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Apple pie breakfast bowl
This delicious breakfast is a fun and tasty twist on your morning oatmeal. For a grab and go option, prepare the night before and refrigerate in an airtight container overnight.
Prep time
10 min
Cook time
15 min
Servings
4
Ingredients
- 125 mL (½ cup) uncooked quinoa
- 250 mL (1 cup) unsweetened fortified plant-based beverage or lower fat milk
- 125 mL (½ cup) water
- 1 mL (¼ tsp) ground cinnamon
- ½ mL (⅛ tsp) ground nutmeg
- 20 mL (1 ½ tbsp) honey
- 1 apple, finely diced
- 5 mL (1 tsp) vanilla extract
- 60 mL (¼ cup) raisin
Directions
- Thoroughly rinse quinoa using a strainer and place in a small pot with a tight-fitting lid.
- Stir in milk, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, and apple.
- Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed.
- Stir in vanilla extract and top with raisins.
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Recipe developed by the Food Innovation and Research Studio at George Brown College for the Guelph Family Health Study’s cookbook and Health Canada.
Tips
- Your kids can add their own toppings such as pecans or walnuts.
- Purchase apples and honey from local producers to support small farmers.
- For added fiber, stir in some chia seeds!
