Healthy Quinoa Cookies (with banana and avocado) GF

by | Nov 3, 2014 | Recipes |

Quinoa Cookies with banana and avocado
Quinoa Cookies with banana and avocado
Our love story with quinoa continues tonight with those cute little cookies. One look at the ingredients and I was sold. The grilled quinoa gave these cookie the crunch you want whilst the banana and avocado gave them that moist inside. These will be great for mid-afternoon snacks, or mid morning!
Enjoy xx

Healthy Quinoa Cookies (with banana and avocado) GF


 Ingredients:
  • 1 ripe banana
  • ¼ avocado
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 1 cup puffed rice
  • 1/2 sunflower seeds
  • 2 tablespoons raw unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons quinoa flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons honey

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and grease a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a small mixing bowl, completely mash the banana, avocado and nut butter together, until creamy and smooth.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until fully combined.
  4. Spoon the cookie dough on the cookie sheet, and gently flatten with the back of a spoon.
  5. Bake 15 – 17 minutes, until browned and only slightly tender to the touch. Remove from oven, transfer to a wire rack and cool.
  6. Store in a covered container for 2 – 3 days.

Notes:

This recipe could be easily doubled, tripled, quadrupled even!

Adapted from: http://www.simplyquinoa.com/insanely-healthy-oatmeal-cookies/

Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes/ Patties (GF)

by | Nov 3, 2014 | Recipes |

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Sweet Potato Salmon Patties

Tonight turned out to be a quinoa fest and why not? Quinoa is high in protein, iron and fibre and is gluten free.

For all recipes involving quinoa, even the most unimaginable ones – quinoa milkshakes anyone? – one should subscribe to Simply Quinoa (www.simplyquinoa.com). As I browsed through her website, two recipes caught my eyes. Why? Because they looked so easy and totally delicious. Being a Monday night and after an evening crossfit session, the last thing I want to do is spend a considerable amount of time in the kitchen (though I did as I tried to multitask cooking for the furry babies and also making a fudge for tomorrow’s work do. Eeek.)

Sweet potato salmon cakes/patties sounded divine. I had to make these as I just knew sweet potatoes and salmon were a match made in heaven as they are two of my most favourite foods ever! And heck did they not disappoint. The sweetness of the potatoes combined with the salmon and fresh herbs tasted just amazing! You would be forgiven to forget that there was actually quinoa in these babies! Delish.

Enjoy xx

 

Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup cooked quinoa (I used white quinoa for this recipe but red would add a nice color)
  • 1 medium sweet potato, boiled and mashed
  • 2 can wild salmon (skinless and boneless if possible)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 4 leaves of spring onions, chopped
  • 1 small bunch of mint, chopped
  • 1 small bunch of coriander, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • Spray oil for cooking

Method

1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius.

2. Add all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix with a wooden spoon (or your hands!) until everything is combined and a dough has formed.

3. Form the dough into 6 patties or more depending on what size you are going for, place on a plate and set aside.

4. Heat the oil in a 10″ skillet over medium heat. Saute the salmon cakes for 3 – 5 minutes per side, until browned, crispy and heated through.

5. Put in the oven for ten minutes and flip on the other side for another ten minutes.

5. Serve warm.

 

Adapted from: http://www.simplyquinoa.com/sweet-potato-salmon-cakes/