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Chia Seed Quinoa Muffins

Start your morning off right with these healthy chia seed quinoa muffins!

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Why it works: Quinoa and chia share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 11 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 15
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Line 15 muffin cups with paper liners.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt until evenly combined.

  3. Stir in the chia seeds so they are spread through the dry mixture.

  4. In a separate bowl, whisk the fat free milk, egg, plain Greek yogurt and vanilla extract until smooth.

  5. Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir gently. Fold in the cooked quinoa until just combined, without overmixing.

  6. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full.

  7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

  8. Let the muffins cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Quinoa + chiatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Wheat + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,416 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  3. Quinoa + flourtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + chiatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Quinoa + wheattop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs