This entry was posted on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 at 11:48 am and is filed under Quinoa Dessert Recipes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
December 13, 2007
Quinoa, Raspberries and Blueberry Parfait
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
1-1 1/2 cups raspberries
1-1 1/2 cups blueberries
2 cups low fat vanilla yogurt
Directions
1. Rinse quinoa before cooking to remove the coating of a bitter substance called saponins.
2. Bring water to a boil.
3. Stir in quinoa, cover and simmer 15 minutes.
4. Allow quinoa to cool
5. In 4-6 parfait glasses (depending on size of glass) layer quinoa, yogurt, blueberries, yogurt, raspberries and yogurt. Repeat layering if desired.
6. Top with a few blueberries and raspberries for a “patriotic” appearance.
7. ENJOY!
The nutrition facts will depend on the type on yogurt that you use and the amount of blueberries and raspberries. These nutrition facts are using low-fat yogurt and one cup each of blueberries and raspberries.
Nutrition facts: 4, 6 servings: 262, 174 calories; 49, 33 carbs; 11,7 gm pro; 5.5, 3.5gm fat
January 30th, 2011 at 9:48 am
Thanks for a great recipe, I’m gonna try it ASAP!
Looking forward to cooking some more of your suggestions,
Itai Matos (TFIM)