Toasted Almond and Coconut Quinoa Porridge
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Author Notes: Take the chill off of autumn mornings with this creamy, rich, and sweet bowl of quinoa porridge. Nutrition nerds, take note: this dish is rich in fiber and complete protein! - Gena Hamshaw
Serves 4
- 1/2 cup Slivered almonds
- 1 cup Dried quinoa
- 1 cup Water
- 1 1/2 cup Full fat coconut milk, divided
- 2 tablespoons Maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon Sea salt
- 1 Cinnamon stick (or 1 tsp cinnamon)
- 1/3 cup Pitted dates, chopped into small pieces (optional)
- Heat a shallow pan or a dry skillet over medium heat. Toast almonds till they’re golden. Quickly remove from heat and transfer to a cool plate to stop them from burning.
- Rinse quinoa using a sieve until the rinse water runs clear. Bring the quinoa, maple syrup, sea salt, cinnamon, 1 cup coconut milk and 1 cup water to boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Let simmer until quinoa is fluffy and all liquid has absorbed (about 15-20 minutes). Turn off heat and fluff quinoa gently with a fork. Remove cinnamon stick.
- Quickly, before it gets cold, divide quinoa into four bowls. Top each with about 2 tablespoons of coconut milk, along with 2 tablespoons of toasted almond slivers and a sprinkle of dates, if desired. Serve.
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20 days ago Kitchen Alchemy
This is my new favorite breakfast! Can be made ahead of time & reheated. I added an extra cinnamon stick + 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Would be good with date syrup drizzled over in place of the dates. Made it twice now & even hubby loves it. Thank you!!
2 months ago Theresa Stewart
Looks yummy..
3 months ago walkie74
So I made this and I think I used a little too much coconut milk. It was a bit bland for me. But I still ate most of it ("most" as in three servings' worth), so believe me when I say it was still pretty good!
3 months ago Sheyna Steiner
Yum! It hardly needs much syrup at all. Its so good!
3 months ago runcmb
Instead of the dates and almonds, I used walnuts and berries. Delish!
4 months ago petitbleu
Looks super yummy! Will try this tomorrow morning--looking forward to something a little different.
4 months ago scoutsma
I thought this sounded REALLY good but I just made it for my family's breakfast because we all love different types of grain porridge but we all found it way too sweet (almost sickeningly so). I think this would be WAY better without the coconut milk (just water, sea salt, cinnamon, maple). We thought the coconut milk flavor/creaminess/sweetness to be overwhelming here (we aren't anti-coconut milk at all, love coconut curries, etc) - just didn't work for us at all in this recipe.
3 months ago John Webber
Did you use unsweetened coconut milk?
7 months ago triplip
P.S. - It is delicious - my new favorite breakfast!!
7 months ago triplip
Is this cooked covered or uncovered?