Our 6 Ingredient Blueberry and Banana Quinoa Porridge. Our first of three immune boosting recipes that we have done in partnership with @blackmoresaustralia. This breaky is vegan, GF and DF! Swipe for ingredients and method and head to their IGTV to watch the video! #blackmores #beawellbeing #partner
Quinoa Porridge

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4 People
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- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
- 1 punnet Blueberries
- 4 Bananas
- 1 tbsp Maple syrup , (+ extra to serve) - note can use any sweetener (i.e. honey, rice malt syrup, raw sugar)
- 600 mL Milk of choice , (we used almond and coconut milk)
- 1 cup (200g) Quinoa
- Olive oil
Method
- 1)
Soak quinoa overnight if possible or rinse in water prior to cooking and then strain
- 2)
Place quinoa into a pot with 1/2 a litre of milk 3. Put pot on stove on medium heat
- 3)
Add 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
- 4)
Leave quinoa to cook, stirring intermittently to ensure that quinoa or milk isn’t sticking. Turn down to a low heat, if simmering rapidly. Ours took approx. 30 mins to cook.
- 5)
Put a pan on medium heat
- 6)
Peel bananas and cut down the middle lengthways
- 7)
Once pan is hot, add a drizzle of olive oil and put banana in cut side down
- 8)
Increase heat to high and leave to cook for 2-3 mins or until starting to brown on one side
- 9)
Then flip, cooking for approx 1 minute on the other side. Then take off heat.
- 10)
After 30 mins, take quinoa off heat and leave to rest for 5 minutes.
- 11)
Add approx 50mL of milk to quinoa
- 12)
Spoon some porridge into bowls to serve, drizzle with a little bit of milk if required
- 13)
Top with grilled banana and berries then drizzle some maple syrup over the top
- 14)
Feel free to add any other toppings you want – nuts, seeds etc.