The amazing Lauren from Nutri-Savvy was gracious enough to review my cookbook and decided to make these muffins with her adorable daughters! The verdict:
Delicious! Just enough balance in flavors, sweet but not too sweet, a little nutty and the right combo ingredients – including cocoa and cinnamon spice making it a scrumptious treat! The quinoa literally disappeared, but its nutritional value surely brings this treat up a notch or two. The texture was perfect – dense but not heavy.
Thank you Lauren Kelly for a chance to review your book and delight in one of your amazing creations!
Please go and visit Lauren here to read more about the review and her wonderful blog! Lauren O’Connor, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian and owner/nutritional consultant for Nutri-Savvy – a lifestyle program that re-kindles an intuitive sensory approach to food: “Savor, Taste and Enjoy…Nutrition.”
This is just one of the 300 recipes in my cookbook, The Everything Wheat-Free Diet Cookbook. Go get yourself a copy today!
I love quinoa. I think many of you know this already 🙂
I have lots of recipes for quinoa salads, quinoa patties, quinoa for breakfast…you name it. Oh, except quinoa in baked goods! So I stumbled upon this Martha Stewart recipe for Quinoa Muffins that looked super yummy. But I was in the mood for something chocolatey. These came out TO DIE FOR! I love that the quinoa adds protein and some fiber, and the cocoa adds some sweetness.
Soooo….what the heck is sucanat? Sucanat is the least refined form of cane sugar. Sucanat still retains vitamins and minerals that processed white sugar is stripped of. I bought mine at Whole Foods. Try it 🙂
Ok, back to these yummy muffins… Each muffins only has 115 calories, 2 grams of fiber and 4 grams of protein. I’ll take it!
Dry ingredients*:
1 ¾ cup buckwheat flour
¼ c unsweetened cocoa powder
½ c sucanat (can substitute regular or turbinado sugar)
1 ½ t baking powder
1 t sea salt
1 t cinnamon
Wet ingredients:
¼ c grapeseed oil
1 large egg
1 c reduced fat buttermilk
1 t vanilla
2 c cooked quinoa, cooled
¼ c chopped almonds or whatever nuts you like
1. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl (the first 7 above) and mix with a wire whisk.
2. In a separate larger bowl, combine the wet ingredients (including the nuts) and mix well.
3. Gently fold in the dry ingredients and mix just until they are incorporated.
4. Fill lightly buttered muffin tins ¾ full with batter. Bake at 350°F for 25 min, or until cooked through. Let cool slightly before removing from the pan.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 muffin
Amount Per Serving
Calories 115 Calories from Fat 39 (3 WW points per muffin)
Total Fat 4.3g
Saturated Fat 0.6g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 8mg
Sodium 94mg
Total Carbohydrates 16.2g
Dietary Fiber 2.3g
Sugars 0.8g
Protein 4.0g
*adapted from Get Real 4 Health
ENJOY! Come back again soon~
Ally's Kitchen says
June 21, 2012 at 6:55 pmThese sound awesome, Lauren…and I love how you list all the nutritional info! xo
LaurenKellyNutrition says
June 21, 2012 at 10:36 pmThanks sweet Ally 🙂
PB and Peppers (@JenatPBandP) says
June 22, 2012 at 12:14 amYour muffins look amazing!!
LaurenKellyNutrition says
June 22, 2012 at 11:48 amThank you! 🙂
Savory Simple says
June 22, 2012 at 4:56 pmI feel healthier just looking at these!
Sarajane Boyle says
June 23, 2012 at 1:25 pmThanks Lauren! Love your website and you! Hope your back is feeling better!
SJ 🙂
LaurenKellyNutrition says
June 23, 2012 at 2:52 pmAw thank you SJ 🙂
onenightowl says
June 25, 2012 at 4:26 amLauren, I use Stevia to sweeten my food. Do you know the ratio for this recipe? It sounds awesome. I also enjoyed reading your Shrimp Scampi recipe and I do plan of fixing it because we love shrimp and spinach.
Today has been a very good day for finding and meeting new contacts on Facebook. Not only do I need the tips but I pass them on to my page “Health is Happiness”. It is becoming more of a resource page because I am linking up with so many awesome people like yourself and am finding a wealth of information. If you have not checked it out please do so at http://www.facebook.com/iherbcom
Thanks,
Cindy
LaurenKellyNutrition says
June 25, 2012 at 11:44 amThanks for stopping by Cindy! I will go over and visit your page 🙂
Amee Beck Livingston says
June 27, 2012 at 2:28 amThis is a delicious way to enjoy my quinoa!! Thank you for bringing these yummy muffins to Fit and Fabulous Fridays!!
Lauren O'Connor says
March 8, 2013 at 4:05 pmMy husband tried them and loved ’em as well – the perfect amount of sweetness. He also mentioned that the ‘crumb’ (texture) came out perfect. Can’t wait to try some of your other recipes!
xo,
Lauren : )
lauren.kelly says
March 8, 2013 at 5:10 pmThank you Lauren!! 🙂
jannel james says
January 13, 2015 at 9:20 pmCan I substulitute another flour like almond flour with buckwheat flour? Jannel
lauren.kelly says
January 13, 2015 at 9:31 pmHello Jannel! Yes you can definitely try to substitute that, please let me know who they come out! 🙂
Kita says
January 14, 2015 at 11:08 pmIm just learning to love quinoa…. But… I mean… these are chocolate quinoa muffins. So I could see myself quickly falling in love. 😉
lauren says
February 10, 2014 at 12:54 pmI am so glad you liked them Ann! XO