This 30 plant challenge has made me think about making simple things that are easy to make and nutritious. I made these by boiling some red quinoa and red lentils then mixing them with pumpkin seeds sesame seeds chia seeds garlic with gluten free bread crumbs gram flour and a little water to bind. Gram flour is great at binding so you don't needs eggs so this is gluten free and plant based.
And I had it with stir fried shredded cabbage carrots onions celery bean sprouts. I also roasted some baby new potatoes in their skin at the same time.
Looks great Jerry. Very healthy and I’m always looking out for quinoa recipes. I wonder what the difference is between regular quinoa and red. You are the only person who I know that has ever mentioned the red one. I’ve never to this day seen the red one anywhere. Is it nicer, have you bought the worlds supply lol 😂
Hi Ali, I've bought it in Holland and Barretts as I have to be careful which brands I buy and I've also got some black quinoa which's in fact very dark red, I prefer the white as I think its got a smoother taste but like the flavour and texture of the red with things like burgers.
makes sense as that is what they do in my smoothies, makes them filling. Good idea for compote too (whether or not under a lovely crumble
I think I remember my brother making chia jam at one time
Those recipes look great - I have diabetes 2 and had to remove most grains from my diet due to food intolerances, but I can eat oats and chickpea which is used to make pasta. Have seen adverts for lentil flour through Nature's Health but don't know if it tastes ok.
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Hi there, I imagine lentil flour tastes good and what I do is use a coffee grinder and I grind quinoa into a flour and because its a bit coarser than flour it absorbs more moisture and is better for gluten free baking as I'm a coeliac and not diabetic.
I'm going to grind some lentils now and try them in a recipe so a great idea thank you.
Jerry 😊
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I have bought a bag of cous cous which I am going to try and mix with avocado, olives tomatoes - my old blender has broken so will try to find one - will have a go at the lentils then.
Thanks Rebie I make things to the right consistency so this is how I made them:
I made these by boiling some red quinoa and red lentils then mixing them with pumpkin seeds sesame seeds chia seeds garlic with gluten free bread crumbs gram flour and a little water to bind. Gram flour is great at binding so you don't needs eggs so this is gluten free and plant based.
thanks, just looked it up on line but it didnt have the seeds. Next time I will use the seeds. However they did add tahini and cumin and then some dijon mustard.
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