Warm Spiced Quinoa Porridge with Honeyed Walnuts
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup milk of your choice you can use dairy, cocnut milk, almond milk or rice milk
  • 3 mejool dates
  • 6 turkish apricots
  • handful of walnuts
  • ½ tsp cinamon
  • nutmeg
  • 1 star aniseed
  • 1 tsp honey and extra to taste
Instructions
  1. Rinse the quinoa in a fine mesh stariner under running water then bring to the boil with 2 cups of water
  2. Simmer for 12 minutes then cover and remove from the heat. This will allow it to continue cooking and you will get fluffy beautiful quinoa.
  3. Place the walnuts on a piece of baking paper on a baking sheet and drizzle with honey then roast in an oven heated at 200C for 5 minutes until they are golden
  4. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool. When cool roughly chop
  5. Heat the milk in a saucepan over a medium heat to warm. Add the star naiseed, nutmeg and cinnamon and allow to infuse. Remove the star aniseed and add the cooked quinoa. Mix it together and sweeten with some honey. ( you can adjust the cinnamon by adding more now if you like)
  6. Divide the quinoa between 2 bowls and top with the dates, apricots and honeyed walnuts. Add extra honey to taste.
Recipe by The Luminous Kitchen at http://theluminouskitchen.com/warm-spiced-quinoa-porridge-honeyed-walnuts/