Banana Quinoa Rice Pudding is a hearty, delicious breakfast that everyone will love! It’s light and creamy with a delightful coconut-banana flavor.
Do you ever find yourself going through phases where you will cook the same food over and over for weeks — sometimes months — on end? Well, that was me with quinoa. A few years back my husband went through a major quinoa eating phase which then rubbed off on our kids. I found myself steaming a pot of it every day and then tossing it with cherry tomatoes, olive oil, lemon and basil; mixing it with shrimp and avocado; or using it as the base for Quinoa Mexicana Salad.
Quinoa is a fantastic grain which is rich in protein, calcium and many other essential vitamins and minerals. The only down side for me whenever I make it for my kids is the mess I find under their chairs after dinner (this is my problem with rice too — enter Brown Rice Cakes). I can spend a good 10 minutes sweeping those little grains up off the floor and still find more down there a week later.
Without banning quinoa from our dinner repertoire, I turned one of our favorite grains into a dish that tastes incredibly similar to rice pudding and is much more mess-proof. Light and creamy with a delightful coconut-banana flavor, this dish can be served after dinner for dessert, as an after school snack or even as a special breakfast treat.
You may find yourself making a lot more quinoa after trying this recipe, but you’ll find a lot less of it on the kitchen floor and a lot more of it in your family’s tummies! Let me know if you make this one by tagging me on social media!
Banana Quinoa Rice Pudding
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place the quinoa in a strainer and rinse with water.
- Place quinoa, coconut milk and milk in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients and cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes stirring continuously until thickened.
- Pour into individual ramekins. Serve warm or chill for 1-2 hours.
- Serve.
Hi, ive tried serval of your recipes and they’ve all been great! What kind of honey do you use?
Great ideas!
I’m thinking for anyone not a fan of bananas, use natural unsweetened applesauce instead, it might taste like an apple pie : ) Also, I wonder if a nice summer tropical version would be
to use just a half can of coconut milk with the difference made up with natural pineapple juice, omit the sugar and cinnamon but add 1-2 tsp vanilla …though I’d probably add some unsweetened shredded coconut because I just love coconut with banana and pineapple!
So glad you liked it!
I couldn’t find light coconut milk so I used regular and it turned out way too sweet but delicious!! I think ill try without honey next time. I will now be making this instead of my rice pudding that never turns out. Thank you for another great recipe!!
I haven’t tested this recipe with rice or oats as they both have different cooking times, but let me know if you do and how it turns out!