Beautiful Kittens! This is a “Recipe Sunday on a Monday” – yesterday has been a very busy day and didn’t really manage to sit down and write. So here we go today! The recipe is for these beautiful and healthy Quinoa Chocolate Chip Cookies by HealthyLittleVittlle: I know, it’s warm and it’s not ideal to get the oven going, but I need comfort food at least once a week. But here’s the kick: the recipe I am sharing today is also very healthy!

Ingredients

• 4 flax eggs (4 tablespoons ground flaxseed meal + 1/2 cup water)
• 1/2 cup tapioca starch
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup maple sugar* (may substitute with coconut sugar)
• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup peanut butter (or other nut/seed butter)
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Method

1. Cook one serving of quinoa per package directions.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Make the flax eggs by combining the flaxseed meal and water together in a bowl and let it sit to ‘gel up’.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the tapioca starch, baking powder and maple sugar. Add the cooked quinoa, vanilla, peanut butter (or other nut/seed butter) and flax eggs to the bowl and mix until a batter forms, then fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, then using a large cookie scoop (about 2-3 heaping tablespoons of batter per cookie), scoop the cookie dough onto the baking sheet leaving a few inches in between cookies.
5. Bake the cookies for 15-20 minutes, they should just start to look golden- avoid over baking unless you like crunchier cookies.
6. Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool for about 5 minutes, then using the back of a small bowl or measuring up gently flatten the cookies, not too flat. Let them cool to set up completely and then enjoy!

Easy-peasy.

I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I do!

Have a great day,

TVCL xx