I love me a good vegan pancake stack on a wet day, well, any day is good for pancakes really.

These yummy vegan, gluten free pancakes, are coloured with cooked beetroot, and topped with a beetroot stained sweet yoghurt sauce.

Beetroot is full of fibre and antioxidants, so it's great to find ways of incorporating it in to your meals.

I created the ombre effect just by blending some beetroot with a little water to get it going in a small blender, and then added it to the pancake mix in three stages. A little to get the light pink, a little more to get the medium pink, and the rest to get the dark pink. I also added a little cardamom and vanilla for a nice twist, and for those of you who worry about it tasting beetrooty, then a bit of spice and vanilla covers that up.

I obviously added a lot more of the vegan yoghurt sauce after this, but for the purposes of it not looking like a hot mess, I always add a little for the photos. You could just top with your favourite syrup.

I hope you give them a try!

Jo xx

Ombre Beetroot Gluten Free Pancakes

(Serves 1)

1/4 cup buckwheat flour

1 Tbsp rice flour

2 Tbsp Arrowroot (Tapioca) flour

1 egg replacer (Orgran brand) or flax egg

1/2 tsp bicarb soda (baking soda)

75g cooked beetroot (I used Love Beets)

1/2 tsp cardamom

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 Tbsp coconut oil

1/3 cup almond milk (to consistency)

Natural sweetener to taste

Blend the beetroot with a teaspoon of water and set aside

Blend the rest of the ingredients

For the ombre effect, blend in a little of the beetroot mix in stages with the pancake batter

Cook in a non stick pan over medium low for a couple of minutes each side

Pink Yoghurt sauce

2 Tbsp vegan yoghurt

A small amount of beetroot juice to desired colour

Natural sweetener to taste

Mix well

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