Recipes: Breakfast Grain Salad

• Prep Time:12 hours
• Cook Time:30 minutes
• Serves:6

 

Tagged:
ancient grains, apple, blueberries, cinnamon, milk, nutmeg, pear, quinoa, raspberries, steel cut oats, syrup,

This Breakfast Grain Salad is made with ancient grains such as quinoa and steel cut oats, then topped with fresh seasonal fruits. It makes for a delicious and healthy breakfast. This is one of the recipes from our Top Ten Sandwich & Salad Trends report.

 

Foodie Byte

Steel cut oats have been chopped rather than rolled or ground. The flavor is typically described as a little nuttier than other oats, with a little chewier texture.

Ingredients

1 cup steel cut oats, prepare according to package directions
1 cup quinoa, prepare according to package directions
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 apple, halved, seeded, coarsely chopped
1 pear, halved, seeded, coarsely chopped
1 cup berries, seasonal
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Chopped nuts, optional

Preparation

Combine prepared oats and quinoa.
In a medium bowl gently combine apple, pear, berries and lemon juice.
Top the oat and quinoa mixture with fruit then sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.
Serve warm or cold with milk or syrup.

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