Simple, Healthy And Yummy Quinoa Bread Recipe. Posted on 26 November 2014 at 11:11 Place the chia seeds in a bowl with 100ml water, stir well and leave for 15 minutes. This should then form into a gel. Place the quinoa in a saucepan and cover with three times the amount of cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes, this will only be part-cooked which is what you want. Drain with a sieve and run under cold water until completely cool. Leave to drain for a few minutes. This is important because if it is too wet your bread will be stodgy. - Place the chia gel and the quinoa into a blender and blitz to combine, then add 150ml water with the olive oil, bi carb, salt and lemon juice. Whizz for 5 minutes. You want to consistency to be quite wet, similar to a muffin batter. Add in the sesame seeds and blitz to combine. Pour this into the loaf tin, cover with the sunflower seeds and bake in the oven for 1 hour. It should be firm and slightly golden on top. - Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely. Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge, ready to slice when needed. It is delicious toasted too!
