Apples & Cinnamon Breakfast Quinoa

Found this delicious breakfast recipe that uses Quinoa!  Pronounced (keen-wah), Quinoa seeds contain essential amino acids like lysine and good quantities of calcium, phosphorus, and iron. It's also a high fiber food that keeps you full longer.  You're going to really love it after you make it.  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so eat up! 

Recipe from Skinnytaste.com

 

 

Apples & Cinnamon Breakfast Quinoa

 

Ingredients:
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 cup dry quinoa, rinsed well
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp cinnamon + more for sprinkling
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup golden raisins
1 cup warmed fat-free milk for drizzling (non-dairy milk is fine)
1 gala apple, peeled and diced
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

Preparation

Rinse the quinoa well before cooking to rinse off the saponins which has a slightly bitter flavor. 

Combine quinoa, water, salt, cinnamon and vanilla in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and let cook for 15 minutes until quinoa can be fluffed with a fork.

Divide cooked quinoa between four bowls then stir in apple sauce, raisins, and pour in warmed milk. Top with fresh cut apples and walnuts and a dash of cinnamon
 

Makes 4 servings. You can divide the recipe to make 2 servings