19 Feb Gluten-free quinoa and chia seed bread

Yes. There’s a bread recipe that is made for coeliac or simply for people who decide to maintain a gluten-free diet. Although this type of bread is more humid, it’s the perfect option for the ones who desire a super nutritious start of the day. One tip: toast it for a minute for better consistency.

It’s high fiber content makes this quinoa and chia seed bread an excellent option of diabetics. Furthermore, it’s gluten-free! Luckily, nowadays we can find in the market a lot of cereals that doesn’t contain gluten: rice, quinoa, amaranth, millet, buckwheat… These variety of options make possible recipes that, traditionally, weren’t thought for all diets.

Gluten-free quinoa and chia seed bread

Do you want to know more advantages of this bread? It can also be included in a vegan or vegetarian diet!

Let’s go with the recipe.

Ingredients for 6 pieces:

• 1 ¾ cups of Gold Foods USA quinoa soaked in water the night before
• 1 cup of water
• ¼ of oil (olive oil for better taste and a healthier option)
• 2 tablespoon of Gold Foods USA chia seeds
• 2 pinches of salt
• ½ teaspoon of baking soda
• Half squeezed lemon
• ½ cup of amaranth flour (or any other gluten-free flour)
• ¼ of sunflower seeds

Step by step:

1. Preheat the oven at 200ºF (160ºC).
2. Soak the Gold Foods USA chia seeds in ½ of a cup of water until doubling its size.
3. Take the Gold Foods USA quinoa soaked in water the night before and the chia seeds and put it in a blender with the other ½ of the cup of water, the oil, the baking soda, salt and lemon. Blend it for 3 minutes approximately, until having a sticky paste-like consistency.
4. Add the amaranth flour (or the one you choose) little by little until integrate it completely with the dough.
5. Line an oven-proof mold with greaseproof paper and spray it cooking oil spray.
6. Pour the blend in the mold distributing it perfectly.
7. Cover it with the sunflower seeds.
8. Bake for an hour until you see a golden color on the outside and slightly humid on the inside.
9. Take out the mold and let it cool down.

And there you have your gluten-free quinoa and chia seed bread!

The options of gluten-free flours indicated on the ingredients are: coconut flour, sprouted flour, oat flour, rice flour, almond flour, tapioca flour, teff flour. But there are many more. You just must try them and find the one you love.

This recipe can be combined with your favorite bread topping. Remember that chia and quinoa are two perfect superfoods to add to your daily routine. There’re also many other recipes that makes those rich seeds a perfect dish.

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