Strawberry-Banana Breakfast Quinoa

Name: Strawberry-Banana Breakfast Quinoa
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa (rinsed); 2 cups milk; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1 banana; 10 strawberries

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Prep 30 min
Total 30 min
Servings 2

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By The Food in My Beard

Updated December 20, 2019

Ingredients

cup quinoa (rinsed)

cups milk

tablespoon brown sugar

banana

strawberries

Steps

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1

Mix the milk, quinoa, and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Lower heat and simmer for about 20 minutes until quinoa is cooked and milk is absorbed.
2

Dice up half the banana and strawberries and about 3/4 of the way through cooking stir them into the quinoa.
3

After quinoa rests about 5 minutes, spoon into bowls and top with remaining sliced fruit.

Expert Tips

Don’t skip on rinsing the quinoa. Quinoa is coated with a bitter protective layer called “saponin.” It helps keep birds at bay, but also makes it taste rather nasty. Use a fine-mesh strainer to rinse the quinoa under cool water before cooking. Though most companies “polish” or prewash packaged quinoa, it’s still a good idea to give it a good wash before cooking, just to be sure.
Switch out the strawberry and bananas for other fruits like blackberries, blueberries or raspberries.