Peanut Butter Quinoa Cookies (gluten, dairy, and egg free)

I was initially inspired by this recipe, but after a few tweaks whilst making them and the consistency and flavor just wasn’t right.

Plus I thought they’d be excellent in the dehydrator. I made two batches one for the dehydrator one for the oven on a low heat.

I love how they turned out in the dehydrator. The perfect texture of crispy on the outside and chewy in the inside, and the almond flavor came through a bit more. I’m still not 100% satisfied with the recipe and I want to try a cinnamon raisin version too. But they’re definitely good enough to share and have one amazing ingredient list.

Peanut Butter Quinoa Cookies (egg, dairy, and gluten free)

• 2 c cooked quinoa
• ½ c almond butter (or other nut butter)
• ¼ raw honey
• ½ c oat flour (or other flour)
• ½ c oats
• ¼ c cacao nibs or carob chips
• ¼ c ground flax

1. Mix the cooked quinoa, almond butter and honey in a bowl
2. Mix in the oats, flour, and flax
3. Fold in the cacao nibs or carob chips
4. Oven option: Bake at 250 F for 45 minutes or until desired texture is reached
5. Dehydrator option: Cook on 115 for 8 hours

These are so much hardier than a regular cookie and the nuttiness of the quinoa is perfectly complimented by the nut butter. I strongly recommend the dehydrator version but if you don’t have one just put your oven on the lowest temperature it goes. (mine happened to be 250)

x

Casey

Smoked Maple Kale Chips

I make Kale chips on a semi-regular basis now. Pretty much whenever I buy Kale most of it ends up in the dehydrator.

And there’s nothing better than the hum of a dehydrator 🙂

I was feeling saucy and decided to get a little creative flavor wise.

Inspired by my favorite seasoning du jour –  Smoky Maple Rubdown.

• 1 T water
• 1 T apple cider vinegar
• 1 T maple syrup
• 1 t smoky maple seasoning (you can make your own using smoked sea salt, brown sugar, chile powder, paprika, lime, and cumin)

I dehydrated it for 11-12 hours. If you do not have a dehydrator you can run out now and get one, or you can put these in the oven at a low temperate for a good amount of time- until crispy.

It’s supposed to hit 80 this weekend in Denver. Definitely going to spend the majority of my days outside 🙂

I’ll be demoing Justin’s Candy Bars 11-2 today at Colorado Blvd and from 4-7 at the Tamarac Whole Foods on Sunday. Stop by for delicious treats 😀

x

Casey