How To Make Healthy Quinoa Porridge

SERVES: 2
PREP TIME: 5 MINS
COOK TIME: 20 MINS

The is a super healthy breakfast and a great alternative to oats. It’s gluten free, dairy free and infused with warming spices and honey. It’s one of our favourite ways to start a winters day. Summer in your neck of the woods? Then make it into a Quinoa Bircher. Yum!

Did you catch Guy’s cook-off with fellow YouTube chef Byron Talbot? He made a version of this recipe in a timed breakfast challenge. You watch the video here.

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
1 vanilla bean
1-star anise
2 cloves
1 cup Quinoa
1 cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons almond meal
Poached Pears to serve

Instructions

Place water, cinnamon, vanilla, star anise and cloves in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer to infuse.
Add quinoa. Simmer for 12-15 minutes until liquid is absorbed.
Add coconut milk. Cook stirring, until almost all absorbed.
Add honey and almond meal. Stir through.
Serve with Poached Pears.