Saturday, March 5, 2011

Gluten Free Spinach and Carrot Muffins

Makes 12 small muffins
recipe adapted from Green Kitchen Stories

1 cup buckwheat flour
1/3 cup cornflour
1 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp flax seeds (milled) or boiled quinoa
1/2 tsp salt & pepper
1/2 tsp nutmeg (grated)
3 eggs
1 cup yoghurt (we used a dairy-free soygurt)
200 g fresh spinach leaves (roughly chopped)
2 carrots (grated)
1 onion (grated)
1/2 organic lemon (juice and peel)
1 clove garlic (mashed)

top with: 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds

Set the oven at 350°F. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside. Whip egg and yoghurt in another bowl. Add spinach, carrots, onion, lemon and garlic, stir for a minute and then add all the dry ingredients. Pour in muffin tins, top with pumpkin seeds and bake for 25 minutes
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coffee grinder--doubles as the perfect flax seed grinder. I buy whole flax seeds and grind them fresh. The oils in flax seed go rancid easily. Grinding yourself ensures all those lovely oils stay presererved.


I've been experimenting with non conventional flours lately. Here I substituted the buckwheat and cornmeal for coconut and almond flour.

3 comments:

  1. You're so sweet! Thank you Paula :)

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  2. What the heck are you doing with my coffee grinder??? Does coffee taste like rancid flax now? :-(

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  3. I don't know what you're talking about, that thing was made for grinding flax.

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