Breakfast Quinoa

Today I had my morning off before heading into work. I took full advantage of my sleep in time and slept until 8am ahhh. I also got up and enjoyed my coffee and made one of my winter time favorites for breakfast. This is a healthier spin on those instant oatmeal packets that I devoured on a regular basis as a kid. Thank you to my Mom and Dad who always bought them so I could enjoy their deliciousness with such ease. If you aren't familiar with Quinoa then I encourage you to do a little research on it. You could make this same thing with oatmeal but I like the energy I get from the Quinoa. By the way its pronounced keen-wah. There are a couple different ways you can buy it. There is red, white and I think black quinoa and sometimes you can find quinoa flakes which will be a little closer to oatmeal in consistency although I have never used them because I can get the regular quinoa much cheaper. OK on with with recipe.


Breakfast Quinoa
Makes 2 servings or 1 big serving (I couldn't finish it this morning)

1 cup almond milk
1/2 cup quinoa
approx 3 Tbsp agave or honey
approx 1/8 tsp cinnamon
approx 1/2 cup fresh fruit (I like, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries best)
1 Tbsp milled flax seed or wheat germ (I usually do wheat germ but today I used flax to keep it gluten free)

Bring almond milk to boil in small saucepan. Add quinoa and return to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered until 3/4 of milk has been absorbed about 10 min. (DO NOT walk away after putting the lid on. I have had this boil over on me more times than I care to share and its a bear to clean up so stand there and stare at it for a solid 3 minutes and remove the lid and stir if it starts to boil up and then recover). After 3/4 of the milk has been absorbed stir in agave, cinnamon and fruit. I honestly don't measure the agave or cinnamon I just dump in some cinnamon and swirl in about 3 loops of agave. You can always add more after serving if it isn't to your liking. I let that all simmer for about 2 min just until the berries are warmed through then pour into a bowl add a little more cinnamon and agave and stir in the flax seed or wheat germ and enjoy! I hope you enjoy this winter time staple as much as I do!



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