying out as a beautifully nutritious meat free protein option.

Ingredients:
+ 1 tin chickpeas, washed and dried well with paper towel
+ 1/2 cup frozen peas, defrosted
+ 4 tbs oat flour (rolled oats blended for 10 seconds to become flour) (you could also use almond meal or any flour of choice here)
+ 1/2 cup parsley
+ 1 clove garlic (if you love garlic throw in 2 cloves)
+ 1 tsp cumin
+ 1 tbs lemon juice
+ 1 solid tsp salt & pinch of pepper
+ 1 tsp chilli flakes if you like spice 🌶

Add everything to a blender or food processor until it’s ground down and combined well. Don’t mix for too long otherwise it turns into hummus (yum but not for this purpose)
+ Grab about a tablespoon worth of mixture and roll into cylinders or balls if you prefer, I thought I would change things up with the cylinders!
+ On a lined baking tray, spray each one with olive oil spray to ensure it browns nicely
+ Bake for 15 mins on each side (25-30 in total depending on your oven) on 180 degrees.
+ Enjoy with tahini and lemon in a beautiful salad 😘