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Gluten-free Seed Clusters

21/01/2016 By Kate Crocker 1 Comment

These little snacks pack a nutritional punch to rival even the most popular of superfoods

Gluten-free seed clusters in coloured paper wrappers on a wooden board
Gluten-free seed clusters in coloured paper wrappers on a wooden board

Gluten-free seed clusters

Kate Crocker
A nutritious and crunchy snack for lunchboxes. And they're yummy! Also nut-free and egg-free.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Snack
Cuisine Australian
Servings 12 clusters

Equipment

  • 1 mini muffin oven tray 12 cavities, 25 ml capacity
  • 12 small patty pan cases
  • 1 shallow slice oven tray
  • 1 Large mixing bowl
  • 1 Mixing spoon
  • 1 Small mixing bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 60 g sunflower seeds
  • 60 g pumpkin seeds
  • 35 g sesame seeds
  • 50 g dried currants
  • 40 g butter, melted
  • 40 g rice malt syrup (or honey)
  • Cooking spray

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180° Celsius (conventional oven) or 160° Celsius (fan-forced oven)
  • Grease and line 12 cavities in a mini-muffin (25 ml capacity) tray. Lightly spray the bottom of each patty pan with cooking spray
  • Grease and line a large shallow slice tray and spread seeds over tray in a thin layer
  • Bake for 10 minutes.
  • Remove tray from oven and allow to cool a little
  • Put seeds into a large bowl, along with currants. Combine
  • Put butter and rice malt syrup into a smaller bowl
  • Cover the smaller bowl with a plate and microwave on high for 30 seconds, or until butter is melted. Stir to combine
  • Pour butter mixture into seed mixture and combine
  • Put heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture into each patty pan
  • Press down on the mixture with the back of the spoon to compact it and then fill each patty pan with more mixture
  • Press down again with the back of the spoon to compact the mixture
  • Put the tray in the oven and bake for 15 minutes
  • Allow to cool in tray

Notes

Store in an airtight container and consume within three days.
  • Nut-free
  • Refined sugar-free
  • Egg-free
To make dairy-free, replace butter with Nuttelex spread.
Keyword egg free, gluten-free, kids snack, lunchbox, lunchboxes, nut free, recess snack, refined sugar free

Gluten-free seed clusters are an ideal lunchbox snack

I’ve never been a huge fan of seeds. Even though they’re so full of nutritional goodness, I could never get too excited about snacking on them. Honestly, I’d rather eat nuts.

If your household is anything like mine, then the food tastes of the grocery shopper largely dictate what goes into the shopping basket each week. And so it has been the case that I’ve never really bought seeds.

But some time ago, I was given a trove of gluten-free groceries by friends who were moving overseas. Among them were sesame seeds, pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and sunflower seeds. They sat in my cupboard untouched until recently, when I finally turned my mind to how to use them.

Gluten-free seed clusters seemed a good solution and a great option for lunchboxes. After all, when it comes to their nutritional profile, these little guys are packing a punch to rival even the most popular of superfoods.

Incredibly good nutritional value

According to the website C Health, between them, these three seed varieties contain high levels of:

  • good fats
  • proteins
  • amino acids
  • folate
  • selenium
  • vitiman E
  • iron
  • zinc
  • copper
  • magnesium
  • calcium.

That’s quite a list.

The family’s verdict

But the really big surprise with these gluten-free seed clusters is that my coeliac daughter, who remains my fussiest eater (although not nearly as fussy as some) just loves them and regularly asks me to make them. No problems at all. Even though I can’t freeze them, they’re so quick and easy to make that I can whip them up in just minutes whenever I have the oven on. And they’ll keep in an airtight container for a few days.

The verdict from the rest of the family? My husband, daughter and I love them. My other daughter and son are not quite as keen but they’ll regularly find them in their lunchboxes and I’m sure they’ll tuck in if they’re hungry.

Enjoy!

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  1. Kate says

    04/02/2016 at 10:28 am

    I’m a bit like you – nuts over seeds if given the choice. That said, if there are seeds in a trail mix, I enjoy them and likewise in a granola mix for the top of yogurt.

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