{"id":15654,"date":"2013-07-25T01:35:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T05:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daily-burn.sta.oomphcloud.com\/?p=15654"},"modified":"2018-01-24T10:14:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T15:14:56","slug":"healthy-quinoa-oatmeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/healthy-quinoa-oatmeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet and Savory Quinoa Oatmeal Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Usually served in savory side dishes, quinoa \u2014 a high-protein seed \u2014 can also make a satisfying hot cereal to start the day. Add a handful of berries for a boost of antioxidants, and say goodbye to not-so-nutritious breakfasts for good (Fruit Loops and Pop Tarts, we\u2019re looking at you!). Too busy to get tied up\u00a0in the kitchen? Make a big batch of this quinoa oatmeal recipe to last all week. It’ll become your new go-to.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 9 Healthy Whole-Grain Breakfast Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo by Perry Santanachote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sweet and Savory Quinoa Oatmeal Recipe<\/h3>\n

Serves 2<\/i><\/p>\n

Total time: 20 minutes<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n

1 \u00bd cups water
\n\u00bc cup steel-cut oats
\n\u00bc cup red quinoa, rinsed
\n\u00bc\u00a0cup dried berries
\n2 tablespoons raisins
\n\u00bc teaspoon sea salt
\n\u00bd teaspoon cinnamon
\n2 tablespoons toasted shelled pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
\nAlmond milk and agave syrup to taste<\/p>\n

Preparation
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  1. Bring steel-cut oats, quinoa, dried fruit, raisins, salt and cinnamon to a boil in a medium saucepan.<\/li>\n
  2. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until grains are tender, about 18-20 minutes.<\/li>\n
  3. Remove from heat and serve with\u00a0almond milk, agave syrup and pumpkin seeds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Food for Thought<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Swap in seasonal fruit for the dried berries, such as fresh peaches in the summer or apples in autumn.<\/p>\n

    Pro Tip<\/b><\/h3>\n

    For even quicker \u201cquinoatmeal,\u201d boil the grains and fruit the night before, cover and let sit off heat overnight. In the morning, reheat in saucepan, covered, over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally and adding water if needed, until warmed through, about 5-8 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Start the day off right with this protein-packed quinoa oatmeal recipe that combines two of our favorite pantry staples into one healthy breakfast! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,27,9,17],"tags":[33,73,80,81,341,381],"class_list":["post-15654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breakfast","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-vegan","tag-breakfast","tag-oatmeal","tag-protein","tag-quinoa","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2low-carb-diets"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}