New Mum’s Food Adventures

So I bought quinoa berry porridge by the brand Orgran and a bag of Quinoa flakes shortly after. Baby likes the quinoa flakes more than regular oats. I buy wheat free oats specifically as he showed signs of issues like his father with gluten. We are going to get them both tested for Celiac. Anyway since gluten gives baby belly pain I do my best to make everything gluten free. While exploring options I decided to try quinoa flakes in place of oats. Oats can sit too heavy sometimes but for my baby he hates the texture unless it’s finely puréed. The quinoa porridge has a nice slimes softness to it that is more pleasurable to chew than oats. The flavour was gentle and he seemed to like it. Hubby liked it to because it isn’t heavy like oats but is still filling. They get softer and softer with the liquid added and swell up a lot. But the best part is there is no bitterness and it’s ready in under 2 minutes.

It goes well with fresh fruit or stewed fruits and is a great gluten free option. I now want to try some pancake recipes using quinoa flakes that I found and see how they turn out and if baby likes them I will try to remember to make a post about them and what worked and what didn’t and improvements.

If you have any recipe recommendations please leave a comment below and let me know.