Healthy Brownies

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup in cooked quinoa
• (or 1 cup cooked quinoa)
• 1 cup pitted dates
• 1/4 cup raw cacao powder
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• sea salt

Directions

1. If you do not already have quinoa from another meal, then begin by cooking it.
2. Place quinoa into a medium saucepan and cover with double the water. (Water:Quinoa = 2:1 ratio).
3. Bring to a boil, turn down heat, and cover with lid on simmer for 12-15 minutes until light and fluffy.
4. Let cool before using in recipe.
5. Preheat your oven to 350F.
6. Grease 8x8 inch baking dish with butter.
7. In a food processor, blend all the ingredients until smooth.
8. Pour this sticky mixture into baking pan.
9. Bake for 20 minutes.
10. Let cool before cutting and serving.
11. To store: line between brownies with parchment paper to keep from sticking and keep in an airtight container in the fridge.