Vegan Beetroot Crepes with almond cream cheese and cabbage slaw.
These savory beetroot crepes with almond cheese and a quick cabbage-carrot slaw would make an awesome Valentine’s Day meal. They are totally pretty, and of course very-very delicious. The slightly sweet and nutty crepes, the extra creamy vegan almond cheese and the crunchy slaw makes the perfect hearty, yet light meal. These simple beetroot crepes are also gluten-free, protein-rich and super easy to make, so feel free to make them on any day of the week, not just on Valentine’s Day. 😉
It’s always hard for me to come up with classic Valentine’s Day recipes this time of the year, because the truth is that we don’t really celebrate this day with my BF, plus none of us like those typical pink-red-white desserts (actually in general sweet things). For us the best date night food is anything we both love, and we really don’t care about things like garlic or messy foods.
Since we both adore savory crepes and homemade vegan cheese, these stuffed beetroot crepes were an instant new favorite a few weeks ago. For the crepes I used my trusty little chickpea crepes recipe, but this time I used beet juice instead of water to get a lovely, deep pink color. What’s really cool with using beetroot juice is that you can totally adjust how much you add depending on how pink you want your crepes to be. I love this dark deep pink color, but you can go for a pretty, light pink too, they’ll be gorgeous either way!
These beetroot crepes are a bit dry plain, so it’s nice to have something creamy on top. This almond cheese is very awesome, but if your prefer, then use a simple cashew cream cheese, hummus, guacamole, or soy yogurt instead. And for the toppings, you can get as creative as you like. Use your favorite veggies, nuts, tempeh, tofu, whatever you fancy. You can even try fruits and ice cream for a sweet version, there’s really no wrong topping here.
If you try this recipe, let me know! I would highly appreciate if you could leave a comment and rate it. Also don’t forget to take a picture and tag it on Instagram (use the hashtag #greenevi) or post it on Facebook! I love seeing what you come up with! ♥︎
Vegan Beetroot Crepes
- Yield: 4 larger crepes 1x
Ingredients
For the crepes:
- 1.5 cups of chickpea flour
- 1.5 cups of beetroot juice
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
- salt
For the cheese:
- 1.5 cups of blanched almonds, soaked
- 1 lemon, juice
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 cloves of garlic
- salt, pepper
For the slaw:
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 large carrot, grated (I used purple carrot)
- 1/4 red cabbage, shredded
- 1 yellow beetroot, julienned
- 1 lime, juice
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 3 tbsp crushed peanuts
- 3 tbsp microgreens
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Mix together crepe ingredients in a bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Heat up a non-stick pan to high heat for a few minutes until hot, then reduce heat to medium.
- For each pancake add a ladle-full of batter into to pan and spread out. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then flip and cook for another minute. Repeat process with remaining batter.
- For the almond cheese add ingredients to a blender with a few tablespoons of water and blend until completely smooth. Adjust consistency with water if needed.
- Mix together onion, carrot, cabbage, beet, lime juice, peanut butter, crushed peanuts, and microgreens in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
- To serve top each crepe with a dollop of almond cheese and a handful of the slaw. Enjoy!
Did you make your own beet juice?
No, usually I’m too lazy to do so and simply buy it in supermarket 😛
I too just made some crepes, but with spinach. Yours looks fantastic with beetroot.
Spinach crepes sound fantastic too! 😍
I’ve made sweet pancakes with beetroot powder for Valentine’s Day. They were a lighter pink, but I do love your crepes with that dark pink shade. I might try these as well.
I love the idea of light pink pancakes with beet powder! 🙂
I love the bright colour of these! I’m also not such a huge fan of too sweet things, so these sound like something lovely to try 🙂 Thank you for sharing <3 Wishing you a lovely day~
Thank you so much 🙂
that red loaf looks like a roti which is a wheat bread famous in south asian so colorful and easy recipe to make!
Hahaha, really! I love roti 😉