Creating a Healthy Strawberry Quinoa Breakfast Recipe

Have you started the New Year off with a healthy eating resolution? It seems like I do every year and this year is no exception. Plus, I’m doing a Pantry Challenge where I am using only ingredients from the pantry this month to feed my family and a budget of $100.

While I was looking through the pantry, I found a box of Quinoa and decided to make a quick breakfast for myself. First off let me tell you that I was not pronouncing this word correctly. I had a quick and rather embarrassing lesson from my good friend, Jenn, after she thought I was saying Granola and wondered why I was asking if I could put it in a salad too. Quinoa is not pronounced Qui-No-A. I think it’s the Minnesotan in me that thinks this is how you say it, you know kind of like Soo-Duh (Soda).

Even though I was saying it wrong, I managed to cook it right and even make a yummy breakfast for myself.

I will admit, I was a little bit scared of this ingredient. I don’t make a lot of healthy recipes, I like my butter and cream. Anything with chocolate and I can finish off a jar of pickles in a day on my own. So, using a “healthy” ingredient was a little different for me. I was pretty surprised with how delicious.