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Savory Quinoa Breakfast Bowl – Mediterranean Diet Inspired Recipe

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Elevate your breakfast with this Savory Quinoa Breakfast Bowl. A filling dish that’s Mediterranean diet inspired.

This Savory Quinoa Breakfast Bowl features kale, mushrooms, blistered tomatoes, creamy avocado and hearty quinoa for an elevated breakfast dish.

A Little Something Extra for Breakfast

Sometimes you just want a little something special for breakfast. Something that goes beyond a bowl of cereal or scrambled eggs.

This Savory Quinoa Breakfast Bowl is for those kind of days. The mornings where you have a little extra time (but honestly it doesn’t take long). The mornings where you want to relax over a slightly elevated breakfast and start your day off right.

Breakfast Bowl – A Mediterranean Diet Inspired Recipe

close up of savory quinoa breakfast bowl

This savory breakfast recipe checks all the Mediterranean diet boxes –

Includes a lot of plants
- kale
- mushrooms
- tomatoes
- quinoa

Low in Saturated Fats
- eggs and quinoa are the protein sources
- no meat, cheese or butter
- healthy fats used – avocado and olive oil

Lightly seasoned with a bit of salt and pepper

It also shatters the myth that the Mediterranean diet has to cost a lot or take a lot of time to prepare.

The ingredients are pretty budget friendly. You can easily mix and match ingredients based on what you have on hand.
Cooking the quinoa takes the most time, but you could make a batch in advance and then have it on hand and ready to go for this recipe.
Pre-cooking the hardboiled eggs also saves time in the kitchen

Check out How Do I Cook Quinoa for perfectly fluffy quinoa every time.

Savory Quinoa Breakfast Bowl Recipe

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Savory Quinoa Breakfast Bowl

Elevate your breakfast with this Savory Quinoa Breakfast Bowl. A filling dish that's Mediterranean diet inspired.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword breakfast bowl

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 12

Servings 1 serving

Author Brynn McDowell, RDN at The Domestic Dietitian

Ingredients

1/2 cup cooked quinoa (see below on tips for how to prepare quinoa)
1 hardboiled egg, sliced in half
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup kale, chopped
1/4 cup mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup cherry tomatoes
1/2 avocado, sliced
salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Add olive oil to a saute pan over medium heat. Once oil is warm, add the sliced mushrooms and cook until they begin to soften (about 5-8 minutes)
Add the kale and cherry tomatoes to the pan, stir to combine and allow to cook for another 3-5 minutes. Until kale starts to wilt and tomatoes become soft
In a medium bowl or deep plate, place cooked quinoa in bottom and then top with sautéed mushrooms, kale, and cherry tomatoes. Garnish with hardboiled egg and sliced avocado and season as needed with salt and pepper.

Notes

Recipe Notes –

This recipe assumes that your quinoa is already cooked. To prepare, follow the directions on the quinoa’s package and add 15-20 minutes to cooking time for this recipe.

This recipe also assumes your eggs are already hardboiled. You can also use a different style of eggs (scrambled, poached, over easy, etc)

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About the Author / Brynn McDowell

Welcome! I have found that daily life is a balancing act all on it's own, add in trying to maintain a healthy (and happy!) home and you have yourself the possibility of pure chaos. I'm here to share experiences and tips on how to create a mediterranean inspired diet and lifestyle in a hectic home.