Tropical Breakfast Quinoa

Ingredients

• Quinoa

  Uncooked

  1 cup or 170g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  1 ½ cup or 355g

• Lowfat milk

  Fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  ¾ cup or 183g

• Brown sugar

  1 tbsp or 9g

• Vanilla extract

  1 tsp or 4g

• Ginger

  Spices, ground

  ¾ tsp or 1g

• Cinnamon

  Spices, ground

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Strawberries

  Frozen, unsweetened

  ¾ cup, unthawed or 112g

• Coconut meat

  Nuts, dried (desiccated), not sweetened

  1 ½ oz or 43g

• Pineapple

  Canned, water pack, solids and liquids

  ⅓ cup, crushed, sliced, or chunks or 82g

• Flaxseed

  Seeds

  2 tbsp, ground or 14g

• Pistachio nuts

  Nuts, dry roasted, with salt added

  2 tbsp or 15g

Directions

1. Stir the quinoa, water, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, ginger and cinnamon together in a medium saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil.
2. Once mixture starts to boil, quickly remove the lid, and reduce the heat to medium-low, so the liquid is just simmering.
3. Cook for 8 minutes, then stir in the strawberries. Cook for another 2 minutes.
4. Remove from the heat, and stir in the coconut, pineapple and flax seeds. Dish into bowls, and sprinkle with pistachios.

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