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Quick Breakfast Quinoa

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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.

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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.
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