If you like having oatmeal for breakfast quinoa is kind of like that, but it's like a fancier upgrade to oatmeal. To cook quinoa all you do is boil it in some water or milk. Usually 1 cup of quinoa you use 2 cups of liquid and just boil the quinoa until it all the water evaporates. The organic quinoa was rather expensive at my store. 1 cup was 4.98 a pound. That is quite a lot, so maybe opt for the non-organic kind. I know Trader Joe's has bags of quinoa in their store, not exactly sure on the price of it though.
Quinoa is SUPER healthy too. 1 cup has 8 grams of protein in it and has more fiber than any other grain. I actually like this more than regular rolled oats now. You can add basically whatever type of fruit you want to quinoa and nuts to give you even more protein value!
This recipe makes 2 whole cups of quinoa so there's 2 servings for the whole recipe. 1 cup is A LOT so this is really filling.
Breakfast Quinoa
- Cook Time: 8 min
- Total Time: 8 min
- Yield: 2 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole or low-fat milk, plus more for serving
- 1 cup quinoa, rinsed
- 3 tablespoons light-brown sugar, plus more for serving
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more for serving
- 1 cup (½ pint) fresh blueberries, plus more for serving
Instructions
Bring milk to a boil in a small saucepan. Add quinoa, and return to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, until three-quarters of the milk has been absorbed, about 15 minutes. Stir in sugar and cinnamon. Cook, covered, until almost all the milk has been absorbed, about 8 minutes. Stir in blueberries, and cook for 30 seconds. Serve with additional milk, sugar, cinnamon, and blueberries.
Serving Size: 1 cup
Notes
Points Plus: 7 WW Freestyle Points: 11
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 478
- Sugar: 25g
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Carbohydrates: 84g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 21g
Keywords: breakfast quinoa
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