Quinoa orange breakfast pilaf with cardamom and vanilla
POSTED ON April 15, 2012
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I have such fond memories of making this breakfast pilaf in my sister’s sunny yellow kitchen when I was staying with her last summer. I thought of making it now because it’s a good in-between-weather breakfast: not too wintery like some of my other breakfast recipes and not too summery like this favorite. The pilaf is lovely eaten warm, but could also be enjoyed room temperature. Either way it’s great with almond milk or yogurt.
Today I added dried mulberries instead of golden raisins and topped it with warmed almond milk and plenty of toasted almonds. Eating it this morning was a delicious way to start the weekend!
pilaf with almond milk
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Orange quinoa breakfast pilaf with cardamom and vanilla
This pilaf can be made with half apple juice for a sweeter breakfast. You can also serve it with maple syrup or another sweetener of your choice. You could add goji berries before cooking and I think it would be nice topped with fresh seasonal berries too.
1 ½ cups quinoa, soaked overnight in 3 cups of filtered water
2 cups fresh orange juice
3 tablespoons golden raisins or dried mulberries
Zest of one orange
1 tablespoon coconut butter or coconut oil
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
6 cardamom pods
2 whole star anise
½ vanilla bean, seeds scraped and pod reserved
Pinch of salt
To serve;
Chopped toasted almonds
Fresh almond milk or yogurt
Drain and rinse quinoa, strain well. Place in a pot, add orange juice, golden raisins or mulberries, orange zest, coconut oil, cinnamon, cardamom, star anise, vanilla seeds and pod and salt. Bring to a boil, cover, lower heat and cook for 25 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes more. Pick out cardamom pods and fluff with a fork. Serve warm or room temperature with almond milk or yogurt.
Serves 4 to 6.
POSTED IN Breakfast, Gluten free, Grains
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i love quinoa SO MUCH. i could eat it every day for every meal. this breakfast quinoa pilaf looks so delicious! i love the addition of golden raisins. they are my favorite <3
This looks gorgeous! I love the idea of having quinoa for breakfast 🙂
What a delicious idea for breakfast!
Simply beautiful! I’ve been making quinoa a lot for breakfast lately, but I love this addition of cardamon- I will definitely give this a go 🙂 Oh and with OJ too, perfect x
This is delicious! I just had ordinary old sultanas and used a mix of mandarins and oranges for the juice and zest (’cause that is what I had) and i have been eating it not only for breakfast but lunch and snacks as well. It’s really good with some natural yoghurt and just a tiny bit of maple syrup!
Thanks so much x
Hi,
This sounds amazing. It is already summer where I am and I’m wondering if it is possible to prepare quinoa without cooking it? A bit like the oats and chia are prepared in the oats and chia seeds with almond milk recipe. I imagine that I may need a rinse after soaking, but the goal is to keep from turning the stove on and impart the quinoa with flavor while it soaks.
Thanks,
Kate
Made a wonderful breakfast! Warm and comforting!