Cinnamon Toast Breakfast Quinoa

Epic breakfast quinoa recipe featuring toasted pecans, coconut oil, cinnamon and dried cherries or cranberries. It tastes like cinnamon toast! Recipe as written yields 1 serving; you can multiply it as necessary, as long as you use a suitably sized pot.

Ingredients:

Breakfast quinoa

• Heaping 2 tablespoons chopped raw pecans
• 1 ½ teaspoons coconut oil
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling on top
• Tiny pinch of salt
• 1 cup pre-cooked quinoa* (either chilled or warm from cooking—both will work)
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup, more if desired

Toppings and optional accompaniments

• 1 tablespoon chopped dried cherries or dried cranberries
• Hemp seeds, chia seeds or flax seeds (optional), for serving
• Milk or yogurt of choice (totally optional), for serving