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On to food.
I am not gluten-free, but we certainly have many Ordinary Vegan community members who are so this is for them.
These vegan gluten-free blueberry muffins are made with cooked quinoa which adds a lot of protein and moisture. They are perfect for snack time or breakfast.
Make lots and freeze individually so you can grab one for a healthy snack on the go. If you like these quinoa muffins, you might also like our quinoa muffins with dried cherries and walnuts.
Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoy these vegan gluten-free blueberry muffins.
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Vegan Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins
- ½ cup cooked quinoa
- 2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flax and 6 tbsp water whisked together. Place in refrigerator 10 min to thicken)
- 2 ripe medium bananas
- ¼ cup vegan sugar
- 2 Tbsp Virgin Coconut oil (or ¼ cup organic apple sauce to replace oil)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ⅔ cup almond flour
- ⅓ cup quinoa flakes
- 3 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- sea salt
- 1 cup blueberries, frozen or fresh
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a muffin tin.
- Whisk flax eggs and let sit 10 minutes to thicken.
- In a food processor or blender puree flax eggs, bananas, sugar, coconut oil, vanilla and apple cider vinegar. Add cooked quinoa in small batches and blend another 30 seconds.
- In a large bowl, combine the almond meal, quinoa flakes, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and ½ tsp sea salt. Add in wet ingredients and mix well. Add blueberries, combine all and spread evenly in greased muffin tins.
- Bake 30 minutes until tops are golden brown and springy. Let sit 5-10 minutes before removing and cool before eating.
The ingredients in these muffins look SUPER healthy. Definitely going to try this recipe. Thanks, Cissy
I have been looking for a gluten free muffin for a while that didn’t have tons of ingredients, looks like this one hits the mark! I am wondering if you could use different types of frozen fruits to make them?
Hi Mary – Yes you can use any fresh or frozen fruit you desire. I am making them with fresh peaches next week. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Can you please give breakdown on total calories, grams of protein, carbs and fat. They look delicious but for them to fit in my plan I need to know the breakdown – thanks
Hi Loretta – I am working on including them in the future. Thanks for reaching out and being part of our community.
Hi, the recipe calls for 1/2 cup cooked quinoa, then surprises me in the instructions that calls for cooking the quinoa. Do I cook 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa for the muffins? Many thanks for your feedback, I would love to make these. I am always on the lookout for healthier sweets and this seem pretty darn good:-)
I have the same question! I made them with 1/2c leftover cooked quinoa and they seemed okay, but the texture of g-f vegan muffins can be tricky.
Hi Zoe – Definitely use cooked quinoa – I think it was a bit confusing because I instruct how to cook the quinoa but I changed it to make it easier to read. Thanks for reaching out and thanks for being part of our community!
Hi! These look wonderful and I am almost ready to make them! I had this exact question about the Quinoa! Can you clarify the directions in the actual printable recipe? I will skip step two since I’ve already cooked my quinoa… (maybe either take out step 2 or change the ingredients list to say how much uncooked quinoa and water to clarify)
Thanks!
Hello! I love using quinoa in baked goods!
I was wondering if you have any suggestions for substitutes for the almond flour and quinoa flakes as I can’t bake with nuts and don’t have quinoa flakes. I was thinking of using garbanzo bean flour and/or brown rice flour?
Thank you for any ideas!
Hi Kate – you can use any flour you like and although I have never tried it – I would substitute rolled oats for the quinoa. Thanks for stopping by and for being part of our healthy community!