Hydrolife Canada February/March 2017

Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes
Makes 12 servings
STEP 1
Start with:
• 3/4 C coconut oil
• 12 g shake flour
I like to put this in a crock pot on medium/low and walk
away for an hour, maybe two, but you can simply put this
in a sauce pan on low heat for 25 minutes. Longer cooking,
without burning, equals stronger cupcakes. Let cool.
STEP 2
Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Place into the
food processor or blender:
• 1/3 C cashew milk (sprouted cashews and water blended)
• 2 C cooked quinoa *
• 4 eggs
Mix thoroughly, then carefully add the cooled coconut
oil and cannabis mixture. Mix thorough again.
STEP 3
Put into a medium bowl:
• 1.5 C white sugar
• 1 C cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
Add to wet ingredients in blender and mix thoroughly.
STEP 4
Place in pre-heated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
There are two ways to test that they are done: Lightly
press your finger into the top of a cupcake—if it
springs back up it’s cooked; if the impression stays,
it is not cooked. Or, poke a toothpick directly down
the centre of a cupcake. If it comes out clean, they are
cooked; if there is wet dough stuck to it, then they are
not cooked. Once cooked, let cool; then decorate your
cupcake any way you like.
*quinoa cooks a lot like rice, 1 cup grain to 2 cups water
“Make your goal achievable,
and don’t beat yourself up
about the other things.”
The key is to pick one thing. Make your goal
achievable, and don’t beat yourself up about the
other things. For instance, the year I quit coffee, I did
not quit caffeine. Totally achievable. Focus on what
you are quitting and not what else you should quit.
The only thing I wasn’t successful quitting for a
whole year was swearing. I even tried two years in
a row. No luck. Swears just come out of your body.
Things coming out of you are harder to control than
things going into you.
This year I planned to quit gluten. Very fashionable,
don’t you agree? I have always avoided shoddy,
white, baked goods and focused more on whole
grains, but now I will attempt an all-out assault
against gluten entering my body for 2017.
Everybody who eats kale and avocados knows
that quinoa is the queen of gluten free. Quinoa is
versatile and a great source of protein. We make an
amazing quinoa, amaranth, and cashew milk waffle
at my store (the Commercial Drive Licorice Parlour).
They sell as fast as we make them.
Let’s ring in a new year and get ready for spring with
medicated chocolate quinoa cupcakes. I use coconut
oil in place of butter and cashew milk in place of
dairy milk. Gluten- and dairy-free. Oh yeah!
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show that features one special ingredient: cannabis!
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