Good Morning! We’re trying something new over here on the Mason jar blog…quinoa for breakfast! Now, if you’ve never had quinoa before, don’t be afraid of it! It’s just like any other grain, like oatmeal…it’s perfectly fine to eat it for breakfast! Usually you would cook quinoa using only water, but because we are eating it for breakfast and want a creamier taste, we cooked it up with half water and half milk/cream.
I should warn you, quinoa is not sweet..so if you have a sweet tooth, you’ll definitely want to add a little honey to the jar or just be sure to scoop up a spoonful of greek yogurt with your quinoa!
Quinoa in a Jar Breakfast Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 Quinoa
- 1/2 Water
- 1/4 Milk
- 1/4 Half & Half
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- Vanilla Greek Yogurt
- Strawberries
- Bananas
- Almonds
Instructions
- Rinse & drain quinoa
- Bring milk, water, vanilla & half & half to a boil
- Add Quinoa and resume boil
- Lower heat to a simmer for 12-15 minutes
- Let sit for 5 minutes & fluff with fork
- Layer quinoa, yogurt, almonds and fruit into a jar
Jess says
in your recipe, is it 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup measurements?
Grace says
Jess did you get an answer? I would like to know the amounts also
1/2 this and 1/4 that???
very odd.
kelliadmin says
Yes, Grace, 1/4 cup and 1/2 cup. Sorry for the confusion. 🙂 Kelli
kelliadmin says
Yes, 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup. It looks like the recipe plugin did not record the full ingredients. I’ll be updating all of these to a much more user friendly format. Sorry for the confusion. 🙂 Kelli
James Parrett says
Thanks for sharing this recipe. will try this out at home.
kelliadmin says
Hi James, Great! Let me know how you like it. 🙂 Kelli
Carolina says
Does it work soaking overnight and skip cooking?