Breakfast is been recommended by health practitioners to be not skipped. It must be filled with carbohydrate and protein to be able to keep you on going as the day drags by. Carbohydrate supplies the energy that we need to endure the day. Protein is for growth and repair of tissues so you’ll feel vibrant.
Those two nutrients are passed on the ancient seeds called quinoa. If you’re not yet familiar with this grain-like seeds, you must know that it bears complete protein and carbohydrate. Its nutrient can be similar what is in milk. It has a light nutty taste that would keep you full on the later time of the day but you’ll be feeling dragged down.
This effect can be helpful to those who want to lose weight. By trying quinoa at home, you’ll surely love its taste and you don’t need to have heavy breakfast just to keep yourself stable in starting your day. The complete protein will also supervise sufficient energy for work outs.
Usually, ingredients in quinoa easy breakfast recipes are all naturally goodies. Fresh fruits can be added on your cereal, plus organic foods like nuts and dried berries. Natural sweetener like almond milk, honey and agave are being mixed to tickle your taste buds. You can also mixed quinoa with eggs through stir fry recipe while adding some chopped vegetables. Quinoa baked goodies will also be taking care of your stomach on mornings.
Those mentioned foods do coincide with the principles of eating clean. Quinoa, due to its nature has been distinguished as one of the whole grains in this clean diet.
Here are some samples of recipes.
For one serving of cereal, you’ll need cup of cooked quinoa, 1 tablespoon of raisins, 1 tablespoon of date pieces or few slices of bananas, 1 tablespoon of pecan pieces or almonds, dash each of cinnamon and nutmeg and drizzle of pure maple syrup or honey.
Top all the ingredients on quinoa then drizzle honey or maple syrup. Enjoy it hot.