Quinoa Cake Sticks

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour – 1 cup
Quinoa – 3/4 cup cooked
Baking Powder – 1 tbsp
Eggs – 4 no.
Banana – 2 no. [pureed]
Sugar – 1 cup
Fat Free Milk – 2 oz or 1/4 cup
Rose Essence – 2 drops

Pre Preparation:

1.) Soak quinoa for an hour and cook with double the portion of water.

2.) Puree quinoa with little milk.

3.) Puree banana with some milk.

Preparation:

1.) Beat eggs and Sugar for a minute or so.. fold in the flour , baking powder, banana puree and quinoa puree and milk one at a time.. beating the mixture smoothly.

2.) Add drops of essence and blend in everything very well with no lumps.

3.) Pre heat the oven for 350F.

4.) Grease the baking pan with cooking spray and pour in the mixture and bake for 30 mins.

5.) Let it cool and turn it upside down to cut into pieces and serve with caramel sauce.

I got this recipe here.

Quinoa with Chicken and Black Beans

This recipe is as simple as it gets!

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 orange or red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 cup quinoa
2 cups chicken broth
1/4 teaspoon cumin
Pinch of cayenne
1 (15.5 ounce) can of black beans
2 cup diced cooked chicken breast

Kosher salt to taste

Directions:

1.) Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and bell pepper. Cook 5 minutes or until softened and fragrant. Stir in quinoa, cook 3 minutes.

2.) Pour chicken broth over the top, bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.

3.) After broth is absorbed, stir in remaining ingredients. Season to taste with salt.

Serve and enjoy!