Saturday, September 17, 2011

Quinoa Flatbread

I am in love with quinoa lately. 
You prolly already knew that. :)
I recently bought red quinoa and quinoa flour
and I knew that gluten free flatbread was on the agenda. 
My mom calls me bread girl because I love it so much. lol.
now that i'm officially gluten free, 
coming by bread that is.. 
clean, healthy, vegan, and gluten free is so hard!
But I am pretty happy today after having my share of this deliciousness!
Almond butter + fruit jam with this bread makes me happy.

Quinoa Flatbread 
1/4 cup uncooked quinoa 
1 cup + 1/4 cup water 
1/2 cup quinoa flour 
2 tsp expellar pressed almond oil 

additional seasonings of choice 
2 tsp vanilla extract
generous sprinkle of cinnamon

Directions:
1. Cook quinoa with 1 cup water until the liquid is well absorbed. Let it cool.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
3. Mix quinoa flour, cooked quinoa, 1/4 cup water, and 2 tsp of almond oil together. 
4. Add in seasonings. I used vanilla extract and cinnamon for mine. 
5. Lightly grease a circular baking pan with almond oil. 
6. Put baking pan (with no quinoa batter) into the oven for 2 minutes. Very important step! Prebake the pan to keep the flatbread from sticking later on.
7. Take the pan out of the oven and add in the quinoa batter. 
8. Cook for 9 minutes or until you see the flatbread making air bubbles.
9. Enjoy with your favorite salad or nut butter. 

Other tips: You can basically add in your seasonings of choice such as italian seasoning. You can make it sweet or savory!

What do you like to eat your flatbread with?

56 comments:

  1. This is wonderful, just posted a guest post from EA on Quinoa and here is a flat bread..never thought I could make a flat bread with it. This looks yum. I love to eat my flat breads with chutneys and Indian curries.

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  2. oh my, what a great idea! I didn't even know quinoa flour existed!

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  3. ahh i would def eat this with pb & j !

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  4. those cooked quinoa look cute in the flat bread! i think this can make for a great gf pizza base..!:)

    Richa@ Hobby And More Food Blog

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  5. I love quinoa! This is the most creative use of it I think I have seen in awhile. Delicious :-)

    P.S. I am totally ordering matcha off amazon to make your green tea cake!

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  6. This looks delicious and so healthy. And it sounds like such a breeze to make. Great idea.

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  7. I can't believe you made quinoa flatbread - that is *so* awesome Junia. You know me, I always like to combine my carbs with a protein... I would enjoy this flatbread with ricotta cheese or almond butter. DE.LI.CI.OUS.

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  8. Wow..never seen a quinoa flatbread but looks perfect & healthy! Amazing idea!

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  9. I am going to have to buy quinoa flour and make this. I love the idea of quinoa flatbread!

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  10. Easy and tasty! Your flatbread looks wonderful.

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  11. What a great idea - quinoa flatbread! Would make a nice GF stand-in for pita bread.

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  12. Oh my, so creative Junia! I'm totally imagining this sweetened with stevia and turned into sweet cinnamon flat bread, to be topped with sunflower seed butter :D

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  13. This bread would make me happy too! It looks fabulous!

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  14. This looks great. I love all the creative uses for quinoa!

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  15. This is so freaking cool! I can imagine that you can swing it sweet or savory! What a great alternative to pita bread or crackers... Thanks for sharing!!!!

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  16. Great idea Junia! I definitely want to try this! I like Sanjeeta's idea to serve it with chutneys and curry. Super yum! Thanks for this fun idea :-)

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  17. I've been afraid to get into gf baking, but quinoa is one of my favorites so I'm going to give it a try. I think it would be perfect with hummus! I love savory bread.

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  18. i haven't tasted quinoa yet. i'm a bread girl too :D these look delicious

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  19. Hi Junia. In a word...."oooooh". Thanks so much for this recipe, it looks fantastic. I'm now officially on the hunt for quinoa flour. Have a wonderful Sunday.

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  20. We know...you are a quinoa lover like many of us, :) These flat bread look tempting. Great recipe Junia.

