Savory Summer Quinoa Breakfast

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Jun 5

QUINOA+SALAD+Header.jpg — 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 →

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Savory Summer Quinoa Breakfast

A Few Quinoa Facts

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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!

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Buffy Owens

Buffy Owens is a somatic practitioner and embodied mentor with over two decades of experience guiding people into a more sustainable relationship with their bodies. Her work integrates somatic movement, nervous-system awareness, and the SOMA Framework to support clarity, self-trust, and embodied living—especially during transitions.

https://consciousmovements.com

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 Few Quinoa Facts

RECIPE :

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