Popped Quinoa Breakfast Bowl
This bowl of goodness is an amazing family breakfast and a wonderful way to start your day. Children love this bowl of crunchy popped quinoa breakfast bowl with pistachios, and they go wild about the pomegranate seeds when they burst in the mouth. A popped quinoa breakfast bowl is a perfect balance of protein, fats, fibre as well as total yumminess!
Quinoa is such a healthy seed known as a pseudo-grain. It is and packed with protein and is the only plant-based grain that contains all the essential amino acids needed to keep you and your children healthy. Quinoa is naturally gluten-free and contains B vitamins, iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin E and is a source of healthy fibre. It is so easy and quick to pop quinoa and kids love to help making this and the popping sound makes them giggle! Quinoa pops store well in a glass jar, and so it is good to make a large batch and have some at the ready for breakfasts or to make popped quinoa crispies.
Kids love pistachio nuts and these are full of B6 which is an essential nutrient to support a good mood. They are also a dietary source of iron and agreat option for those who do not regularly eat red meat.
Pomegranate seeds are packed with antioxidants called Punicalagins which are important for cell repair. Pomegranate may also help to improve memory and this is important for those kids struggling with their working memory and processing at school.
I have added some flax seeds to boost up the omega 3 content of this breakfast. A great alternative for those who need more omega 3 and do not eat fish.
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Popped Quinoa Breakfast Bowl
Ingredients
- 50 grams Quinoa
- 50 grams Pistachios (shelled and unsalted)
- 2 teaspoons Flax Seeds (Linseed)
- 1 Pomegranate Seeds
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- Almond Milk (or whatever milk your kids prefer)
Instructions
- Heat a saucepan to a high heat and pour in the quinoa. Within a minute it should start popping. Stir until it has stopped popping and take it off the heat and pour into a glass jar until cool.
- Whilst the quinoa pops are cooling, de-seed the pomegranate and remove the white pith.
- Pour the quinoa pops into a breakfast bowl and top with pomegrante seeds, flax seeds and pistachios and then add some milk. Drizzle on a little honey to sweeten.
Notes
Per serving. Nutrition content in food is never consistent, so take these estimates with a pinch of salt! Also, our recipes tend to use low-GI carbs and sugars, so these values are not directly comparable with shop-bought UPFs.
I cannot make this work. Maybe because my quinoa is a mix of white and red. All it does it get burnt, a few pop, they aren’t very big. Any idea what I’m doing wrong? I have tried soaking and not soaking. Same result.
It does need to be white quinoa but even with that, it still does not pop as well as the bought popped quinoa such as this Biofair one which I would use https://www.ocado.com/products/biofair-organic-fair-trade-quinoa-pops-269463011
Thanks Lucinda