Best Brownies without flour

I made these brownies for a friend who has stopped eating flour.  I received so many great complements on them.

Brownie Ingredients:
2 cups cooked quinoa, loosely packed
1/3 cup milk
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt



Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 9x13 pan.

Combine the milk, eggs and vanilla in the blender or food processor and pulse a few times to combine. Add the cooked quinoa and the butter and puree until completely smooth. Stop the machine as needed to scrape the sides and make sure everything is well mixed. This will be a thick and creamy consistency once the quinoa is pureed. (You should not see any little beads of quinoa in the pureed mixture.) Whisk together the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and add the contents from the blender. Stir until well combined.

Put the batter in the cake pan and bake on a center oven rack for 28-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and let cool.  I just let it cool in the pan.  I also frosted them with a basic frosting recipe which I will have to post at a later time.

News

So since I started this blog I became a Vegetarian.  I am trying my best to become a Vegan but needless to say it is a hard challenge to manage.  But I have not eaten any meat products since August 17th of 2013.  I will still keep posting recipes on here but without the meat.  Any of the recipes can have meat incorporated into them.  I will try to say which ones I would add if I cooked it with meat but all the pictures will be meat free.  I will also try to be more diligent about getting new posts on here sooner.

Pasta with artichokes

This one was super simple.

I box of thin spaghetti
3TBS olive oil
1 can olives
1 small jar artichokes drained (about 1.5 cups)
1 can diced tomatoes drained (about 1.5 cups)
1 small jar capers (about 1/4 cup)

I cooked a box of thin spaghetti then when it was done I put it back in the pan with some olive oil so it wouldn't become clumped together.  I then added a can of olives drained. I small jar of artichokes drained. I can of diced tomatoes drained.  And last I added a small jar of capers.  This was wonderful and super healthy.

7 Layer Dip

This dip recipe is a hug hit.

This is how it is layered in the pan

1 can re-fried beans mixed with 1 package taco seasoning
2-3 cups guacamole (I make mine with just avocados, lemon juice, onion, and tomatoes)
2 cups sour cream
1-2 cups shredded cheese
2 large tomatoes diced
1-2 cans of large olives sliced or buy the pre-sliced or diced olives.
6 scallions sliced up

I mix the re-fried beans and taco seasoning together then spread it in a 9x13 pan.  I then make my guacamole and spread it on top of the beans, I am not even sure how much I use of everything because I go off of taste.  I am sure there are some great guacamole recipes on Pinterest or Google it.  Then I spread the sour cream, be careful not to press too hard or it will mix with the guacamole.  Then I sprinkle on the cheese, tomatoes, olives and scallions.  I serve this with either crackers or chips.