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Banana Quinoa Rice Pudding is a hearty, delicious breakfast that everyone will love! It’s light and creamy with a delightful coconut-banana flavor.
Do you ever find yourself going through phases where you will cook the same food over and over for weeks — sometimes months — on end? Well, that was me with quinoa. A few years back my husband went through a major quinoa eating phase which then rubbed off on our kids. I found myself steaming a pot of it every day and then tossing it with cherry tomatoes, olive oil, lemon and basil or mixing it with shrimp and avocado.
Quinoa is a fantastic grain which is rich in protein, calcium and many other essential vitamins and minerals. The only down side for me whenever I make it for my kids is the mess I find under their chairs after dinner (this is my problem with rice too — enter Brown Rice Cakes). I can spend a good 10 minutes sweeping those little grains up off the floor and still find more down there a week later.
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Without banning quinoa from our dinner repertoire, I turned one of our favorite grains into a dish that tastes incredibly similar to rice pudding and is much more mess-proof. Light and creamy with a delightful coconut-banana flavor, this dish can be served after dinner for dessert, as an after school snack or even as a special breakfast treat.
You may find yourself making a lot more quinoa after trying this recipe, but you’ll find a lot less of it on the kitchen floor and a lot more of it in your family’s tummies! Let me know if you make this one by tagging me on social media!
Banana Quinoa Rice Pudding
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place the quinoa in a strainer and rinse with water.
- Place quinoa, coconut milk and milk in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients and cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes stirring continuously until thickened.
- Pour into individual ramekins. Serve warm or chill for 1-2 hours.
- Serve.
[…] i’m a HUGE rice pudding fan. interested to try this. […]
made this for breakfast for myself and my 17m/o … we both loved it, and it was our first time trying quinoa. :))) delishhhh.
Do you think you could make this with amaranth?
This comment is a year overdue, but in case you haven’t found out by now, coconut is in no way, shape or form a nut. Only people who have tested positive for a coconut allergy should avoid it (and it’s a very rare allergy). The tree-nut allergic among us (which includes my kiddos) are fine to consume it!
The coconut milk adds body and flavor. You can use all regular milk if you prefer, I just love the flavor of coconut!
Can you give me a non-nut substitute for the coconut milk? We have a tree nut allergy in our household and can’t use coconut.
Thank you very much for writing about this brand. I buy these ones now since they are BPA free lined. Many thanks!
FYI, Native Forest Coconut Milk cans are BPA free. 🙂
Those would be fabulous in this! I have been using a lot of cardamom recently, too!
What do u think of adding cardamom and ginger to this? I have been making a rice pudding in my slow cooker with these spices and saffron, although I think the saffron would not pair well.
this is sooo good! I’m not that crazy about quinoa, this is the best way I’ve had it so far!
The banana adds so much flavor! You can omit it if you really don’t like banana, or substitute another mashed or pureed fruit!
Could I substitute something else for the bananas? Any suggestions? I’m thinking pureed mango? My hubby simply won’t eat bananas!:( Or do you think it would work by just omitting them?
My son has two teeth and he’s able to handle a quinoa dish that I make that is very similar to this. The grains of quinoa are tiny and tender.
I think this Let’s Do…Organic Creamed Coconut would be a good alternative when you’re trying to avoid BPA cans. I’m hoping to find it at my local health food store. If not, to amazon I go!
http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Do-Organic-Creamed-Coconut/dp/B00113ZZ5U/ref=sr_1_6?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1329405006&sr=1-6
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001HTJ2BQ
FYI this company has BPA cannned free coconut milk.I bought at whole foods …
There are a few companies that have BPA free cans you just have to look in advance;)