Eating with a purpose

True healthy eating involves eating with a purpose. What are you eating and why? The foods that you select should be carefully selected and should possess the nutrients needed to over come some health issues and promote overall good health.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Veggie Vegan Pizza on Quinoa Crust - Gluten Free!




Ingredients  
Makes one 8 inch pizza:
- 3/4 of a cup of quinoa (soaked for about eight hours)
- 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons of mixed herbs, I used herbs de provence and oregano
- a sprinkling of chilli flakes
- salt
For toppings I used:
- 2 tablespoons of organic tomato puree
- a dozen cherry tomatoes
- a handful of artichokes
- a handful of pitted black olives
- a handful of rocket (arugula)

Instructions: 
Soak the quinoa overnight or for about eight hours in water . The best way to do this is put the quinoa in a larger bowl and cover it in water, make sure that it's covered by a few cm's. Then leave this to one side.
Once you're ready to make the pizza, pre-heat the oven to 190C. Then drain any water left in the quinoa bowl, before putting the quinoa into a food processor with the apple cider vinegar, herb, chilli flakes and salt. Blend for a few minutes until a smooth dough forms, it should look a bit like pancake mix.
Line the bottom of a pizza dish or cake pan with olive oil and pour the mix in, then bake for about 15- 20 minutes, until the base is firm - it cooks really pretty quickly though.
Remove and add your topping, either place it back in the oven for a few minutes to warm them or enjoy your toppings raw! I like my tomatoes and tomato puree heated and the rest of my ingredients raw. Delicious!

Source:

 http://deliciouslyella.com/vegan-quinoa-pizza-crust-gluten-free-dairy-free/

 http://truefitnessbootcamp.com/Nutrition_Challenge.html

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