Description
Quinoa is naturally gluten-free crop from South America, where it belonged and still belongs among the main agricultural crops. Incas even considered quinoa sacred, and with a bit of exaggeration we can say quinoa amazes us almost similarly also today. It is even being examined by the NASA as a nutritive suitable for astronauts during their long flights into the space.
Tips and recipes to use:
- Porridge
Just pour hot water or plant-based drink or animal milk
Cook for a few minutes for a more creamy taste - Creamy soups
Add oatmeal in vegetable soups, cook for a while and blend - Pastry
When preparing bread or rolls, just replace 1 flour with the oatmeal - Smoothie
Blend your favourite fruits with water, plant-based drink or milk, add steamed or cooked oatmeal, seeds, yoghurt, syrup, vegetables,... - Pancakes, burgers, meat loaf
Blend the oatmeal little bit along with the stewed or sauted vegetables, cooked legumes, add an egg or Hraška, sauted onion, herbs, garlic, salt and water as needed, fry or bake in the oven - Pancakes
- Replace 1 of flour with oatmeal - Spreads
Pour a little bit of water on slightly roasted vegetables, add oatmeal (just a little bit), cook for a few minutes, blend, flavour with soya sauce, ume vinegar and nutritional yeast, you can also add tofu, tempeh, peeled red lentils (add it to the vegetables and stew for 15 minutes, then add oatmeal and cook for a few more minutes) - Cookies
- Replace 1 of flour with oatmeal - Granola
Mix oatmeal with your favourite syrup and oil (olive oil or coconut oil are a great choice), you can add dried fruits, nuts, seeds, dried coconut, chocolate pieces, cinnamon, carob powder, pre-soaked buckwheat groats; stir occasionally while baking for 60 minutes at 110 °C. - Crumb topping
Blend 50 g almonds, 150 g oatmeal, 6 tablespoons rice syrup and 4 tablespoons olive oil - Unbaked cookies
Blend oatmeal with pre-soaked dried fruits, coconut oil and syrup, you can add seeds, nuts, dried coconut, carob powder or cinnamon; make a shape of a ball and cover it in the dried coconut, carob or sesame
Quinoa oatmeal granola
- 250 g quinoa oatmeal
- 50 g walnuts
- 30 g pumpkin seeds
- 500 ml rice syrup
- 1 orange
- 50 g cranberries
- 30 g raisins
- 3 tablespoons coconut fat
1. Properly mix syrup, fat, juice and grated orange peel in one bowl, and mix oatmeal, nuts and dried fruit in the second bowl.
2. Mix the loose and liquid mixture. Pour on baking sheet covered with a baking paper and bake at 160 ° C for 15 minutes.
3. After baking, cover with the baking paper, strain and let cool. This will make the granola not loose, but it will form lumps.
Composition
Quinoa oatmeal*. May contain traces of gluten, peanuts, soy, nuts and sesame. *product of controlled organic farmingStorage
Store in a dry and cool place (max. 20 °C, max. 65 % humidity). Protect from light.
