Recipe
Quinoa For Breakfast: The New Way To Start Your Day
All pictures taken by Cesar Zamora.
While quinoa got its fair share of popularity as a superfood to add to bowls and dinners, it's barely scraped the breakfast world— or so we thought. Last month I got a cookbook called "Vegan Recipes in 30 Minutes" that showed a recipe for a sweet quinoa breakfast bowl. I had heard about having quinoa for breakfast before, but hadn't paid much attention to it. However after trying it, I was completely converted. It felt like eating a posh version of an oatmeal bowl, packed with protein and a weird but interesting texture.
After that, I started playing around with different ways to cook quinoa for breakfast until I found my two favorite combinations: one sweet and one savory.
Quinoa as a Superfood
Quinoa is known as a superfood, but what does that even mean? Quinoa is a crop that's technically a seed but it is cooked similarly to grains like rice or barley. Therefore, as most seeds, it is an incredible source of plan-based protein, providing 8g of protein per cup, It is also filled with nutrients, specifically a great source of fiber, magnesium, B vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E and various beneficial antioxidants
Maple Quinoa with Cinnamon Apples
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
- For the Quinoa*
- 1/2 cup quinoa
- 1/2 cup vanilla nondairy milk can substitute for regular milk + vanilla
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tbsp. maple syrup or agave
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- For the Apples
- 1 apple pealed and chopped into cubes
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. sugar your choice I used stevia
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Spinach, Egg and Quinoa Muffins
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup quinoa
- 1 cup water
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup shredded cheese
- 1 cup spinach finely cut