You have cooked quinoa of course (which we used for these quinoa macaroons), you have quinoa flour which is quinoa finely milled into a flour, you have
quinoa flakes which are similar to oats AND you have quinoa crispies which are the quinoa form of rice crispies.
I would probably try using some rice bran or
quinoa flakes which are texturally similar, though their level of absorbency is different to oats.
It sounds like you've used quinoa grains instead of
quinoa flakes which the recipes calls for.
Not exact matches
This year I wanted to test out
quinoa quinoa flakes,
which are similar to oatmeal.
We have seen recipes on
quinoa porridge both with
flakes and regular
quinoa grains, so
which ever you choose I am sure you will succeed.
Since my son is allergic to oats, I used
quinoa flakes,
which I have had good success with as a substitute for oats in cookies and granola bars.
Not sure if you have solved your oat replacement question but I would suggest
quinoa flakes (
which in fact look like oats but are made from
quinoa).
But since it's not Passover, you can use oatmeal,
which you can get anywhere, instead of the
quinoa flakes.
I could not find
quinoa flakes so I used regular
quinoa,
which was a mistake.
If you take a walk down the health food aisle at Woolworths you will find the Macro
quinoa range,
which includes tricolour and white
quinoa and
quinoa flakes (great for making delicious gluten free porridge).
I have just made this using
quinoa instead of rice, and sunflower seeds instead of
flaked almonds,
which I couldn't get today for some reason - very good indeed, but I couldn't help thinking that it was a slight waste of asparagus, as the rather delicate flavour of the English asparagus was rather overwhelmed by the more robust flavours of the dish.
We start with a base of
quinoa flakes, then add chia and hemp seeds for added protein, stir in a scoop of protein powder (
which is optional, but definitely makes it sweeter), some cinnamon and nutmeg (< — duh) and top it off with some unsweetened almond milk.
They don't require any flour
which I love, and start with a base of creamy cashew butter,
which has been sweetened with local honey and an overly ripe banana, then mixed with a combination of chewy oats, light
quinoa flakes, toasted coconut and omega - 3 packed chia seeds.
I bookmarked this page a while ago, and just went to add these to my menu plan for this week since I have
quinoa on hand, when I realized it calls for the
flakes (
which I haven't the slightest idea where to get)!
All we have to do is make our basic muffin batter
which is just oats,
quinoa flakes, a touch of coconut sugar and some baking powder, then add in our wet ingredients
which is applesauce, non-dairy milk and eggs.
Speaking of
which, I think I'm gonna try one of your breakfast bake recipes with
quinoa flakes in place of the oats.
I also purchased a jar of homemade apple butter for the road,
which I add to hot
quinoa flakes cereal for breakfast or just eat right out of the jar like applesauce.