Quinoa And Strawberry Parfait
Quinoa and Strawberry Parfait is an easy, high-protein breakfast option that is vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free. You can also keep it in the fridge and enjoy it as a snack.
It has a fruity sweetness which is in no way overpowering but yet enough to satisfy your sweet tooth. All the sweetness is coming from the strawberries and a tiny pinch of stevia which is a natural, calorie-free sweetener that doesn’t have an impact on your blood sugar levels. Another great flavour combination is figs and chia pudding, as in my Fig Chia Pudding Recipe. If you have kids they would probably love this Healthy Strawberry Puree With Coconut Yoghurt For Kids.
Quinoa and Strawberry Parfait has become one of my go-to breakfasts since I embarked on my personal Candida journey. Some of you might know that I have suffered from severe Candidiasis for many years and was able to bring it under control by changing my diet and lifestyle.
For a long time, I cut out all forms of sugar, including lactose, fructose, starchy vegetables and also gluten. The Candida diet is very restrictive and I had to be very diligent to make sure that I was still receiving all the important nutrients. After 3 weeks into my candida diet, I was able to reintroduce small amounts of low sugar fruits like berries, that’s when the idea for this recipe was born.
Till today I am limiting my sugar intake but I also managed to reintroduce gluten and starchy vegetables. I don’t consume much dairy and replaced regular yoghurt with my Homemade Coconut Yoghurt and milk with plant-based milk like my Golden Turmeric Almond Mylk. I found that the naturally occurring hormones in regular milk had a negative impact on my own hormone levels which is why I decided to step away from it. This is not meant to be general diet advice it is just what I did at the time.
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Quinoa And Strawberry Parfait
Ingredients
Quinoa
- 2 cups coconut milk canned
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch stevia powder
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1/3 cup quinoa
Layers
- 1 cup coconut yoghurt or natural yoghurt
- 10 strawberries sliced
Toppings
- chopped walnuts or any nuts or seeds you like
Instructions
- In a medium-sized pot, bring the coconut milk with the vanilla extract, stevia and salt to a boil.
- Meantime, rinse the quinoa in cold water, otherwise, it might develop a soapy flavour.
- Add the quinoa to the boiling coconut milk and cover with a lid. Reduce the heat to low and let simmer for 25-30 minutes or until the coconut milk has been absorbed by the quinoa.
- Let the quinoa cool down a bit, fill about an inch high layer into a glass and alternate with coconut or natural yoghurt and strawberries.
- Top with any nuts or seeds you like. Enjoy.
Notes
Nutrition
Loooove this! I’ve never done a quinoa parfait before, but now I must. Can’t wait to try!
Hi Karly,
thanks a lot for your kind comment. I hope that you will like it as much as I do. Enjoy and have a great day. 🙂