Chocolate Buckwheat Waffles

When I first went plantbased, I did what everyone does…I googled vegan recipes.  And there were a LOT of them!

I gotta be honest here, it was kinda hard to find really good ones that could compete with my four main food groups: sugar, butter, eggs, and milk chocolate. I tried, oh how I tried. I made all kinds of bars, and puddings, and stuffed this, and roasted that. I went out and bought really weird ingredients like arrowroot and xanthan gum. Some were hits, most were misses.

And while I gamely slugged through recipe after recipe, my family did not quite have the same dedication I did.  You want to see people back away like they’ve just come face to face with Mike Myers holding Cujo back with a wet noodle? Try giving them a gray mushy lump wrapped in a soggy brown piece of unidentifiable plant, sitting atop a plate of hospital green goop.  Yeah.  Basically why I started to come up with my own recipes.  Now, they just back away from tofu.  Progress!

I think some were just a little too hardcore for us.  The switch from white flour to something like buckwheat is like asking a coffee drinker to switch to celery juice.  You are going to get blamed for poisoning them.  Some people’s systems just can’t take a punch.  Wimps.

So clearly, buckwheat is a challenge  And what do we do when confronted with a challenge? We turn to chocolate!

These waffles definitely have a different taste and texture than my chocolate brownie waffles, but they have fewer ingredients, and I tried to keep it (mostly) hardcore.  It is a chocolate waffle after all

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almond or macadamia milk
• 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 1 cup buckwheat flour
• 1/2 cup raw cacao powder
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1. Starting with the wet ingredients, place all ingredients in a high speed blender and process till smooth and creamy.
2. Follow the manufacturers instructions for your waffle iron to cook the waffles.

Enjoy!

Top with fruit, nut butter, ice cream, whipped topping, vegan chips, or whatever your heart desires.