I recently got a request for some recipes without wheat, rice flour or chickpea flour. I immediately remembered a delicious Banana-Quinoa Muffin recipe that I used to make all the time. This recipe comes from the back of Ancient Harvest Quinoa, which has a whole variety of quinoa products and also a lot of very creative recipes on their website. If you can’t find quinoa in your town, you can order individual products online at Amazon.com.
Quinoa is an ancient grain from South America that is a complete protein and so healthy that there is almost no malnutrion in the people who consume quinoa in the poor regions of Bolivia. It’s great for vegetarians, babies and people with allergies. You can cook the quinoa grain like rice or cook the quinoa flakes to make a breakfast cereal (like oatmeal). The quinoa flour is also great for baking.
BANANA – QUINOA MUFFINS (or waffles)
1/2 cup quinoa flour
1/2 cup quinoa flakes
1/3 cup brown sugar (or 1/3 tsp stevia for sugar-free)
2 TB honey (or 1/8 tsp stevia for sugar-free)
2 tsp baking powder (or 1/2 tsp baking soda mixed with 1 tsp lemon juice)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 very ripe bananas
2 eggs (or 3 tsp egg replacer mixed with 4 TB water for egg-free. See here for other egg substitutes.)
Optional: blueberries, raisins, cut up apricot, cranberries, grated apple, grated carrot, or cinnamon.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix flour, flakes and all dry ingredients. Mix in mashed bananas and all wet ingredients. Pour into greased muffin tins (fill muffin tins 1/2 full). Bake 20-25 minutes.
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To make waffles, add 3 TB oil and 1/2 cup milk.
Erika,
I’ve just discovered your blog and want to thank you. Not only do you have incredible art posted for us to appreciate, but you’ve provided me with some recipes I’m grateful for and anxious to try. I’m looking for recipes that are gluten-free and made with stevia. Thus far, I’ve not been very successful in finding a source that meets both of those stipulations at the SAME time. It seems what’s available are either gluten-free recipes OR recipes made with stevia. Are you familiar with any other helpful sources, either via computer or books I could purchase?
Nice to meet you and thank you for your assistance!!
Hi Nan,
Thank you! Good luck with the recipe hunt. I’ve actually never found any gluten free recipes that use stevia, which is why I started creating my own and experimenting to see what works and what doesn’t.
Please let me know if you find any recipe books like that!
Thanks for this recipe. I have to give it a try. Do you share your recipes in any of the Gluten Free carnivals? You should.
Thanks!
What are the Gluten Free Carnivals?
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This is awesome. I love using quinoa and it’s great all the things that can be done with it. I’ve been standing on my soap box here in Bangkok recommending Quinoa. Finally the stores seem to be stocking much more of it as the demand has gone up here!
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Hello,
I would like to make this muffin to a friend who’s allergic to wheat and sugar. I am wondering if I could use a cake pan instead of muffin tins. If yes, maybe you could suggest a cake pan size. Thank you.
A small loaf (bread) pan would probably work. Good luck!
That’s so great that they sell quinoa in Thailand! My parents live in Malaysia and they can get just about all the same health foods as we do here. Pretty amazing.
Thank you so much for sharing these recipes!!! I was just recently put on a very strict diet and was so wanting a “bread” like breakfast… since wheat, egg’s, dairy and sugar were taken away I was feeling very SAD… I am so excited to make these muffins, and I love banana bread. Thank you again for sharing these healthy heart creative recipes. I feel like there is life after the restricted diet!!!
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Hi Erika,
thank you so much fro the great recipes , do you have any bread recipes I’m a bread lover specially flat bread or wraps.
Hope
Hello Hope,
Here are some of my other recipes: http://mudspice.wordpress.com/category/recipes/
Warmly,
Erika
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