Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Breakfast Quinoa

I found this recipe on Pinterest and am making it for breakfast right now!  I am making 1 1/2 recipe and am adding frozen cherries instead of blueberries.  I also added some vanilla and about 2 drops of almost extract..I think everything with cherries needs a little almond extract!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole or low-fat milk, plus more for serving
  • 1 cup quinoa, rinsed
  • 3 tablespoons light-brown sugar, plus more for serving
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more for serving
  • 1 cup (1/2 pint) fresh blueberries, plus more for serving

Directions

  1. Bring milk to a boil in a small saucepan. Add quinoa, and return to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, until three-quarters of the milk has been absorbed, about 15 minutes.
  2. Stir in sugar and cinnamon. Cook, covered, until almost all the milk has been absorbed, about 8 minutes. Stir in blueberries, and cook for 30 seconds. Serve with additional milk, sugar, cinnamon, and blueberries.

2 comments:

  1. How was it, since cherries are not as sweet blueberries was it sour?

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  2. It was actually too sweet altogether, so the cherries were fine. I think by adding the vanilla and almond extract, you don't need as much sugar.

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