Here’s my 2nd recipe using quinoa in “baking”.   Btw, I’m totally making the Banana Quinoa Muffins again this week!!  Maya’s been asking for them every day haha 🙂  They disappeared so fast!

The best part of this next recipe is that after you have made a batch of quinoa, the rest is no bake/aka easy!!

Ingredients (Made 15 Balls)

• 1 Cup cooked Quinoa
• 1/2 Cup Almonds
• 1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil
• 1/4 teaspoon shredded lemon rind
• 1 Cup Medjul Dates
• 2 Tablespoon unsweetened shredded coconut (can get super cheap in the bulk section of a health food store)

Directions

You can do all of it in the Cuisinart.  One dish-easy clean up-WIN!!

• Pulse almonds until they are the size of half a grain of rice (or look like quinoa! :))
• Add in Dates, lemon rind, and coconut oil and pulse until mixture clumps together.
• Add in quinoa and pulse a few more times, just to mix it all together.
• Take a heaping Tablespoon and form balls in your hand (mine were about 1.5 inches wide).
• roll in unsweetened coconut and place in the freezer.  You can eat them frozen, but they are best after warming up a few minutes.

ENJOY!

Nutritional Facts (I entered all the ingredients into Calorie Count)

Serves 15 //  Calories per ball- 65 // Total Fat- 3.1g // Saturated Fat- 1.3g // Cholestererol- 0mg // Sodium- 0mg // Potassium- 43mg // Total Carbohydrates-10.8g // Dietary Fiber-1.3 // Sugars- 6g // Protein-1.3g