BROCCOLI CHEDDAR QUINOA ROUNDS
These are gorgeous to serve to
company! I loved these and the texture is marvelous. What a fun side dish. Quinoa is a favorite with some low-carbers. It is higher in protein than rice and many low-carbers
use it judiciously as an addition to their low-carb diets, and instead of
rice. I like to use it with cauli-rice
to make it go further - added to the cauli-rice it gives great body and a nicer texture. I’ve even seen it in flourless chocolate cake
to give it body. It does not have much
of a flavor, so it takes on the flavor of whatever you add to it, which is great. Quinoa has a slightly chewy texture like barley. I use white quinoa. I have tried quinoa flour ... using it instead of oat flour in my Gluten-free Bake Mix. It works nicely, but the flavor of the flour was completely off-putting to me - I have read how some people successfully toast quinoa flour to create a much milder flavor - Google it (even a blog devoted to using this flour). I have discovered that Buckwheat flour (also a seed and not a grain like quinoa) by Anthony's has a sufficiently mild flavor to be able to use in my Gluten-Free Bake Mix - Grain-free Low-Carb, Gluten-free Bake Mix. Quinoa that one buys (not the flour) is typically washed and the bitterness is removed. It tastes just fine...bland, in fact. My husband buys me a huge bag (cheaper!) of prewashed white quinoa...pretty sure he found it on Amazon. Yep, here it is - the exact one he bought for me! CLICK HERE
Quinoa is not a grain. Read about it over HERE.
Nutrition Facts for cooked quinoa - Find it HERE.
It is true that many low-carbers use quinoa in their diets. My friend, Char Cunningham, a successful long-term low-carber uses it in maintenance. Usually it is used during pre-maintenance and maintenance, because people always think it is a grain - it is not. 1 cup COOKED quinoa 39 g carbs and 5 g fiber = 34 grams net carbs.
Here is the nutritional analysis for uncooked quinoa
I used 1/2 cup dry quinoa for the nutritional analysis of this recipe....the yield was 1 3/4 cups, not 2 cups as I initially thought.
Quinoa is not a grain. Read about it over HERE.
Nutrition Facts for cooked quinoa - Find it HERE.
It is true that many low-carbers use quinoa in their diets. My friend, Char Cunningham, a successful long-term low-carber uses it in maintenance. Usually it is used during pre-maintenance and maintenance, because people always think it is a grain - it is not. 1 cup COOKED quinoa 39 g carbs and 5 g fiber = 34 grams net carbs.
Here is the nutritional analysis for uncooked quinoa
I used 1/2 cup dry quinoa for the nutritional analysis of this recipe....the yield was 1 3/4 cups, not 2 cups as I initially thought.
4 cups chopped, cooked
broccoli (1 L)
(make sure your broccoli is soft)
1 3/4 cups COOKED quinoa (425 mL)
(no salt added)* - see how to cook in the note below
2 cups grated sharp Cheddar
cheese (500 mL)
1/2 cup chopped onion (125 mL)
4 eggs
1 tsp crushed garlic (5 mL)
11/4 tsp salt (6 mL)
1/2 tsp black pepper (2 mL)
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
In large bowl, combine broccoli, quinoa, Cheddar and
onion.
In small bowl, beat eggs with fork and stir in
garlic, salt and black pepper. Add to
broccoli mixture and stir well to combine.
Place one ice cream scoopful in well-greased (this is necessary)
nonstick muffin top pans (12 molds in each pan) OR use regular muffin pans. Pat down to fill circular mold. (If you don’t have the pans, simply place in
neat rounds on a cookie sheet lined with greased parchment paper - you can use the ring of a canning jar to make them uniform).
Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until turning golden brown
in places and when they are fairly firm to the touch.
How to cook quinoa: I cook quinoa
the same way I make regular rice. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). In large pot, bring 4 cups (1 L) water to boil. Add 2 cups (500 mL) quinoa (or you can halve
this recipe), 2 tsp (15 mL) chicken bouillon (or seasoning salt) and about 1/2 tsp (2 mL) turmeric (however, for this recipe, add NO seasonings); stir and bring to boil again. Place lid on pot and cook quinoa in oven
about 25 minutes. Fluff with fork and
stir some quinoa into your Cauli-Fried Rice, if desired. Quinoa is lower on the glycemic index than
rice, has more protein, and is great for maintenance levels. Many low-carbers incorporate quinoa successfully
into their diets.
Yield: 22 rounds
1 round
78.2 calories
4.9 g protein
4.8 g fat
0.7 g fiber
3.5 g net carbs
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