Quinoa Pizza Bites
Description
Walnuts, quinoa and cheese are baked together with Italian seasonings to make these chewy crunchy bites. Pizza sauce for dipping adds to the Italian flavor.
Ingredients
-
1 cup California walnuts
-
1 cup cooked quinoa
-
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
-
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
-
1/4 teaspoon salt
-
3 eggs
-
1/3 cup sliced black olives
-
1 cup pizza sauce
PREPARATION
-
Preheat oven to 350°F and liberally coat 20 mini muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray.
-
Place walnuts, quinoa, cheese, Italian seasoning, salt and eggs in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until walnuts are coarsely chopped and mixture is well blended.
-
Using a tablespoon or small scoop, place about a tablespoon of the mixture into each muffin cup. Use the back of a spoon to press mixture into the muffin tin and place sliced olives on top.
-
Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with pizza sauce.
NUTRITION
- Calories: 180 cal
- Total Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.138 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.058 g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.138 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg
- Sodium: 280 mg
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g
- Total Sugars: 2 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Vitamin D: 0 mcg
- Calcium: 120 mg
- Iron: 1 mg
- Potassium: 200 mg