Unreal Chocolate Quinoa Brownies
There used to be a popular meme of some funny guy (it might have been Zach Galifinakis actually??) and the words "I pronounce quinoa better than anyone else". That was like 5 years ago when quinoa was super cool and new. 5 years after something becomes super cool and new is when I start getting really into it. Like skinny jeans, remember how weird it felt the first time you put on skinny jeans? I put a pair on and took them right back off SO many times before I finally said YOU CAN DO THIS and wore them outside.
And now look at us, back to wearing cropped flares like its 1999 and our moms had some Kohls Cash to burn .
I didn't like quinoa at first because I thought it tasted like bugs and I was self conscious of my pronunciation. Like Worcestershire. I once chose to use Worcestershire as an ingredient in a recipe segment on local TV. That means I had to say the damn word live...who do I think I am? I actually pronounced it correctly...at least I remember it that way (wor-chest-er-uh-sher?) .
Now I'm pretty much fine with quinoa. Especially when it somehow makes these unbelievable cake brownie things. I have a pretty firm grasp on food science from that one 7 AM class I slept through in college, but these just boggle the mind. Pretty much any time I make quinoa, I make 2 cups extra just so I can make these (this? I can't decide if it's a cake or brownies 🤔).
Ummmmm someone tell me how you're supposed to rinse quinoa? It says right there on the package "rinse thouroughly before cooking". BUT HOW THOUGH? Even the tiniest mesh colander lets the beads slip through the cracks. Ideas?? I usually just skip that part and run it all covered in quinoa dust #badass.
So break out your leftover quinoa and make these. You don't have to tell anyone what's in them, then you won't accidentally pronounce it qwin-oh-ahhhh like a certain mother I know and love.
