Chocolate Quinoa Pudding 🍫🥣

Don't knock it until you try it! It's yummy! 😋

Nutrition:

Quinoa is a grain that has become particularly popular along with millet, oats, buckwheat and amaranth, due to its health benefits and its nutritional profile. Unlike wheat or rice, quinoa is a complete protein that contains all the nine essential amino acids. It is also naturally gluten-free and easy to digest. There are more than 120 varieties of quinoa, each of them providing essential nutrients such as thiamine (vitamin B1), manganese, phosphorus, magnesium and folate. It is stated that quinoa benefits high-risk group consumers such as diabetic patients, children, the elderly, people with lactose intolerance and people with anemia. It is important to know that one serving of quinoa (around 40 g) meets an important part of your daily recommendations for essential nutrients and health improving compounds. The only drawback of this grain is the fact that it contains anti-nutritional factors including saponins, phytic acid and protease inhibitors that could cause negative effects to the nutritional, sensory and quality aspects of quinoa. The most significant anti-nutritional factors are the saponins, as they are present in big quantities and impart a bitter taste. However, they are easily removed through mechanical abrasion. Sometimes, saponins are not completely removed because, although they give the plant a bad taste, they are responsible for many benefits including antifungal, antiviral, anticancer, diuretic and anti-inflammatory properties. It is incredible how this grain can be used and incorporated in both savoury and sweet applications… have you ever tried a chocolate quinoa pudding?

What You Need:

50 g of quinoa

3 g of coconut shavings

6.5 g of brown sugar

5 g of cocoa powder

70 g of water

Allergens: Milk, Sulphites

Health Claims: the recipe is a source of iron, fibre, magnesium, phosphorus, niacin, folic acid and potassium and it is high in copper and manganese