Savory Summer Quinoa Breakfast
This is my favorite summer breakfast meal. It is simple, and I always feel ready to take on the world after eating it.
A friend recently requested a Quinoa recipe and I instantly thought of this super-duper yummy Quinoa Breakfast. In fact, this is my favorite summer breakfast meal. It is simple, and I always feel ready to take on the world after eating it. I hope that you do too!
A Few Quinoa Facts
Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is actually a species of Chenopodium grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds. Yum! It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal as it is not a grass and its leaves are also eaten as a leaf vegetable.
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has officially declared that the year 2013 be recognized as "The International Year of the Quinoa." Yay!
Quinoa contains a plethora of anti-inflammatory phytonutrients: polysaccharides like arabinans and rhamnogalacturonans; hydroxycinnamic and hydroxybenzoic acids; flavonoids like quercetin and kaempferol; and saponins including molecules derived from oleanic acid, hederagenin, and serjanic acid {I dare you to say that list out loud five times really fast.}
For those of us that are slightly glycemic challenged, quinoa is great because it contains 8.14g of protein in every quarter cup of uncooked grain. For a full nutrient analysis click here →
