Episode 4.11 - Cinnamon Quinoa Breakfast Bowl - who knew?!

This is a great, make-ahead breakfast to bring with you to work.   Put all ingredients in a glass ball jar with a screw top.

·       ½ cup uncooked quinoa 

·       1 cup almond milk, original or vanilla

·       ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon

·       pinch of salt 

Toppings: 

·       slivered almonds

·       raw chopped walnuts

·       unsweetened coconut flakes

·       raspberries and blueberries

·       maple syrup or agave

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Rinse and drain the quinoa. 

Place it in a small saucepan and add the almond milk, cinnamon, and salt.  Bring to a gentle boil, then cover and reduce heat to a low.  Simmer for 10 minutes. 

Remove from the heat, fluff with a fork and let the quinoa sit for 5 more minutes or until the almond milk is absorbed and the quinoa is cooked.

Transfer to a bowl and top with your chosen ingredients, I put in all of the above toppings!

Cooked quinoa can be stored in the fridge for 4-5 days.   

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Have you ever used quinoa in a breakfast item? Check this out. So my cinnamon quinoa breakfast bowl would be an easy lunch, maybe a holiday lunch, or a uh bring it to work. You know, put it in a one of those ball jars, the glass ones with the screw top. Um bring your ingredients on the side, it'd be a super easy breakfast or lunch to bring to work. So you pre-make the quinoa, which is super easy. It's like easier than making rice, and actually faster. I think it is definitely faster. It only

Quinoa For Breakfast?

SPEAKER_00 0:36

simmers for like 10 minutes and then it's done, and you can fluff it up.

Mason Jar Meal Prep Plan

SPEAKER_00 0:40

You could use water, you could use almond milk, um, regular milk, whatever. Um, I like to put a little cinnamon in mine, a super tiny pinch of salt just to offset the flavors. Um, so that's what you would make, put it in your ball jar, and then if you were gonna make it right away, you could add the toppings. Otherwise, you could put the

Cooking Quinoa Fast And Easy

SPEAKER_00 1:02

quinoa in the fridge for a few days and um bring your toppings separately. So I like to put almonds and walnuts, those are so good for you. Unflavored coconut flakes, any berries you want. And then if you like raspberries and blueberries are phenomenal. You could do peaches or whatever, whatever fruit you like, or even dried fruits. Um, you could add a little drizzle of maple syrup or agave for a little bit of sweet. It is so good, it's really also very healthy, um, but a good quick make ahead as well. So give that a try. Um, there's the recipe on my website, as well as, of course,

Toppings That Make It Great

SPEAKER_00 1:43

social media with um the link to the website, but I will put those in the notes here. So give it a try and hope you love it. Let's get cooking.