Sugar-Free Apple Pie Breakfast Quinoa

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Anyway. Breakfast quinoa. It’s awesome. This version is slightly sweet with crunch from the apple. The apple is key. If you have a morning sweet tooth, but crave something healthy, I cannot recommend this enough.

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 Apple Pie Breakfast Quinoa

Quinoa for breakfast isn’t the typical. I feel like oatmeal is the big winner of breakfast and quinoa shows up in salads for lunch or as the grain for dinner. The very first time I ever heard of quinoa being a breakfast food was when I saw a box of GoGo Quinoa Flakes in the gluten-free aisle of the grocery store:

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I also remember that I pronounced the word quinoa quite incorrectly when I first told my hubby about it. This is a thing you should know about me-I’m pretty sure I’ll be famous for it one day, but I find a way to mispronounce everything! It’s a disease!

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Anyway. Breakfast quinoa. It’s awesome. This version is slightly sweet with crunch from the apple. The apple is key. If you have a morning sweet tooth, but crave something healthy, I cannot recommend this enough. 

Anyway. Breakfast quinoa. It’s awesome. This apple pie breakfast quinoa is slightly sweet with crunch from the apple. The apple is key. If you have a morning sweet tooth, but crave something healthy, I cannot recommend this enough. 

Sugar-Free Apple Pie Breakfast Quinoa

Recipe by Janice – Fitness Cheerleader

Total time: 5 min

Yield: 1 bowl

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 2/3 cup quinoa flakes
  • 1 tsp cinnamon + more for sprinkling
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 apple (chopped)

Cooking Directions

  1. Bring water to a boil.
  2. Remove from heat and stir in quinoa flakes, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Cover and let sit for 1 min.
  3. Stir in applesauce.
  4. Pour into a bowl and sprinkle chopped apple and cinnamon on top.
  5. Enjoy!

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Apple Pie Breakfast Quinoa

Hello there! I'm Janice and I LOVE salads!! I’m also passionate about cooking EASY, healthy meals. Join me as I share and my family friendly recipes!

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3 Comments

  2. THIS SOUNDS AMAZING! So hearty. I see it being DELICIOUS in the winter especially!!

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  3. I keep hearing how good quinoa is and I have yet to try it… I need to change that as I am trying to eat healthier… 🙂

    Have a good long weekend Janice 🙂

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