Quinoa, Molasses and Peanuts for Breakfast

Author Notes

In the time it takes to cook oatmeal, you can have breakfast in a bowl with quinoa, peanuts and molasses. It's rich and satisfying, to keep you going all morning. It has grain goodness, protein in the quinoa and both calcium and iron from the quinoa and blackstrap as well. You could make it sweeter, you could make it spicier, but this is the way I like it. Good with fresh fruit -- go for color, choosing something like strawberries or kiwis.
This grew out of a recipe at www.cookingquinoa.net. My main contribution was to cook it all in one pot, and a few other tweaks. You can continue to adapt this to your taste. Iit can easily be made gluten-free by switching the barley for another grain. Replace peanut butter with any nut or seed butters, or some dairy butter. —susan g