This morning I was craving pumpkin oatmeal, but I remembered I was all out of pumpkin pie spice (because I dropped it in the garbage disposable last week all classy like). So, bright and early I took a walk to the store to grab some. I’m taking a day off from running after the marathon so I figured this was a perfect little morning stroll.
Except when I got home I realized that I only had crumbs of oats left?! #Fail
And that’s why you make a list.
I looked around my kitchen for inspiration on another option for breakfast…
And decided to use up a few ingredients that I have in surplus – apples, almond milk and quinoa.
Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Recipe
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1/2 cup diced apples
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1/2 cup quinoa
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1 cup Silk almond milk (or apple juice)
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1 Tb. chia seeds (I used white ones so they blended)
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cinnamon, salt, sugar or stevia to taste
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil, stir. Lower heat and simmer about 10 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
Fluff with fork when done. Top with raisins and/or nuts. Enjoy!
Speaking of apples…
I do! I love apples!!
I am trying to drink the Apple Cider Vinegar cocktail most mornings. A few have asked “why the heck?”.
Well, because that’s what hippies do and I’m trying to be all hippie-like at this point in my life.
Plus I’ve heard it’s great for detox, helps with blood sugar levels, helps with pH levels in your body (not everyone has an issue with that but I kinda eat a lot of basic foods ie coffee, wine). Most importantly = I’m trying it out for a bit to see if I feel better. If I don’t feel a difference I’ll stop. The end.
For now my version is:
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1 Tb. ACV
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1 Tb. lemon juice
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stevia
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cinnamon
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1 cup water
Time to set your MONDAY MINI-GOALS!!!!
Mine are:
1. Do yoga Monday – Thursday this week.
2. Get 7 hours of sleep every night.
3. Eat clean.
What are yours?
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or acidologist. Don’t just try ACV because some girl you met on the internet told you to buy stock in it. Ask a medical professional before changing your diet or exercise.
I have been planning on attempting making quinoa for breakfast, this is the perfect recipe! Thanks for sharing 🙂
i would replace the stevia in your “cocktail” with honey. honey has a lot of really good properties (antibiotic, antioxidant)that go well with acv drink… just saying 🙂
My goal is to get back into training and blogging after four days of traveling
That quinoa looks delicious! I tried to buy pumpkin pie spice tonight but my grocery store was out, so that was a bust 🙁
That recipe looks amazing! I so have to try the “cocktail! I keep reading about it!
My goal is to eat really clean all this week and keep track of my calories (for the most part).
Run Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday.
Yoga Wednesday, Friday (fingers crossed but doubtful) Saturday, Sunday
START STRENGTH TRAINING even for 20 minutes a night!
Sounds like a great breakfast recipe! My goals:
Shake out runs this week.
Strength train.
Eat clean Tuesday-Saturday.
This may be a dumb question but I was wondering when you drink the cocktail? Is it one of those as soon as you wake up things that you have on an empty stomach, or do you drink it with your breakfast? I ask because I like to eat and I feel like postponing food in the morning for the drink will make me sad.
I drink it first thing in the morning, but I’m not sure it truly matters.
Mmm this sounds so good! I recently went completely gluten free so I’ve been using a lot more quinoa lately. As for the ACV, I tried a similar cocktail for a while but really couldn’t stand the taste, so now I just try to put the vinegar in things like salad dressing where it doesn’t taste anywhere near as nasty as straight-up!
That disclaimer is no joke! I used to take an ACV cocktail every morning (the Tone It Up meta-d/bombshell spell version) and I ended up with several bleeding stomach ulcers (and hundreds of dollars in medical bills from testing to figure out what was going on). So be careful, especially if stomach issues run in your family!
Oh no! Thank you for chiming in. I didn’t realize it could get that bad. Are you okay now?
Yep! Happened last November-December and I’ve been totally fine since. Ulcers run in my family though, so I should’ve been a little more cognizant before downing all that ACV :p live and learn!
I need to start getting creative with food like this. I love how you just whipped the awesome recipe up.. jealous!
That apple cinnamon quinoa looks delicious–I’m going to give that a try. I get in breakfast ruts, and I’m totally in one now. I do a couple weeks of ACV cocktails every now and again, and I like the effects–hope it works for you!
Mine is to cope with my nephews! They are so much fun, but hard work too!
Mine is to get back to normal after a heavy Saturday night celebrating my birthday. Two days of hangover down so far!
My monday mini goal is LAUNDRY! I’ve got a week’s worth of running cloths that are not gonna wash themselves. =)
I’ll see your 7 hours of sleep a night and raise you 1 more hour!
Congrats on another strong full mary!!!
I’ve heard really good things about ACV, so I’m interested to hear if you feel any different from taking it! My mini goals for the week are to get a workout in every day even though I’m traveling for work and to get lots of sleep!
Get myself healthy! First and foremost!
I have been hearing a lot about the health benefits of apple cider vinegar. And like you eluded to, it doesn’t hurt to try it out!
I’m going to have to try that quinoa recipe – I haven’t had quinoa in a while!
My goals this week are to track my food and exercise with the my fitness pal app and to practice bodypump every day!
Love the idea of mini goals! I plan my workouts at the start of each week to keep me on track – I’m a big fan of doing yoga and pilates in the evenings a few times a week!
I ‘take’ the ACV cocktail – it’s not hurting so why not!
My in-laws just brought over a huge box of apples from their trees so we need to eat apples in everything. This recipe is perfect! Apples for breakfast, lunch, dinner,and dessert.
Love apples. I have about 3 day (trying to keep that Dr. away :). My goals this week are to run 35 miles ish, 2 P90X videos and yoga!
I’ve been debating about trying that apple vinegar mix – I might have to now 🙂 And your quinoa looks amazing!!!
Yum! I know the quinoa’s a complete protein but there isn’t much of it in quinoa. How would you add protein to this meal? Protein power? Dollop of Greek yogurt? I hope to eat clean this week too!
Yeah, probably protein powder or cottage cheese if you wanted something extra.
That apple cinnamon quinoa recipe looks AMAZING! I just bought some quinoa mac n’ cheese at the store yesterday, so I’m excited to give that a try.
My goals are to try to eat intuitively this week and to exercise 5 times!
This looks delicious – will definitely be trying. My dad swears by the apple cidar vinegar trick. He has an auto immune disease that causes kidney failure, and he drinks a similar concoction every morning to help with kidney function.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing C 🙂
My goals this week:
Eat clean (heading to Jamaica next week so I’m prepping for that!)
Get my 25 miles in by Friday!
Btw I love apples too!