Quinoa bread with chia seeds, zucchini and carrots. If you want to see my original recipe for Quinoa + Chia Bread, tune into this instructional video from Kamalaya Health Spa to see how to make it. Chia seeds help to give the bread a good, hearty texure but also keep your blood sugar stable, which is important any time you are eating carbohydrates. The combination of quinoa and chia seeds has a list of health benefits that could fill this entire page!
In this vegan quinoa bread recipe we use chia seeds instead of eggs and olive oil instead of butter.
Because of these substitutions, this version of the bread has a very different texture than regular bread.
But it's ideal for anyone with food allergies or those who like to experiment with alternative grains!
You can cook Quinoa bread with chia seeds, zucchini and carrots using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Quinoa bread with chia seeds, zucchini and carrots
- It's 1 cup of quinoa.
- You need 1/2 cup of chia seeds.
- Prepare 1 of medium size zucchini.
- It's 1 of medium size carrot.
- It's 1/2 cup of olive oil.
- Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
- You need 1/2 tsp of pepper.
- You need 2 tbsp of white wine vinegar.
- It's 2 tbsp of pumpkin seeds.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of sunflower seeds.
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Quinoa bread with chia seeds, zucchini and carrots step by step
- In one bowl add 1cup quinoa 2 cups of water Let it rest overnight In a second bowl Finely grated zucchini Finely grated carrot 1/2 cup chia seeds Mix them well and let it rest overnight.
- Preheat oven 320 F. Drain and rinse quinoa add all ingredients except pumpkin and sunflower seeds to a blender. Mix for 1-2 minutes until a smooth consistency. Incorporate rest of the seeds and any other spices you might like. (caraway seeds, fennel seeds...) Line your bread pan with the parchment paper, transfer bread mixture into the pan and sprinkle with additional seeds. (sunflower or pumpkin, or both :).
- Bake it for 1 hour 39 min Pull the bread out to a cooling rack, let it cool. Enjoy!.
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