Warrigal Greens & Sweet Potato Pikelets

Ok, these little savoury pikelet bites were a hit with the whole fam! We have native warrigal greens over-taking the garden, so we try to use it up in all our meals. However, you can sub the warrigal greens for baby spinach, silverbeet or kale.

Ingredients:⁠

• 200 ml Rice Milk
• 50g Gluten-free flour
• 50g chickpea flour
• 100g sweet potato, grated
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp olive oil, for frying

Filling:

• ⁠150 fresh baby spinach, shredded
• 20g currants
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 25g pine nuts
• salt and pepper (optional)

Method:

1. To make the filling, place the spinach in a saucepan over a medium heat. Add a splash of water and cook for about 2-3 minutes until wilted. Turn out onto a plate, then blot firmly with kitchen paper to squeeze out as much water as possible. Set aside.
2. To make the pikelets, whisk together the rice milk, gluten-free flour, and chickpea flour in a large bowl. Stir in the sweet potato and onion, and mix thorougly.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a high heat and pour a quarter of the pikelet mixture into the pan, using the back of a spoon to spread the mixture out to the edges of the pan. Fry for 2-3 minutes on each side, turning carefully, until brown and crisp. Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper and keep warm. Make three more pikelets.
4. Return the spinach to the saucepan with the currants, olive oil and pine nuts and place over a medium heat. Season with salt and pepper, if using, and cook for a minute or until heated through. Take a quarter of the spinach mixture and place on one half of a pikelet. Fold over the other half. Repeat with the remaining pikelets.

Approved for: Adrenal Diet, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegan

Filipa Bellette is Co-Founder of Chris & Filly Functional Medicine. She is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist & Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is also a Ph.D. thought-leader, award-winning writer, and regularly published as a guest blogger & in the media. Together with her husband Chris Bellette, Filipa has worked with over 2,000+ busy, burnout clients in the last 10+ years, and specialises in producing healthy, balanced, and happy Mums & Dads...or as she calls it, a Power Parent! Filipa’s own passion for producing high-performance Power Parents came from her own personal experience of Mummy Burnout, after having babies and juggling the demands of business, family, and her failing health.