Paleo Date & Banana Quinoa Breakfast Bake
- 1 cup Unsweetened Regular Almond Milk
- 1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 1 cup Uncooked Quinoa
- 2 Tablespoons Honey, Or Up To Double The Amount, To Taste
- 1/2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 2 Eggs, Lightly Beaten
- 1/2 cups Water
- 1 cup Pitted Dates, Roughly Chopped
- 1 cup Water
- 1 Tablespoon Coconut Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Coconut Sugar
- 1/4 cups Almond Flour
- 1/4 cups Slivered Almonds
- 1/4 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 4 teaspoons Coconut Oil, Melted
- 1 Banana, Sliced In Thick Slices.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a pie plate with cooking spray.
- Set aside.
- To prepare the quinoa, combine the regular and vanilla almond milk into a large pot over high heat and bring to a boil.
- Stir in the raw quinoa, honey, cinnamon and salt.
- Cover and turn the heat down to low.
- Cook the quinoa until all the milk is absorbed and the quinoa is creamy, 25-30 minutes.
- While the quinoa cooks, its time to prepare the date filling.
- Heat a medium saucepan over high heat and add in the chopped dates, water and coconut sugar.
- Bring the mixture a boil and then turn down the heat to low and simmer until all the water is absorbed and the mixture is thick and broken down, about 15 minutes.
- Mash the date mixture with a fork until it is smooth.
- Set aside.
- To make the topping, combine the coconut sugar, almond flour, slivered almonds and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Stir in the coconut oil and stir until it is evenly distributed and the mixture is crumble.
- Set aside.
- Once the quinoa is fully cooked, transfer it into a large bowl.
- Add in the eggs and 1/2 cup of water.
- Mix well.
- Your quinoa should be a little bit soupy.
- Pour half the quinoa into the prepared pie plate.
- Drop the date filling over top of the quinoa in spoonfuls, gently swirling around with the back of the spoon until it is evenly distributed.
- Pour the remaining quinoa over top of the date mixture.
- Cover the top with the slices of the banana, gently pressing each slice down slightly into the quinoa.
- Sprinkle all the streusel topping over the bananas until they are all covered up.
- Bake until the eggs feel set and not jiggly, about 35 minutes.
- Let the mixture cool so that it can set completely before slicing.
- Devour!
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/gluten-free/paleo-date-banana-quinoa-breakfast-bake/ (may not work)