Hot Quinoa Breakfast Cereal
Quinoa (Keen-wah) is a more flavorful and higher protein version of oatmeal. This hearty breakfast cereal will stave off hunger for many hours!
Ingredients
• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup apples, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or almonds
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• Coconut milk to mix to desired consistency
• Stevia or raw honey to sweeten if desired
Directions
In a medium0sized bowl, soak the quinoa in cold water for 5 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold running water. In a medium saucepan, combine the soaked quinoa and water and bring to a boil.Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
Add apples, nuts and cinnamon. Simmer until water is absorbed. Serve with milk (just a little over the cereal) and sweeten to taste with stevia or raw honey.
Contributed by: Isabel De Los Rios, as featured in The Diet Solution
What is Quinona breakfast cereal and where do you buy it?
Hi Bill:
Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-WAH) is a seed of a leafy plant related to spinach grown almost exclusively in South America. It is cooked and used almost identically as a whole grain, but it is gluten-free.
Quinoa is an excellent source of protein – 12% to 18%, a source of ALL essential amino acids and rich with B vitamins, potassium and riboflavin. It’s also good source of zinc, copper, and manganese, and magnesium. It contains folic acid and vitamin E. Best of all it tastes great! It has a nutty, smoky flavor and is less filling than other grains and pastas.
You can find Quinoa at any Health Food Stores an even in the organic section of many supermarkets.
Where to purchase Quinoa?
Thanks,
dj
Hi David – You can find Quinoa in Health Food Stores or sometimes even in the “Organic” section in your supermarket.
I like your recipes, but not the long, drawn out videos. I bought your Diet Solution program several months; most of your recipes require items that I don’t have handy in my kitchen, so I have to skip over most of them. We like simple things that we can make in a short period of time. I am looking forward to the quinoa cereal which I will need to make a trip to the Health store to buy the quinoa and coconut milk. When I am yearning for something sweet but don’t have any dark choc. around I put a couple of dark choc. chips in my mouth with a spoonful of coconut oil and savor it which lets me think I have had a tasty treat. Joyce Greene
Joyce – What a great idea for a healthy sweet treat! Thanks for sharing.
Sounds like a good breakfast. Is quinoa gluten free? I’m reading Slenda is not a healthy sugar sub.
Hi Laura:
You bet Quinoa is gluten-free! And, it’s a “complete portein” with all 9 amino acids. Read more about it here: http://www.celiac.com/articles/21825/1/Quinoa-the-Amazing-Gluten-Free-Grain/Page1.html
Hi Linda – the initial reports on the all natural “sugar-free” sweetner – Stevia – have been positive, but that is also very highly alkaline. Perhaps you could try some raw coconut meat or coconut milk to give the Quinoa Cereal a bit of sweetness? That is high in Omega-3.