Quinoa Experiment

Here is my second experiment with quinoa! I really like the idea of eating quinoa because variety is the spice of life and quinoa is so good for you! The recipe I used was for Double Broccoli Quinoa and it turned out great! I also made a spiced salmon and yogurt biscuits because they are my Love's favorite. Whenever I ask if he wants yogurt biscuits he NEVER says no.

I didn't follow the recipe exactly, but tweaked it to my liking!
Have I posted yet about my toaster oven being my favorite kitchen appliance? I use it for just about EVERYTHING, even cake! I found this cute little dish ( which is a nice size for many things ) and used it for cake in the toaster oven. It came out perfectly: slightly dense and chewy but sweet and delicious. I rarely frost my cakes because I prefer to eat them warm out of the oven. The sweet hints inside the cake are just enough that it doesn't even need the frosting.
Here is the recipe:

1/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup milk

1/4 tsp pure vanilla

juice and zest from one lemon

1 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg, milk, vanilla, lemon juice and zest. Put flour and baking powder together in sifter and sift into the batter. Mix until combined and bake in toaster oven at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

If you live near a costco you should grab a 10 pound bag of organic sugar there because it is only 89 cents a pound. That's a steal!

For the milk I used vanilla flavored almond milk and omitted the vanilla.

And a shout out to Land O Lakes butter for doing the quarter cup butter sticks. LOVE them.