Quinoa Rice Breakfast (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

UmmBinat's Note:

A yummy gluten, dairy, corn, egg, yeast, soy, and nut free breakfast. My toddler loves this too.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 2

Yield: 2.0 cups

• 1/2 cup quinoa
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 dash salt
• honey
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 pinch saffron
• 1/2 cup cream brown rice (Cream of brown rice cereal.. I use Healthy Times Brown Rice Baby Cereal)
• 1/4 cup rice milk, to serve (optional)

Directions:

1. Wash quinoa in a sieve thoroughly by rubbing it between your fingers. (This takes away any of its bitter taste).
2. Drain well.
3. Heat a small pot on med-high and dry toast the quinoa until lightly browned. Watching carefully.
4. Add water, ground cardamom and saffron.
5. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to med-low.
6. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes until cooked (When quinoas tails show).
7. There still should be some liquid in the pot if not add an additional 1/4 cup water and mix.
8. Gradually add the rice cereal a little at a time (This is important). Stir after each addition until thoroughly combined.
9. Remove from heat and stir in honey.
10. Serve as is or with rice milk.
11. Enjoy.

Reviews

[mersaydees]

This was such a nice change for breakfast. I had never rinsed quinoa before and my package had recipes that didn't suggest it, but I tried it anyway and would do it again for this recipe. My local grocer doesn't carry cream of brown rice cereal so I used cream of rice cereal. The pinch of saffron was a delight to the eye as well as the palate. I look forward to making this again. Thanks, UmmBinat! Made for Veggie/NA*ME tag game.

[Cookgirl]

Made my own brown rice cereal by grinding raw long grain rice
in a spice grinder. Used local blackberry honey. I have a difficult time
passing up any recipe with cardamom and saffron. Served with a splash
of plain kefir. Mmmm! Thanks for posting! Reviewed for NA*ME tag. Come play!

[Mia in Germany]

Very yummy indeed! I was out of quinoa so used amaranth, which works pretty much the same. Scaled it down to one serving and used only 1 teaspoon honey - delicious, a keeper. Thanks for sharing! Made for Healthy Choices ABC.