Need a new idea on how to get more quinoa into your diet? Here is a delicious and superfood filled breakfast bowl that is so easy to make!
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Do you include quinoa in your diet?
My mornings typically include a lot of oat-based recipes, and I’ve recently been switching it up with quinoa.
If you have listened to the Trim Healthy Mama podcast episode on quinoa, you probably have been trying to include more of it in your diet! Even if you haven’t heard that episode, quinoa has been popular in the health food world for quite some time.
Quinoa is actually a seed, not a grain, and is gluten free. It comes in red, white and black colors. I haven’t tried black quinoa yet, but I prefer the red over the white. I find the red less bitter, and nuttier. Make sure to rinse quinoa in a sieve before cooking as this helps get rid of the saponins that can make it taste bitter.
This recipe has no lack of superfoods!
Some other superfoods that have been popular in Trim Healthy Mama land recently are kefir and goji berries.
I recently started making my own kefir and have been loving it.
The goji berries are optional in this recipe, but I like to include them and make this meal as superfood packed as possible. I also add baobab and ashwagandha. The ashwagandha is optional, but I recommend including the baobab as it helps thicken up the kefir base.
This recipe is very customizable, you can add in any other superfoods of your choice and swap out the fruit for whatever strikes your fancy at the moment. Use my directions as a guide and make it your own!
What kind of fruit can you top this bowl with?
I usually use fresh or frozen strawberries or blueberries in this recipe, but I’ve also done peaches and bananas. You really can’t go wrong here.
This recipe is perfect to make ahead!
If you are someone who packs meals to take to work, this recipe shines. You can make it the day before and it keeps very well, and even thickens up a bit more.
If I’m making it to eat right away, I will thaw out my fruit if I’m using frozen, but if you are making it to eat the next day, you can just add the frozen fruit straight into your container you are taking it in, and it will be thawed out by the time you go to eat it.
Superfood Quinoa Breakfast Bowl Recipe:
Ingredients:
¾ cup cooked quinoa
Gentle Sweet to taste
Cinnamon
Sea salt
¾ cup low fat kefir
1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon baobab [I personally do a heaping tablespoon, but you might need to work up to this if you are new to baobab]
¼ teaspoon ashwagandha, optional
2 tablespoons collagen or whey protein powder
1 teaspoon chia seeds, optional but helps thicken the bowl
1 tablespoon goji berries
Berries or fruit of choice for topping. Can use fresh or thawed frozen fruit. [You can be generous with berries but use smaller amounts of E fruits to avoid adding too many carbs into your meal.]
Instructions:
1. Place the quinoa into a bowl and sprinkle fairly generously with Gentle Sweet. [Start with 1 – 2 tablespoons and you can taste and add more later.] Sprinkle on cinnamon and a pinch of sea salt.
2. In a blender, place the kefir, baobab, chia seeds, collagen or whey, and optional ashwagandha or any other superfoods of choice. Blend together well and pour over your quinoa.
3. Stir in the goji berries and top with fruit. Taste to see if it is as sweet as you want it and add more Gentle Sweet if necessary. You can eat right away or put into a container for the next day if you need a meal for at work or on the go!
Superfood Quinoa Breakfast Bowl
Ingredients
- ¾ cup cooked quinoa
- Gentle Sweet to taste
- Cinnamon
- Sea salt
- ¾ cup low fat kefir
- 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon baobab [I personally do a heaping tablespoon but you might need to work up to this if you are new to baobab]
- ¼ teaspoon ashwagandha optional
- 2 tablespoons collagen or whey protein powder
- 1 teaspoon chia seeds optional but helps thicken the bowl
- 1 tablespoon goji berries
- Berries or fruit of choice for topping. Can use fresh or thawed frozen fruit. [You can be generous with berries but use smaller amounts of E fruits to avoid adding too many carbs into your meal.]
Instructions
- Place the quinoa into a bowl and sprinkle fairly generously with Gentle Sweet. [Start with 1 – 2 tablespoons and you can taste and add more later.] Sprinkle on cinnamon and a pinch of sea salt.
- In a blender, place the kefir, baobab, chia seeds, collagen or whey, and optional ashwagandha or any other superfoods of choice. Blend together well and pour over your quinoa.
- Stir in the goji berries and top with fruit. Taste to see if it is as sweet as you want it and add more Gentle Sweet if necessary. You can eat right away or put into a container for the next day if you need a meal for at work or on the go!
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