Wicklewood's Cinnamon and Apple Quinoa

Submitted by WicklewoodWench

"If you choose to omit the butter and substitute artificial sweetener for sugar, this will be an incredibly healthy dish. I have also made this with half applesauce and half water when I have ran out of apple juice. I always use Dayla's Copycat Pampered Chef Cinnamon Plus Mix Recipe #45672, but ordinary cinnamon works just as well."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 8 tablespoons toasted quinoa
• 3⁄4 pint apple juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons demerara sugar
• 1 ounce butter (optional)
• 1 ounce raisins
• 1 eating apple, diced (plus a few slices for garnish)
• 2 tablespoons applesauce

directions

1. In a saucepan, bring the apple juice to the boil, add the quinoa and bring back to the boil.
2. When the apple juice is almost all absorbed, stir in the remaining ingredients.
3. Reduce heat and continue to sir until thick.
4. Transfer to serving dishes and serve with 1 tablespoons of apple sauce and sliced apple.
5. Serve hot or cold.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

5 stars in taste, very sweet, but it did not cook properly with the top off and was not 100% done. I would like to try this delicious tasting quinoa again covering the pot while cooking it and I think the result will be 5 stars. I used white quinoa, apple cider instead of apple juice, liquid local honey instead of sugar to be healthier, Mackintosh apple which I peeled as it was not organic, recipe#178187 made in applesauce format, plus the raisins and cinnamon, no optional butter to be dairy free and healthier! I will make this again!