How To Make The Best Oil-Free Baked Falafel!

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: oats

Whole wheat flour adds fiber, while oats can be a cost-effective binder.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while canola oil is often less expensive.

Preheat oven to dry out chickpeas.

Place cooked chickpeas on a baking sheet and bake to dry them out.

Remove chickpeas from the oven once dried.

Add chickpeas, onion, and garlic to a food processor and pulse until coarse.

Add sweet potato, parsley, cumin, coriander, garlic, hot sauce, and tahini to the food processor with the chickpeas and pulse until combined, being careful not to overprocess.

Use a scoop to portion out the falafel mixture onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Flatten each portion to about half an inch thick using the bottom of a glass bowl.

Bake falafel in the oven, flipping halfway through cooking time.

Remove falafel from the oven once cooked and assemble the sandwich with hummus, sweet tahini sauce, chopped red onion, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and almond flatbread.

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