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Quinoa porridge with banana, dried apricots, anise and fennel seeds
Delicious glutenfree and vegan porridge made with quinoa and banana. And a subtle sweetness of dried apricots. Deliciously spiced for autumn: with some star anise and fennel seeds.
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 1 bowl
Calories: 528 kcal
Course:
Breakfast
Cuisine:
European , American
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup (black) quinoa
- ½ handful cashew nuts raw or roasted
- ½ cup plantbased milk or water
- ½ handful hemp seeds raw or roasted
- 1 banana
- 3 dried apricots preferably not orange, dark ones are unsulphured
- 1 star anise
- ½ teaspoons fennel seeds preferably freshly ground
- 1 pinch celtic sea salt
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa under the tap. I usually do this in a sieve.
- Bring the milk to the boil and cook the quinoa for 20 minutes with the star anise, fennel seeds and salt. Simmer gently with the lid on the pan.
- Cut 2 apricots into small pieces and cook with the quinoa.
- You can soak the other apricot in hot water. The time that the quinoa is cooking is not enough to make the apricot completely soft, but just enough to get a slightly softer bite.
- Remove the star anise from the porridge. You do not eat this.
- Puree the banana through the porridge.
- Serve with the soaked apricot, the cashew nuts and the hemp seeds on top.
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Notes
- I used black quinoa but off course you can use regular quinoa as well.
Nutrition Information
Calories
528kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
96g
(32%)
Protein
15g
(30%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Sodium
105mg
(4%)
Potassium
1209mg
(35%)
Fiber
11g
(44%)
Sugar
37g
(74%)
Vitamin A
1202IU
(24%)
Vitamin C
11mg
(12%)
Calcium
243mg
(24%)
Iron
6mg
(33%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1bowl
Amount Per Serving
Calories 528
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 528kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 96g | 32% |
| Protein | 15g | 30% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Sodium | 105mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 1209mg | 26% |
| Fiber | 11g | 44% |
| Sugar | 37g | 74% |
| Vitamin A | 1202IU | 24% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 243mg | 24% |
| Iron | 6mg | 33% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.