A large Chocolate Coconut Quinoa Breakfast Bowl for a filling, nutritious and delicious meal to start your day. This healthy grain-free porridge uses coconut milk, making it a great Vegan option too!

A Breakfast Cocolate Quinoa Chia Pudding!

While this may be a breakfast bowl, I actually had it for my evening meal. Porridge doesn’t have to be reserved for breakfast only.

Putting that aside, quinoa is usually associated with being a substitute for rice – that too in savory recipes. But it can be used for so much more; Sweet or dessert recipes are entirely possible with quinoa – makes them a little more healthy too.

This “seed” – yes, its not a grain – is also a good alternative for oatmeal, and makes a great gluten free porridge.

A delicious gluten free chocolate porridge made with quinoa, chia seeds, cocoa and coconut milk that makes for the perfect healthy breakfast!

The ingredients for this Healthy Quinoa Chia Porridge:

Quinoa: The superfood “seed”, when cooked like you would rice, gets perfectly fluffy and light. Its got a slightly earthy, nutty taste, but a good one! It’s quite high in fiber and protein as compared to oats, so quite a good alternative. Would 11/10 recommend Ancient Harvest’s Harmony Quinoa here.
Coconut Milk: Makes the porridge thick and creamy. I use the light version to cut down on the fat though. You could use almond milk instead, but the coconut is thicker and has a slightly richer feel to it that just changes the game here.
Chocolate: A plain quinoa breakfast bowl would be okay, but the chocolate just makes it so much more indulgent. Unsweetened cocoa though to make this a guilt-free and healthy chocolate quinoa recipe!
Chia: Optional, but Chia seeds are a really good source of healthy fats and pretty much full or fiber! Another component that makes the bowl slightly thicker, like a chocolate chia pudding.
Maple Syrup: A sweet breakfast is a must. I use a syrup that’s sweetened with stevia so there’s no sugar in this recipe; Makes it a lot healthier and lighter in calories too.
Vanilla: A little something extra that makes a lot of difference!

How to cook this Vegan Chocolate Quinoa Porridge:

Its just too easy. All you need to do is:

Wash the quinoa.
Toast the quinoa on a pan.
Cook the quinoa like you normally would. Here’s some tips to get it perfect.
Stir in everything else.

A minimal effort recipe.

A Diet-friendly Chocolate Quinoa Dessert!

Vegan: Uses all compliant ingredients! This breakfast bowl is sweetened with maple syrup too instead of honey.
Gluten-free: There’s no wheat involved here. A lot of oats aren’t gluten-free either, but there’s no need to worry about that with quinoa.
Grain-free: Quinoa is a seed and not a grain. Not even one of those “cereal grains”. Another no-doubt factor.
Dairy-free: There’s no milk here, just coconut milk. So, no dairy!
Sugar-free: The sweet taste comes from stevia-sweetened maple syrup (Shoutout to Sweetleaf Stevia here), so there’s no sugar involved either!

You have to agree that is the best bowl of chocolate porridge you could have for breakfast!

This sweet Vegan Chocolate Quinoa Chia Pudding has no milk, no dairy and no sugar, making it a great Vegan dessert option that’s also high in superfoods!

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