Breakfast Quinoa

Breakfast quinoa is my new obsession. It's such an easy and filling breakfast. Its is a lot like oatmeal but with a less gummy texture and with a LOT more protein. I make a batch on a Sunday night and pop it in the fridge. In the morning, I heat it up in a saucepan with extra almond milk and top it with a few chopped walnuts. Perfection.

Feel free to mess around with the fruit in this recipe. I used dried fruit in mine but you can also use fresh fruit. Or you can leave the fruit part out entirely during the cooking process and top it with fresh fruits and nuts upon serving. Either way, you will have a wonderful, warm, delicious bowl of nutty quinoa in front of you.

Breakfast Quinoa

1 cup quinoa, soaked for 15 mins and rinsed
2 cups almond milk, plus more for reheating/serving
1/2 cup dried peaches or other fruit, plus more for serving
2 tbsp agave nectar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted, for serving

1. Place almond milk and quinoa in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Turn the heat down to low/medium low and cook for 15-20 mins until most of the milk has been absorbed and quinoa is tender. Make sure to stir often.

2. Stir in agave nectar, cinnamon and vanilla extract.

3. Serve warm with more almond milk, fruit and a few chopped walnuts.

A couple quick notes:
- If you are using dried fruit, I would suggest adding them 10 mins into the cooking process.
- Add more almond milk if the quinoa doesn't cook properly by the time the milk is absorbed.
- If you are making these with apples, I would suggest adding 1/8 tsp of nutmeg and using brown sugar instead of agave.
- On sugar: You can really use anything to sweeten up this quinoa. Sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, stevia, etc.

Hope you enjoy!