Chai Spiced Quinoa Porridge via Healthy Living Blog
On cold winter mornings, there's nothing like a hot bowl of whole grain porridge to start the day off right. Whole grains take longer to digest and they release their sugars slowly, so they make you feel satisfied longer. My standard breakfast whole grain is oatmeal, but other whole grains such as quinoa, millet, wheat berries, amaranth or brown rice can easily be substituted for oatmeal, and make breakfast that much more interesting as they all have different textures and consistencies.
I came up with this Chai Spiced Quinoa Porridge recipe because I love the warm spices in chai tea. Topping this hot breakfast cereal with fresh berries and walnuts makes this breakfast cereal fun to eat and adds a burst of extra nutritional value.
Chai Spiced Quinoa Porridge
Try these chai spices in other whole grain porridges for breakfast, and top with whatever fruits and nuts you have on hand. Serves 4.
Juice from 1 clementine
2 cups water
1 cup quinoa, rinsed thoroughly
1 cinnamon stick
3 green cardamon pods
3 whole cloves
2 black peppercorns
1 slice ginger, peeled
Toppings
toasted walnuts
blueberries
honey, maple syrup or agave syrup
almond milk
To make Quinoa Porridge, place clementine juice, water, quinoa, cinnamon stick, cardamon pods, whole cloves, peppercorns and ginger in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and cook, covered, for 15 minutes. Turn heat off and let sit for 5 minutes.
Serve with toasted walnuts, blueberries, honey, and almond milk.
[photograph c/o Jeanette's Heathy Living Blog]
Recipe, breakfast, comfort food, kid friendly
Reader Comments (4)
Oh wow, this sounds simply amazing. I need to make a trip to the grocery store and stock up on fresh spices. Thanks for sharing this.
Chai spices are really nice and warming in hot breakfast cereals. If you haven't tried quinoa for breakfast, this is a great way to introduce it.
Oh this sounds absolutely wonderful. I love Chai Tea and I love quinoa - the recipe looks like a perfect marriage!
Thanks for this recipe! I made this last week and I definitely enjoyed the flavor and the texture of the quinoa. Do you have any suggestions for keeping the spices together, so you can scoop them all out when you're done cooking? I had a wayward peppercorn find its way onto my spoon and it was a bit of a surprise when I bit into it...