Quinoa Pizza Bites

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Makes: approximately 40 bites
Calories: 35 per bite
Source:  adapted from www.soveryblessed.com


Ingredients

• 2 cups quinoa
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 2 tbsp dried basil
• 1 cup chopped pepperoni slices
• 1/2 tsp seasoning salt
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp dried oregano

Directions:

1. Bring quinoa to a boil in four cups of water; reduce heat to low and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
3. Preheat oven to 350.
4. When quinoa is cooked, stir it into the mixture.
5. Distribute mixture into a greased mini muffin tin, filling each cup to the top and pressing down gently to compact.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

My mum first turned me on to these delicious little snacks and completely won me over at first bite - all the taste of pizza in one healthy little morsel.  They have since become a staple in our house; we usually have a bag of them in the freezer to throw into Charlotte's lunchbox on days when I'm not quite sure what else to do.  The recipe here differs from the one on the soveryblessed.com website only in that I've substituted dried basil for fresh - I always have dried basil on hand, but not fresh.  As well as being a great lunchbox item, these make for great appetizers too.