Healthy Blueberry Breakfast Quinoa

This is my new favorite healthy breakfast – blueberry quinoa. The flavor is perfectly sweet and the texture is firm, unlike the mushiness of oatmeal. I still love you, oatmeal, but we need a break. But like the Ross and Rachel type of break, where we get back together a million times 🙂 Anyway, I highly recommend trying this healthy blueberry breakfast quinoa. It’s light, satisfying, energizing and doesn’t make me full bloated in the morning. And because of the quinoa, it’s so nutritionally dense. 

Quinoa deserves to be talked about for a minute. Did you know that although quinoa is classified as a whole grain, it’s technically a seed? And this seed packs a nutrition punch. Just one cup of quinoa has 222 calories, 8 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber as well as high levels of manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, zinc and B vitamins. And you know I’m having more than one cup ;). 

Some fun toppings for this healthy vegan breakfast include nuts, seeds, jam/jelly, peanut butter, coconut, bananas or more blueberries. There are so many ways to customize this quinoa!

Make this quinoa as a single serving or use it as an easy meal prep option by making a larger batch and storing it in the fridge for up to a week.

• A small saucepan

• Blueberries: I have only tried this quinoa with blueberries, but any berries would work well. You can use fresh or frozen berries.
• Pure maple syrup: you can substitute with agave nectar, date syrup, brown sugar, or cane sugar.
• White quinoa: you can also use red quinoa.

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