Skip to main content

Quick Breakfast Quinoa

3.8

(3)

A quinoa bowl tossed with chopped apples almonds blueberries and more.
Photo by Kyle Fidel

Apples, blueberries, and almonds make this a filling, satisfying, healthy breakfast.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

1 cup dry quinoa
2 cups water
1 medium apple, cored and diced
1/2 cup raw almonds, chopped
1 cup fresh or thawed frozen blueberries
1/2 cup raisins or chopped, pitted dates
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup unsweetened soy, hemp, or almond milk

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Place quinoa and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes or until quinoa is done and all the water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork.

    Step 2

    Add remaining ingredients and stir for 2–3 minutes.

Image may contain: Burger, Food, Advertisement, Poster, Flyer, Paper, Brochure, and Plant
From Eat to Live Quick & Easy: 131 Delicious Recipes for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Reversing Disease, and Lifelong Health © 2017 by Joel Fuhrman. Reprinted by permission of Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Buy the full book from HarperCollins or from Amazon.
Read More
Tender, buttery breakfast pastries with crisp caramelized edges, a fragrant cinnamon-orange filling, and a crackly sugar topping.
Like hot honey chicken with peaches and a dirty martini spritz.
A crowd-friendly, crisp-edged chicken and vegetable rice from chef José Andrés.
Rotisserie chicken makes quick work of these no-cook rolls with a spicy peanut sauce.
Like carrot farro salad and chicken paella.
With dramatic choux layers and fruit-rippled cream, it’s the drag queen of Polish desserts.
Nutty, protein-packed, and batchable—perfect for hectic mornings.
Practical to make and feels like a total flex.