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spiced breakfast quinoa

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Private Recipe by
Annacia *
Moose Jaw, SK

Quinoa is often turned into a creamy hot breakfast cereal in Bolivia, where much of the world's quinoa is grown. This healthy breakfast quinoa recipe is a hot cereal that is infused with an aromatic chai-inspired blend of spices—cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Note: I highly recommend adding the dried fruit at the very beginning along with the milk. It's just so much better when plumped.

yield 2 -4
prep time 20 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For spiced breakfast quinoa

  • 1/2 c
    white quinoa
  • 1 c
    low-fat milk (i prefer almond milk)
  • 1 c
    water
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground cinnamon or more
  • 1/4 Tbsp
    ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp
    ground ginger or more
  • 1 pinch
    sea salt
  • 1 tsp
    pure vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp
    currants, raisins or other diced dried fruit (i used dried blueberries)
  • sweetener of choice

How To Make spiced breakfast quinoa

  • 1
    Place quinoa in a fine-mesh sieve and rinse well with cold water. Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add quinoa and cook, stirring, until the grains are separated and smell fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes. Stir in milk, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt.
  • 2
    Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the quinoa is tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in honey and vanilla.
  • 3
    Stir in fried fruit. Return the cereal to the saucepan and cook, stirring, over medium-low heat until thickened slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Sweeten to taste.
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