This 5 Ingredient Quinoa Superfood Breakfast Bowl is my new favorite! It's so easy to prepare, only 5 ingredients and tastes amazing. Blueberries, bananas, and peanut butter over a bowl of quinoa! Vegan and Gluten Free.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Quick and Easy Meal Prep: Simply meal prep a big batch of quinoa on Sunday night (like 1 dry cup worth) and you will have a super easy to assemble breakfast or lunch for the next few days. Place quinoa in a bowl and add your topping literally like a bowl of cereal that just got fancy.
- Flavorful and Filling: This quinoa breakfast bowl is super flavorful with fresh fruit and nutty quinoa topped with nut butter can you say delicious.
OK, you know how much I love my easy vegan food obviously. I am here to make your life so much easier with this super simple meal prep quinoa bowl packed with protein and flavor. We are all busy so I am here to make life a little bit more simple for you!
Looking for more healthy vegan breakfast dishes? Try this 7 Ingredient Superfood Quinoa Breakfast Bowl or this Protein Breakfast Bowl, a Fruit Cereal Bowl, or Banana Bread Breakfast Muffins. Or if you just love quinoa and are looking for more try my Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad I know you'll enjoy that also.
Ingredients
Only 5 ingredients. If you have been around for a while you know how much I like to make extra of everything to eat the next day. Well quinoa is like a total superfood but instead of telling you facts about it, because I am sure you already know it's good for you or have already been told by someone else I'm going to get right into the details.
- Quinoa: The base and the "cereal" part of this bowl. It's the fiber, protein and the filling part of this protein bowl.
- Plant Milk: I like unsweetened almond or cashew milk best but you choose your favorite.
- Blueberries: Use any fruit you like, I just love the sweet blueberries on top this protein quinoa bowl.
- Banana: Adds a nice creamy fruit texture and goes well with the nut butter.
- Nut Butter: Use any nut butter you like, I love peanut butter and almond butter the best.
How to Make This 5 Ingredient Quinoa Superfood Breakfast Bowl
- Cook the quinoa, I like to make a big batch but do what you prefer.
- Place the cooked quinoa in a bowl just like you would with cereal.
- Add your toppings, I used banana, blueberries and nut butter.
- Pour on the plant milk! That's it.
I like to store pre-cooked quinoa in the fridge for up to 4-5 days. I love enjoying this bowl warm for breakfast (simply heat in the microwave before or after the topping you decide) and I love it cold for lunches.
Variations
- Mix up the Toppings: Use any fruit you like best, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries.
- Hot or Cold: You decide, I love it both ways.
Let me know what you think if you try it, and what fruits did you top yours with!
Expert Tips
- Prep Extra Quinoa: I always make extra quinoa to store in the fridge and have it ready to go.
- Meal Prep: Place the quinoa in mason jars so that you can have it as a to-go! All you have to do is top it and add a splash of milk and you're ready to go!
More Simple Vegan Breakfast Bowls
5 Ingredient Quinoa Superfood Breakfast Bowl
Ingredients
- ½ cup plain cooked quinoa (cooked - in water-I used mixed color)
- 1 small banana (sliced)
- ⅓ cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- ⅓ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I use SILK brand)
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter (or any nut butter)
Instructions
- Cook quinoa if it's not already cooked, I cook extra and just store in the fridge. (½ cup cooked is about ¼-1/3 cup dry but like I said I cook extra and store in the fridge, cook according to package directions, cook in water not broth)
- Add the cooked quinoa to the bowl, add the sliced bananas, blueberries and spoon of nut butter. Top with non dairy milk.
- Serve warm or cold. I like it warm for breakfast and cold when I enjoy it for lunches.
Notes
Nutrition
Linda @ Veganosity
This looks like the perfect breakfast, or lunch. I love that big spoon of peanut butter sitting in the middle of that bowl. Looks delicious!
tworaspberries
RIGHT! PB makes everything amazing! 😉 thanks Linda!
Dahn
Don't you just love how a few simple and easy ingredients can make one amazing dish of yumminess 🙂
tworaspberries
TOTALLY! it's the best right?! thanks Dahn 😉
Doreen
I made this recipe this morning. Very good and filling. Thanks!
tworaspberries
I am SO glad you liked it! thanks so much for commenting I really appreciate it!!! 😉 I hope you have a wonderful day!
Brandy Frias
Good idea to pre-make quinoa in a jar. What's the shelf life in the fridge after you make it?
tworaspberries
Hi Brandy! usually I will keep cooked quinoa in the fridge for up to 3 days 😉 I hope you try it and let me know what you think! 😉
Sherri Davis
Hi, I am new to this, but I want to say that this food and the recipe's are amazing. I cant say enough how I feel when I eat clean. Than you so much for making it easy for me to find good quality recipe's to make this amazing food. Keep up the good work, I can't wait to see what you have next!!
tworaspberries
😉 thanks so much I really appreciate it! and I TOTALLY agree, it's crazy how much food affects our energy and mood! I hope you have a beautiful weekend!!!
AraMae
What is the right way to cook quinoa?
tworaspberries
Hi!
I personally cook quinoa in a stove top pot- I use about 1 part dry quinoa to almost 2 parts liquid
example: 1 cup dry quinoa to 1 3/4 cup liquid...
I start by washing my quinoa (in a fine mesh strainer) then I add it to the pot with the liquid... turn it on high heat until it simmers... and then turn it down to low heat with a lid and let it steam/adsorb the liquid which will take about 15-20 minutes!
I hope this helps 😉 have a wonderful weekend!
Chelsea
I just made this for breakfast and it is AMAZING. Thank you so much for sharing this!! This is a great way to start your day off right! I added a little bit of nonfat greek yogurt to mine to amp up the protein! I also added flax seeds and toasted coconut!! So delicious! 🙂
tworaspberries
YAY 😉 I am SO glad you liked it! it's so easy right?! toasted coconut on top sounds amazingggg! thanks for sharing that tip!!! I hope you have a great day Chelsea and thanks again for commenting!
Colleen
This looks delicious! Do you happen to know the nutritional values for this recipe?
tworaspberries
I personally don't list nutritional values because I have a history with compulsively counting calories in an un-healthy way, with that being said I know everyone is different and it works great for some people! 😉 ...I really recommend https://cronometer.com/ for finding nutritional values of food, it shows everything from calories to vitamin content and I know a lot of people who use it, it's free you just make an account to sign in! I think you will find it very useful! I hope you have a wonderful day! 😉
Trushali
My turn to try it...can I load it nuts or black raisins?
tworaspberries
of course! you can load this up with anything you desire! raisins sound delicious! 😉
Sarah
Made the quinoa the other day so it was ready for breakfast this morning. I loved it, as well as the recommendation of temperature. I heated it up. I also used PB powder for the PB... SO GOOD!! Thank you!!
Michele Elizabeth
I am so glad you loved it! It's a regular around my house we make all different flavors all the time. Thanks for leaving me a kind comment and rating I really appreciate it! Also the PB powder great idea!