🍎 Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Porridge

Name: Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Porridge
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: PCOS-friendly
Ingredients: 3/4 cup quinoa, rinsed; 1.5 cups unsweetened almond milk; 1 apple, diced; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg; 2 tbsp chopped pecans; 1 tbsp ground flaxseed

Quinoa porridge has roughly twice the protein of oat porridge, and cooking the apple with cinnamon means you need no added sugar at all.

20 min
Serves 2
Breakfast
Vegan
low GI

Nutrition per serving

360kcal
12gprotein
48gcarbs
13gfat
8gfibre

Ingredients

3/4 cup quinoa, rinsed
1.5 cups unsweetened almond milk
1 apple, diced
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tbsp chopped pecans
1 tbsp ground flaxseed

Method

Simmer the quinoa in the almond milk with the cinnamon and nutmeg for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the diced apple in the last 5 minutes so it softens but keeps some bite.
Stir the flaxseed through off the heat.
Serve topped with the pecans and a splash more milk.

Tips & swaps

Leaving the apple skin on adds pectin, a soluble fibre that helps steady blood sugar.
Cook a double batch and reheat with a splash of milk.

Keeping it

Keeps 4 days in the fridge.

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General wellness information, not medical or dietetic advice. Nothing here diagnoses, treats or cures PCOS. Nutrition figures are per-serving estimates. Check with your doctor or a registered dietitian before making significant changes — especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic or managing a food allergy.