A Healthy brunch…
Last night, I promised my hubby that I would make a good brunch for him today. Though felt lazy to cook in the morning, just for the sake of keeping my promise I entered the kitchen and found myself lost. I’d no idea what to make other than pancake and omelette. I’d to first activate my brain so had a cup of coffee. I always want my coffee to be served in a cup along with a saucer. I really don’t use the saucer, it’s just for keeping the cup. For some weird reason, I feel that the coffee tastes better when sipped in a cup rather than a mug. So, even at work I keep a cup just for having coffee, I literally hate sipping coffee in travel mugs. I like to shop and buy different kinds of coffee cups. Here is my recent favorite coffee cup, it’s a very simple one, it’s small and skinny too.
After activating my brain, I found myself getting along well in the kitchen. I grabbed quinoa, spinach, eggs and cheese, combined them together and a healthy filling brunch was ready in no time. It’s been a very long time since we had poached eggs, so made that as well. Hubby gobbled up and I felt happy to have kept my promise.
Quinoa health benefits: Quinoa has high vitamin content, won’t spike your blood sugar so it’s safe for diabetics, it has low calories, high in fibers and proteins so it’s filling; hence good for weight loss. Quinoa is a healthy substitute for rice and pasta!!!
Quinoa and Scrambled eggs
Ingredients
- Quinoa- 1 cup
- Water- 2 cups
- Spinach, fresh or frozen- 1 1/2 cups
- Eggs, beaten- 3 to 4
- Ground pepper- 1 tsp or more if needed
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Cheddar cheese- 1 cup
- Extra virgin Olive oil or olive oil- 2 tbsp
Instruction
- Rinse the quinoa taken in a strainer under running water.
- Place a saucepan over medium heat, add quinoa and water. Season with salt.
- Cook the quinoa for about 20 minutes and let all the water dry off, keep aside.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium heat, add extra virgin olive oil.
- Add spinach and saute in oil till it has slightly cooked.
- In a bowl, beat the eggs using a whisk.
- Add beaten eggs to the spinach, cook for a few seconds.
- Scramble the eggs.
- Sprinkle ground pepper and salt over the eggs.
- Cook the scrambled eggs.
- Add cooked quinoa to the scrambled eggs, combine well.
- Taste and add more salt if needed.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese over it, combine well and cook for a minute till the cheese has almost melted.
- Remove from heat and serve it warm along with coffee, fruits etc. Now, that’s a healthy breakfast.
- Quinoa- 1 cup
- Water- 2 cups
- Spinach, fresh or frozen- 1½ cups
- Eggs, beaten- 3 to 4
- Ground pepper- 1 tsp or more if needed
- Salt-1 tsp
- Cheddar cheese- 1 cup
- Extra virgin Olive oil or olive oil- 2 tbsp
- Rinse the quinoa taken in a strainer under running water.
- Place a saucepan over medium heat, add quinoa and water. Season with salt.
- Cook the quinoa for about 20 minutes and let all the water dry off, keep aside.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium heat, add extra virgin olive oil.
- Add spinach and saute in oil till it has slightly cooked.
- In a bowl, beat the eggs using a whisk.
- Add beaten eggs to the spinach, cook for a few seconds.
- Scramble the eggs.
- Sprinkle ground pepper and salt over the eggs.
- Cook the scrambled eggs.
- Add cooked quinoa to the scrambled eggs, combine well.
- Taste and add more salt if needed.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese over it, combine well and cook for a minute till the cheese has almost melted.
- Remove from heat and serve it warm along with coffee, fruits etc. Now, that's a healthy breakfast.
