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Quinoa Porridge Recipe

Start your day with a bowl of healthy quinoa porridge with fresh fruit and nuts! This is a very easy and quick to make breakfast that will keep you full until lunchtime.
Author Diana
Servings 2 servings
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooked quinoa ¼ cup uncooked
  • 1 ½ cups (360 ml) almond milk or your favorite milk
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup

Toppings

  • fresh fruit
  • nuts
  • seeds
  • peanut or almond butter

Instructions

  • To make quinoa porridge, combine about half a cup of quinoa with 1 cup or less of milk in a bowl.
  • Flavor it with vanilla extract and sweeten it with maple syrup or your favorite sweetener. Top with fresh fruit, seeds, and nuts and serve.

Notes

  • Nutrition values are calculated for a portion sweetened but without any toppings.
 
To cook quinoa:
The rule of thumb is 1 cup of quinoa needs 1.5 cups of water. So it's a 1:1.5 ratio, and yields 3 cups of cooked quinoa (about 6 portions).
To a saucepan, add water and rinsed quinoa and bring to a boil. When it starts boiling, cover with a lid and turn down the heat to the lowest setting possible, then leave it to cook covered for 15 minutes.
Remove from heat, and let it rest for 5 more minutes covered. And finally, remove the lid and fluff with a fork!

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 251mg | Potassium: 159mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Calcium: 241mg | Iron: 1mg