    Abrazos

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  21. Must get myself some quinoa tomorrow too. Those flatbread look so good!

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  22. It looks fairly simple, but how pretty!

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  23. This one is a real winner ... love it !!

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  24. What a beautiful recipe....I would have never thought of making quinoa flatbreads...very, very creative...perfect bread - guilt-free too...

    -Shilpa

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  25. Quinoa has always fascinated me n I am a sucker for bread ~ I must commend you on the ingenuity here, this will be in the back of my mind to try sometime!
    USMasala

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  26. I love Quinoa, I love bread, and now I can combine the two! Oh - and I love almond in anything. This is a winning combination!


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  27. What a great recipe, Junia! I always have quinoa flour, quinoa flakes and all 3 kinds of quinoa at home [quinoa freak?! lol] can't wait to play with this recipe and make it for my clients who are gf :) xoxo

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  28. Hai Junia... Nice recipe you share here..
    And I want to share something for U in my page:
    http://c1tr4sinau.blogspot.com/2011/09/strawberry-blackberry-pie-dessert-and.html
    I know You already have dozens of awards, I just think you deserve more :))

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  29. ooh, what a great idea! I need to make some.

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  30. haha how funny! My mom calls me something like that too, though not as much as she used to :P Does your momma call you "bbang soon-ee" by any chance?

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  31. I absolutely LOVE this idea!! Bookmarking this -- it would be perfect with a salad or dipped in hummus =)

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  32. Wow Junia, what a great way to use quinoa...looks delicious and SO healthy.
    Hope you are having a fantastic week and thank you so much for sharing such a great recipe :-)

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  33. So funny...i've been obsessed with flatbreads lately! In fact, I'm posting one tomorrow :) This looks great, especially since it's not the same old flatbread. I'll have to try it, Junia!!

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  34. Junia - This looks so great! I will certainly have to try this.

    I wish there were more time to bake everything that I want to!
    How is the quinoa flavor? My husband doesn't like it that much, but maybe in bread form he'll be OK with it!

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  35. What a pretty looking bread...
    Quinoa is such a versatile grain, just needs to be used more by all of us.
    This looks perfect Junia...

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  36. Junia, this is crazy. How did I miss this?! This is perfect. I got every color and shape of quinoa in my pantry. Honesly I don't mind it but not onlove with it. I bet I would love these quinoa flatbread. Honestly I can't believe I just want to grab one right through the screen.

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  37. This looks INCREDIBLE!! I've never thought to put quinoa in flatbread.

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  38. yum, this looks delish. it would also work for a lot of my kiddos who are doing gluten free. looking forward to more creative recipes. :)

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  39. hy dear,
    sounds very interesting n inviting..:)
    excellent presentation..
    Tasty Appetite

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  40. This looks really awesome! I would love to try this some time.

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  41. This looks so incredible and I have almost everything to make it...except the almond oil..whole foods? I'll let you know how it turns out =)

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  42. Now that is super creative. Can u believe, I am yet to try Quinoa :)

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  43. Such a beautiful and delicious quinoa flatbread. Photo is gorgeous, as well!

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  44. Okay, I am totally saving this gorgeous recipe! I am always on the look out for gluten free bread recipes. And I adore quinoa too! Hugs, Terra

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  45. Junia - would love you to linkup your lovely quinoa flatbread recipe to my Whole Grains Roundup linkup: http://su.pr/2IjQ9c

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  46. Junia....love this idea! I eat quinoa several times a week! Adding it to my list!

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  47. WOW! This looks great! Never thought of making a flatbread out of quinoa!

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  48. Do you cook 1/4 cup quinoa in 1 cup of water or 1/4 cup of water?

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    1. Cook quinoa in 1 1/4 cup water. Let me know if you have more questions!

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    2. Thank you for replying. If I use 1 1/4 water to cook quinoa then what water am I using in step 3?

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    3. ahhh i apologize! okay here it is. cook quinoa with 1 cup water in step 1. then mix with 1/4 cup water in step 3. it's been awhile since i've made this!

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    4. Thank you!! I can't wait to make it!!

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