Quinoa for Breakfast

Nikki diMonda Kayatta
Nikki diMonda Kayatta @cook_7835916
Atlanta, GA

Promise you will want to ditch oatmeal for this recipe
Quinoa is awesome! Why not eat it for breakfast?! It is a complete protein which means it contains all nine essential amino acids and it's full of other vitamins and minerals. We tried it this paste weekend and I'm hooked.

Quinoa for Breakfast

Promise you will want to ditch oatmeal for this recipe
Quinoa is awesome! Why not eat it for breakfast?! It is a complete protein which means it contains all nine essential amino acids and it's full of other vitamins and minerals. We tried it this paste weekend and I'm hooked.

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Ingredients

4-servings
  1. 1 cupquinoa white
  2. 1 tbspcoconut oil
  3. 1 and 1/2 cupscoconut milk
  4. 1/2 cupWater
  5. 1 tspvanilla
  6. 1/2 tspcinnamon
  7. 3 tspsmaple syrup
  8. 1 handfulblueberries frozen heated in the microwave to warm
  9. 1 tspcoconut flakes
  10. 1 tbspwalnuts roasted
  11. 2 tspchia seeds
  12. 2 tspwalnut butter
  13. 1 handfulwalnuts
  14. 1banana, peeled and sliced

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Add the coconut oil in a saucepan over high heat, then add the quinoa and stir until it starts popping and turns golden brown. Then add 1 cup of the coconut milk, the 1/2 cup water, 1/2 tsp. of the vanilla, and the cinnamon. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed and the quinoa is tender, about 12 minutes.

  2. 2

    Remove from the heat. Stir in 2 tsp. of the maple syrup, chia seeds, and the remaining 1/2 cup (4 fl. oz./125 ml) coconut milk.

  3. 3

    To serve, spoon the hot quinoa into bowls. Drizzle with the walnut butter and spoon the warm blueberries over the quinoa. Top with the banana, walnuts, and coconut. Serve almond milk.

  4. 4

    You have now been converted to breakfast quinoa :)

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Nikki diMonda Kayatta
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Hey there!I'm so glad you stopped to visit! Welcome to my blog/recipe bank. I love cooking for Michael (my husband) and I when we aren't working at the hospitals here in Atlanta. Being health conscious, it's all about the preventative medicine people! That includes what we eat :) I'm an oncology pharmacist and creating potions and recipes was something I was born to do. My grandmother taught me italian cooking at a young age and it brings out the best in my recipes to this day.So here's to you Grandma!
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