Gabriel Hernández
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This cereal is kind of bland on its own, but top it off with a large spoonful of your favorite nut butter or maple syrup, some fresh seasonal fruit, and this cereal goes from bland to “wow,” all in an instant.
If you top it with peanut butter and berries you don’t even need honey or maple syrup. The peanut butter adds amazing flavor to the quinoa, and it melts into the cereal making it taste like a peanut butter sandwich. YUM! Come on, doesn’t that bowl of cereal look amazing?
You can use water here, but you can rise the nutritional value and flavor by adding almond milk (which is vegan and dairy free).
The milk also helps to make the cereal a bit creamier. You could keep the cereal as is with just the milk, or add in some dried blueberries or cranberries in lieu of the goji berries. Ok, set your timer and let’s make some cereal!
5 MINUTE HOT QUINOA CEREAL:
makes 1 serving
Cereal:
- 1 cup almond milk, coconut milk, rice milk, 1% milk , or milk of choice.
- 1/3 cup quinoa flakes – you can find these flakes in the cereal section next to the oatmeal
- 1/4 cup goji berries, dried blueberries or cranberries – You can also make this without any of the berries
- pinch of sea salt
Toppings:
- peanut butter, almond butter, maple syrup, or honey – I adore topping this cereal with peanut butter, that’s my go-to!
- toasted walnuts or toasted or raw almonds, or raw sunflower seeds
- fresh fruit like strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, mango, peaches, sliced banana
- granola
- dried fruit like blueberries, goji berries, mulberries, cranberries, cherries
- chia seed
- Medjool dates, apples and or persimmons in the fall
Instructions
- In a small to medium sized saucepan set over medium-high heat, bring the almond milk to a boil.
- When the milk comes to a boil, add in the ⅓ cup quinoa flakes, the ¼ cup goji berries (or dried blueberries) and a pinch of salt, turn off the heat and give the cereal a stir.
- Let the cereal sit for 3 minutes, (set your timer here) to allow the quinoa flakes to cook through.
- Give the cereal and give it a final stir. It will be a lot thicker and creamier.
- Ladle the cereal into a bowl and top with your favorite toppings! I love topping my cereal with fresh fruit in the summer, like strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, peaches, mango, you name it! I always blend in a big spoonful of peanut butter though! Amazing!
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