Quinoa Oatmeal

5 from 15 votes

Switch up your morning breakfast with this warm, healthy quinoa oatmeal recipe! Hearty quinoa is simmered with nuts, fresh fruit and your milk of choice to create an oatmeal quinoa porridge that is creamy and satisfying. High in fiber, protein, naturally gluten-free and easily made vegan, it's a great way to start the day!

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Vegan

Diet: Gluten Free, Low Fat, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 275kcal

Author: Anjali Shah

Ingredients

2 cups low fat milk 1% or 2% will work, or your favorite plant based milk
1 cup water
1 cup quinoa rinsed
2 cups fresh berries of choice including strawberries, blueberries, raspberries or a combination
1 medium banana sliced
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
1 dash salt
¼ cup chopped pecans toasted
¼ cup chopped walnuts toasted
8 tsp honey

Instructions

Rinse your quinoa with cold water. Combine 1 cup milk, water and quinoa in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 15 minutes or until most of the liquid is absorbed.
Turn off the heat and let the cooked quinoa stand, covered for 5 minutes.
Stir in 1 cup of sliced berries, ½ of the banana slices, ½ of the toasted nuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, pinch of salt and 4 tsp honey.
Transfer to serving bowls and top with a drizzle of honey, milk, berries, banana slices and nuts.
Enjoy immediately.

Video

https://youtu.be/jrPjcV3FzAc

Notes

To make this dish vegan use non-dairy milk of choice, and maple syrup instead of honey.
Quinoa comes in many varieties, you can use white, black, red, or multi colored quinoa.
Use whatever nuts you have on hand. I used walnuts and pecans, but you could also use cashews, peanuts, or sliced almonds.
Be sure to cook the quinoa covered. It will not steam and cook properly unless covered. Allow additional time to steam and absorb liquid off of the heat.
If you don't have blueberries and bananas, just throw in your favorite fruit - it will taste great!
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
To reheat leftovers either heat in the microwave in 30 second bursts until desired temperature is achieved or heat in a pot over low heat with an additional ¼ cup milk, stirring continuously until desired temperature.
Quinoa oatmeal is not suitable for freezing.
If using larger berries such as strawberries or blackberries slice them in half or even in quarters to make it easier to eat.
Note: Each serving has only about 7 grams of added sugar, the rest of the sugar is from the milk (if you're using regular cow's milk) and the fruit. If you use unsweetened almond milk, this recipe will have about 250 calories and 15 grams of total sugar (7 grams added sugar) per serving.

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