Our Quinoa Breakfast Bowl is a 'Get Your Day Going’ breakfast filled with hot quinoa, crisp bacon, fresh vegetables and topped off with a poached egg.
Prep Time4 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time34 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: quinoa breakfast bowl
Servings: 4servings
Author: Pat Nyswonger
Ingredients
1cupdry quinoa
1pintgrape tomatoes
1tablespoonolive oil
Salt and pepper
8slicesthick-cut baconcooked
4cupsarugula
1bunchgreen scallionsthinly sliced
1cuproasted pistachiosor nuts of your choice
4large eggs
For the Sauce:
½cupsour cream
¼cupmayonnaise
1teaspoonDijon mustard
¼cupfresh lemon juicefreshly squeezed
Salt and pepper
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Add the tomatoes to a baking sheet and drizzle lightly with olive oil. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Roast for 15 minutes, until the tomatoes are soft. Transfer the tomatoes to a small plate.
While the tomatoes are roasting, add the quinoa to a fine-mesh strainer and rinse under cold tap water swishing around with your hand to get that bitter coating washed off. Add the quinoa to a small saucepan, stir in 2 cups of water or broth, bring to a rolling boil. Turn heat down to the lowest setting, cover and cook for 15 minutes. Remove the pot from heat and let stand for 5 more minutes, covered then fluff with a fork.
Fill a medium-sized saucepan with water and bring to a boil, reduce to the lowest temperature and carefully add 4 eggs and simmer for 3-minutes, or until preferred doneness.
Meanwhile, divide the quinoa, hot tomatoes, bacon, arugula, scallions and pistachios between 4 bowls.
In a small dish Add the sour cream, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard and lemon juice and whisk together until smooth.
Remove the poached eggs from the simmering water and add one egg to each bow. Serve with the sauce.
Notes
Nutrition Values do not include the sauce. The sauce makes 1 cup/16 tablespoons. Values for the sauce are: 1 tablespoon Cals. 35, Fat 1, Carbs 3, Prot. 1