I saw this on the Today show today. Not yesterday. Quinoa is quite the sexy, little food and packed with protein. I love chocolate. Chocolate makes me hungry. Quinoa is loaded with protein and protein keeps me from gettin' hungry. Perfect combination, don't you think?

Recipe: Chocolate chip quinoa cookies
Peggy Kotsopoulos Ingredients

1 cup cooked quinoa1 cup uncooked quinoa flakes (or oatmeal flakes)
1 cup unsweetened, shredded coconut (sweeetened is all I had)
2 tablespoons almond butter (I used natural peanut butter)
4 large VERY RIPE bananas (tons in my freezer)
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Pinch sea salt (regular ol' kind worked just fine for me)

Preparation
These cookies are SOOO GOOD! The are jam-packed with protein, fiber, stress-busting B-vitamins, energizing goodness and deliciousness! They're also gluten-free and will kick your cravings to the curb.

To prepare the cookies:

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas in bowl with a fork and add vanilla, almond butter and coconut sugar. Add quinoa, oatmeal, coconut and pinch of salt. Mix until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and drop batter on to cooking sheet. Bake for 25-30 minutes (watch them. at 25 minutes, the bottoms of mine got too done). Remove from oven and let cool.

Serving Size
Makes about 25 cookies that look more like muffin-tops and are chewy.