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Quinoa Raisin Muffins! Dairy-free with no refined sugar added and only 100 calories. A delicious low calorie treat, higher in protein. A great lunchbox snack! Gluten Free + Low Calorie
Just letting you know, this Quinoa Raisin Muffins recipe was originally published September 2015. I retested, rephotographed and updated the content for you. Hope you enjoy it!
I totally intended to post these Quinoa Raisin Muffins last month, but forgot! When we were in San Diego a few weeks ago, my computer died.
We spent part of our Sunday beach day at the Apple store bringing it back to life. I'm extremely grateful they were able to get it running in 30 minutes and didn't have to ship it out or take it overnight. That would have been a mess with being out of town!
What's ironic about this recipe is the last time I posted it, my old MAC died too and I had to take it to the Apple store. I guess there's something about this recipe that makes my computer wanna die. They're just. that. good.
The computer restore meant I lost everything on my hard drive. Luckily...I store all my documents on the cloud and I still had photos on my camera of recipes I hadn't posted that I could easily download. That's when I discovered I never posted these goodies. YUM! I know you're gonna love them.
Simple ingredients and truly easy to make. I love using cooked quinoa in baked goods to add more protein. Quinoa is a unique food that has all 9 essential amino acids our bodies cannot make. Swapping it for flour in baked goods is a great way to add it into your diet and it adds an unexpected texture.
P.S. if you haven't tried these quinoa double chocolate brownies, you need to. After you try these Quinoa Raisin Muffins that is!
Quinoa Raisin Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa cooked
- 1 cup Gluten Free Oat Flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup raisins
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, milk and vanilla. Then add the cinnamon, salt, oat flour and cooked quinoa. If you don't have oat flour, make your own by blending 1 cup of rolled oats in a blender.
- Mix the ingredients together until well blended. Then add the raisins and stir to combine.
- Transfer the mixture to 9 muffin cavities filling all the way to the top. These muffins will not rise much with baking.
- Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted clean. Remove from the oven and rest in the pan 10 minutes before removing and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store muffins in the refrigerator up to 12 days or in the freezer up to 60.
Notes
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Nutrition
What I Used For The Recipe
look absolutely yummy...do you know how many grams of protein are in each muffin??? I count macros:)
Obviously right up my alley! Yumming these!
Yeah for yummly!
These look so good! Definitely saving this recipe for later 🙂
You will love them Daisy!
Just this afternoon I was thinking how quinoa is one of my all time favorite grains. I have pinned a lot of quinoa muffins. Now it's time to actually make some. Starting with your recipe. Thanks! Pinning for menu planning too 🙂
It's my absolute favorite grain to bake with. Hope you enjoy them Jill!
I love that you used quinoa in these! I bet it adds a great texture. I'm a texture whore. 🙂
Well...we already knew that! 😉
I love the texture that the quinoa leaves on the top of the muffin. I am so stuck on my oat muffins, but this is an easy one to try. Next week, when back from the labor day travels!! Have a good weekend pretty lady!
It is easy to get in a routine of eating the same thing over and over. I think it's helpful when trying to lose weight or just when life is busy. Thankfully I have this food blog of mine to keep me innovative. Hope you give them a try sometime!
I've never tried quinoa in a sweet dish before, but this sounds great! I love that quinoa adds so much protein to whatever dish it's in.
Hi Lisa! I bake with quinoa all the time and it gives the goodies a unique texture. I just love it. My quinoa chocolate brownies are my favorites.
Yes to all the quinoa!! I love raisins, but I tend to eat half the bag when I'm baking with them, so I don't use them very often. I need to learn some self control and make these muffins ASAP!! I know Dave would love them. And your pics look fantastic!!
Haha! Luckily I don't have that problem with raisins, but things like nuts forget it. I eat the whole bag before I get the shoot over with.
This recipe sounds delicious - love that it's dairy free! And your photos are awesome - they always make me so hungry!! Haha. Congrats again on Foodgawker 🙂
Thanks Jamie! I have to be careful about reading too many food blogs in the morning otherwise I start munching away mindlessly on things.
Love love love the real whole quinoa here!!! Yummo!
Thanks Rebecca and thanks for sharing my post today!
Happy Friday, Megan! I've never had a quinoa muffin and these sure sound tasty. Hope you have a wonderful weekend, lady! 🙂
I think these would be ones you would really enjoy Ashley. Happy weekend to you too!
What a creative way to use quinoa! Looks really tasty!
Thank Janelle, hope you give them a try!
Yay for Quinoa love! You know, I have never used quinoa in muffins before. That is going to need to change now!
OMG...you need to try it Heather. I used quinoa in a lot of my baked goods. It adds a great texture!
Isn't it so exciting getting your photos accepted on foodgawker?! Makes me realize that I have to continually improve on my photography skills. Even though I've only been at it for not even 3 months, my photos from day 1 to now are a huge improvement!
These muffins look super great, by the way! Have an awesome long weekend 🙂
It really is exciting especially after being denied so many times. Although I still get denied now on a few & get really bummed because they are really good recipes.
You're inspiring me to take photography a whole lot more seriously! It's so intimidating to me! Right now even if I used a great camera it would be luck if anything fell into place. Need to get on my game! These look so yummy 🙂
You will get there! It just takes practice and experimenting. Your pics today were very good.