Quinoa and Fruit Pudding

Eat Pretty with a delicious dessert that's guilt-free and sans glut (and gut!). Mix up your traditional recipes by preparing your favorite ingredients in new, healthy and beauty-enhancing ways based on the Cleveland Clinic’s Lifestyle 180 program. These recipes are 100-percent whole grain with no trans fats and contain only minimal amounts of saturated fat and added sugars.

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup organic quinoa
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup dried cherries (No sugar added)
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries (No sugar added)
• 1/2 unsweetened apple sauce
• 2 bananas
• 1 tsp grated orange rind
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

• If saponin has been removed, rinse quinoa is cold water. If not, rinse in hot water.
• Add rinsed quinoa to boiling water; reduce heat to low and simmer for 7 minutes.
• Add dried cherries and dried cranberries; simmer until liquid is absorbed about an additional 5 to 7 minutes.
• While quiona is cooking, combine remaining ingredients in food processor and puree until smooth.
• Remove quinoa from heat and combine pureed mixture with quinoa;  mix well.
• Place in serving bowls and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Recipe makes six 1/2-cup servings.