Four quinoa recipes for quick and easy meal prep

Thursday, November 09, 2017. Author Sky Cowans

Four quinoa recipes for quick and easy meal prep

Dr. Dan shows us how to prep four delicious quinoa recipes for breakfast, pre-workout, dessert, and a bedtime snack. These recipes are easy, quick, and packed with protein and vitamins and low in fat. 

Quinoa & protein base 

1 cup quinoa (250g)

1 scoop protein powder (25g)

***7-8 tbsp PB2 powdered peanut butter (120g)***

1 cup almond milk (240 ml)

Instructions

1. Cook 1 cup of quinoa 
2. Divide quinoa into four containers (1/4 cup each) 
3. In a separate bowl, mix together protein powder, PB2 and almond milk 
4. Top each separate bowl with the following (see below) to create four different meals
5. Store in fridge 

Toppings for each quinoa bowl

1. Breakfast 

Handful blueberries

1 tsp glutamine (5g)

2. Pre-workout 

Handful raspberries

1 tsp creatine (5g)

Pinch Himalayan pink salt

3. Dessert

Chunks of FitnessGenes healthy cookie dough 

4. Bedtime snack 

1/2 banana 

***1/2 cup almond milk (120 ml)*** 

cinnamon (optional)

Serves 1 (each bowl) 

***Allergen Warning***This recipe includes peanut butter.  If you have a peanut allergy, omit the peanut butter.  The recipe also uses almond milk.  If you have a tree nut allergy, swap the almond milk for another liquid (milk, coconut milk, etc)