This is a light but filling breakfast, suitable for Passover or year round!
Berry Breakfast Quinoa
- 1 c. quinoa
- 1 c. milk
- 1 c. water
- 1 t. vanilla
- 2 c. berries
- 1 t. cinnamon
- 1/2 c. coarsely chopped nuts (you can toast them in butter or use as is)
- 1 – 2 T. honey, optional
Rinse quinoa well, drain. (If you want to soak it, put it in a bowl with water and 1/2 t. apple cider vinegar and let sit covered overnight on your kitchen counter. Drain and then proceed as follows.) Put quinoa in a pot over medium heat, and cook about 10-15 minutes, or until quinoa turns golden brown. It will pop as it turns golden brown.
Add milk, water and vanilla to the pot of toasted quinoa. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, and cook for about 10 or 15 minutes, until liquid is all absorbed. After turning heat off, let it stand another few minutes. Stir in cinnamon, berries and toasted nuts. If you like, you can add the honey at this point. This can be served warm, or served cold almost like a breakfast cereal, with milk over it.
Avivah
yum. sounds great. cant wait to try it. this sounds like a quinoa recipe that i will actually enjoy (i still have nightmares of the first time i made it and forgot to rinse it off….uch. )
any suggestions what to do with leftover potatoes, onions, and matzah? not necessarily combined, just thats what i have left over from pesach
Yes, not rinsing quinoa definitely can leave a bad taste in your mouth, literally! 🙂
How about mashed potatoes, hash browns, potato kugel, knishes? Matza – matza brei is a big favorite here, and the main reason my kids are disappointed that I didn’t have much matza left over!
Off-topic (but it seemed more appropriate here than the newest posts)-
About how much do you pay for raw milk? I may be able to go to farmers (up to 2 hours away!) and watch the milking so I can get fresh, raw cholov yisroel milk. The price quoted by the first farmer was way more than I expected. I was wondering if that was a realistic price to pay.
It ranges a lot depending where in the country you are. How much were you quoted? I think between $4 and $8 is average, with prices sometimes a little higher or lower. Keep looking – you might be able to find someone else with a better price.
I was quoted $15/gallon. Crazy, no?
I pay now about $5/gallon in the stores so the prices you quote didn’t seem crazy.
btw, i made this recipe. yum! my kids gobbled it up, and they generally hate quinoa. i made it with more liquid (i used homemade rice milk cause i’m off of dairy for now) so it came out more oatmealy, with crunchy grains of quinoa. yum yum yum. no leftovers for tomorrows breakfast
on a side note, not that it has anything to do with this topic, is there a difference between soaking grains overnight in plain water and soaking them in an acidic medium? for example, is it enough to soak beans overnight in water, or should you add some lemon juice or whatnot.
Yes, there is a difference between soaking in water or an acidic medium – I’ve written about this quite a lot. It’s the acidic medium that breaks down the phytic acid; soaking in water doesn’t accomplish that. I don’t soak beans in an acidic medium. Instead, they are soaked and then sprouted.
so soaking beans overnight would be the beginning of the sprouting, but if its anything else it needs an acidic medium?
The sprouting doesn’t begin until the beans are soaked and drained, but yes, you have the idea – all grains benefit from soaking in an acidic medium. If someone wanted to sprout their grains, then just like beans, they wouldn’t need soaking in an acidic medium – they could be used as is.