Apple cinnamon quinoa porridge
Quinoa simmered in almond milk until soft and creamy, with cinnamon apples and walnuts, a warm bowl that keeps you full long after oatmeal would.
- 25 min total
- 8 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 2
- About $1.79 a serving
- 300 calories
- Good the next day
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Dolly says: It’s ready in 25 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 2 servings.
- ½ cup quinoa
- 1 apple, cored and chopped
- 1½ cups unsweetened almond milk, divided
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp walnuts, chopped
From your pantry
- ½ cup water
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
Each serving has about 300 calories, 8 g protein, 49 g carbs and 10 g fat, and costs about $1.79 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the quinoa in a fine strainer under cold water for 30 seconds.
Rinse. Rinsing means running cold water over rice or canned beans in a strainer while you swish them around. It washes off loose starch and can liquid, so rice cooks up fluffy and beans taste clean.
How you’ll know: The water running out goes from cloudy to mostly clear; it doesn’t have to be perfect.
Dolly’s tip: Rinsing washes off a natural coating that tastes bitter.the apple and it into small pieces.
Core. Coring means cutting out the hard center of things like apples, peppers or cabbage. That center is tough and woody, so it’s the part you throw away.
How you’ll know: What’s left is all tender flesh, with no hard, pale center.
Chop. Chopping means cutting food into bite-size pieces that don’t need to be neat. Keep them roughly the same size so everything cooks evenly.
How you’ll know: Your pieces are about half an inch and roughly alike, even if none of them are pretty.
Put the quinoa, 1 cup almond milk, the water, cinnamon, salt and apple in a small and over medium heat.
Saucepan. A saucepan is a pot with tall, straight sides and one long handle. It’s for things that need depth, like rice, sauces or a few boiled eggs.
How you’ll know: The food fills it about halfway, leaving room to bubble without spilling over.
Simmer. Simmering means keeping a liquid just below a boil, with small bubbles rising gently. It cooks food evenly and lets a sauce thicken without scorching on the bottom.
How you’ll know: Small, lazy bubbles break the surface every second or so, and nothing is churning.
Medium heat
Cover, turn the heat to low and cook 15 minutes, stirring once or twice, until the liquid is absorbed and the quinoa shows little white tails.
Low heatTimer: 15 min
in the rest of the almond milk and the maple syrup and warm 1 minute, until creamy.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Low heatTimer: 1 min
Spoon into bowls and top with the walnuts.
Chop. Chopping means cutting food into bite-size pieces that don’t need to be neat. Keep them roughly the same size so everything cooks evenly.
How you’ll know: Your pieces are about half an inch and roughly alike, even if none of them are pretty.
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