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Orange cardamom quinoa

Breakfast quinoa scented with orange zest, cardamom and almonds.

Orange-cardamom quinoa topped with orange pieces and almonds.
404 kcal per servingPrep time: 12 minServings: 1BreakfastWarm quinoaOrange and cardamom

Ingredients

  • 60 g quinoa, rinsed
  • 1 orange
  • 160 ml unsweetened milk
  • ¼ tsp ground cardamom
  • 15 g almonds, chopped

Method

  1. Zest the orange, then peel and cut half of it into pieces.
  2. Simmer quinoa, milk, zest and cardamom for 15 minutes.
  3. Fold in the orange pieces and top with chopped almonds.

Calories in context

At 404 kcal per serving, this dish is about 20% of a 2000 kcal daily reference intake — the standard reference amount used on nutrition labels, not a personal target.

Eaten as one of three main meals in a day, it is one part of a day whose real total depends on your own body, activity level and goals, not on any single recipe. For a calorie range that reflects those, rather than a generic reference figure, the tools below can help.

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