Quinoa Breakfast Bowl with Almond Butter & Banana
Warm quinoa with almond butter, banana and a spoon of yogurt — 19 g of complete plant protein and 458 kcal to start the day.
Warm quinoa with almond butter, banana and a spoon of yogurt delivers 19 g of complete plant protein and 458 kcal to start the day. Quinoa is one of the few plant foods that carries all nine essential amino acids on its own.
Ingredients (1 serving)
- Quinoa, dry — 70 g
- Almond butter — 20 g
- Banana — 1 medium
- Yogurt — 60 g
- Cinnamon — 1 pinch
Macros per serving
- Calories: 458 kcal
- Protein: 19 g
- Fat: 18 g
- Carbs: 55 g
- Fiber: 9 g
Key micronutrients
- Magnesium: ~180 mg
- Potassium: ~750 mg
- Fiber: 9 g
Why it earns a spot in the rotation
- Complete plant protein. Quinoa is one of the few plant sources carrying all nine essential amino acids, which most grain-based breakfasts lack on their own.
- 750 mg of potassium from banana and quinoa together — well above what most breakfast bowls provide.
- Warm, not cold. A hot grain bowl is a genuine alternative to oats for anyone tired of the usual overnight-oats rotation.
- Five-minute assembly once the quinoa is batch-cooked for the week.
Sources
AgeGen recipes are sourced from the USDA FoodData Central database. Macros are calculated per the ingredient panel; round to the gram.
