So good. Make this and you will love it like we do.
Quinoa & Fruit Bake
¾ cup cashews
8 dates
2 tablespoons whole flax seed
½ teaspoon vanilla powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ -1 cup fruit (see suggestions below)
2¾ cups filtered water
2/3 cup quinoa
zest of 1 lemon
1/3 cup dried cranberries
½ -1 cup fresh or frozen fruit, diced
1/3 cup chopped almonds for topping
½ -1 cup fruit sliced for topping
Add cashews, dates, flax vanilla, cinnamon and ½ -1 cup of fruit to blender. Blend on high until smooth.
Add quinoa to a saucepan and pour ingredients in from blender. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring regularly to avoid sticking to bottom. Let sit 5 minutes.
Fold in the lemon zest, dried cranberries, and diced fruit and pour into an 8” x 8” baking dish.
Top with chopped almonds and sliced fruit
Bake for 50 minutes at 350º.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Fruit suggestions:
- blueberries
- strawberries
- raspberries
- peaches
- apricots
- cranberries
- cherries, halved
- mango
- banana
- chocolate