These quinoa breakfast cups are delicious and filling—each one is dense, so it only takes one (or, ok, maybe two) to satisfy morning hunger. You can eat them like a muffin, or break one up in a little bit of warm almond milk and eat it like oatmeal (I did this one morning and loved it!).

Make a batch and eat them all week for breakfast or as a post-workout snack. They’re definitely best warm, but can also be eaten cold on the go

Ingredients

• ½ cup applesauce
• 1 cup mashed banana (about 3 bananas)
• 1 banana for slicing
• 1 cup cooked quinoa (about ½ cup dry)
• 2 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
• ½ cup almond milk
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 apple, peeled and chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a muffin tin (I use olive oil).
2. Cook the quinoa. Bring ¾ up water to a boil, pour in ½ cup dry quinoa, reduce to a simmer until fluffy—about 12 minutes.
3. Mix applesauce, mashed banana, almond milk, honey and vanilla in a bowl.
4. Mix dry ingredients (quinoa, oats, cinnamon) in a separate bowl. Slowly stir the wet into the dry until fully combined.
5. Peel core and chop up an apple. Mix the apple chunks into the bowl.
6. Fill each of the muffin cups to the top with the quinoa mixture. Add a banana slice or two to the top of each.
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
8. Let cool for 5 minutes, then enjoy one warm!

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