PARTNER POST: We’ve teamed up with Bonne Maman to bring you the best homemade breakfast and brunch recipes to show Mom you care this Mother’s Day and all spring long.
A warm, slightly sweet and earthy quinoa bowl is perfect for a special occasion like Mother’s Day or any day. Smooth coconut milk, sweet blueberries, cherry preserves and lemon give this recipe pops of flavor.
This is my new favorite thing. It’s like a warm, slightly sweet, healthy-ish and comforting quinoa cereal that’s bound to fill your belly with happiness! And tell me this…how many of you plan to “surprise” mom with breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day? I put surprise in quotations because we all know mom is expecting it right?!
I promise this will make moms day if you bring her a warm bowl of this Coconut Cherry Blueberry Quinoa. You know what makes this recipe so special? The Bonne Maman Cherry Preserves swirled right into the mix.
It gives this dish juuuuust the right amount of sweetness while still keeping that earthly feel. So go ahead, grab a few of these simple ingredients and please make your mother some breakfast. She deserves it.
Bonne Maman is giving away a gorgeous 12-piece set of Le Creuset cookware plus many other goodies (over 1,000 prizes!) on their website. Click below to enter! Who doesn’t love beautiful cookware?!
For another recipe idea, check out these strawberry muffins.
Click here for the written recipe.
Warm Coconut and Fruit Breakfast Quinoa
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Description
A warm, slightly sweet and earthy quinoa bowl is perfect for a special occasion like Mother’s Day or any day. Smooth coconut milk, sweet blueberries, cherry preserves and lemon give this recipe pops of flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon Bonne Maman Cherry Preserves
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 cup blueberries
Instructions
- Add the coconut milk to a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Add the quinoa, stir with a fork and let it boil gently for 5 minutes.
- Turn off the heat, cover and let it sit for 20 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
- Stir in a pinch of salt, maple syrup, preserves and lemon zest. Fold in blueberries and serve!
- Category: Breakfast
