A simple single-serve, protein-packed, holiday breakfast recipe! A bowl of gluten-free and vegan Gingerbread Quinoa Flakes will give you all the Christmas jingle you’ll need to start the day merry!

***This post has been updated in November 2016. Original writing stands***

I have a weird obsession with gingerbread men this time of year. I have not eaten anything gingerbread in years, though! Not one single gingerbread man since I have been gluten-free (over 4 years). The only time I ever did eat anything gingerbread was a few cookies during Christmas time. But I have always just loved them and I am not really sure why. My grandma always had the best soft gingerbread men set out on the dessert table at our Christmas Eve party. I looked forward to them every year! I am not even a big ginger fan, so I’m not sure why I loved them so much! And come to think of it, I have no gingerbread recipes on the blog…until today. And what better way to create my first gingerbread recipe than to make it in the form of quinoa flakes! One of my favorite breakfasts to start the day with!

Gingerbread Quinoa Flakes

Gingerbread Quinoa Flakes

A simple single-serve, protein-packed, holiday breakfast recipe! A bowl of gluten-free and vegan Gingerbread Quinoa Flakes will give you all the Christmas jingle you’ll need to start the day merry!

• Author: Rebecca Pytell
• Cook Time: 2 mins
• Total Time: 2 mins
• Yield: 1 1x
• Category: Breakfast
• Cuisine: American

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Ingredients

• 1/3 Cup Quinoa Flakes
• 1/2 TB Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 1 1/2 Tsp Blackstrap Molasses (plus more to drizzle on top)
• 1/2 Tsp Ground Ginger
• 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon (plus more for topping)
• 1/4 Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
• 1/8 Tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 1/8 Tsp Ground Cloves
• 2/3 Cup + 2 TB Water
• Sliced Almonds (topping, optional)

Instructions

1. In a large microwave safe bowl, place all the ingredients together stir and then add the water and stir again until combined.
2. Microwave on high for about 2 minutes, remove, and add any toppings you’d like!

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1

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And what better way to showcase the holiday classic? With a round-up from around the blog world of course! I just went through my 6000 pins and picked out the ones having to do with gingerbread! Everyone has their own spin, I love it! (Since I posted this years ago, I have some more gingerbread goodies for you too! Gingerbread Doughnuts, Quinoa Gingerbread Coffee Cake, and Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies!

The Round-Up: (all are vegan and gluten-free, or can easily be adapted to be so!)

Breakfasts:

Vegan Gingerbread Protein Pancakes -Vega

Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal – Oatgasm

Gingerbread Buckwheat Pancakes – Pickles & Honey

Grain-Free Gingerbread Protein Pancakes – Healthful Pursuit

Ginger Spice Overnight Oatmeal – Zest and Zeal

Pumpkin Gingerbread Pancakes – Peachy Palate (Pictured)

Vegan Gingerbread Waffles – Minimalist Baker

Gingerbread Granola – She Let Them Eat Cake

Super Easy Molasses Granola – Mix it Up

Ginger Lemon Zest Granola – Dolly and Oatmeal

Gingerbread Granola with Cranberries and Pumpkin Seeds – My Kitchen Addiction

Gingerbread Overnight Oats – The Healthy Maven

Gingerbread Pumpkin Overnight Oats – The Taste Space

Easy Homemade Gingerbread Granola – A Southern Fairytale

Healthy Gingerbread Granola – My Whole Food Life

Gingerbread Pumpkin Vegan Overnight Oat Parfait – Oh She Glows

Pumpkin Gingerbread Triple Oat Breakfast Bake – Skinny Weighs

Bars, Bread, Cakes:

Chocolate Gingerbread Granola Bars – The Healthy Maven

Homemade Gingerbread – Chocolate-Covered Katie

Pumpkin Gingerbread Snack Bars – Oh She Glows

Chocolate Gingerbread Mug Cake – Let’s Get Living

Sweet Potato Gingerbread – Peachy Palate

Gingerbread Bars – The Detoxinista

Gingerbread Pumpkin Squares – Eat, Spine, Run, Repeat

Healthy Gingerbread Cake – Mix it Up

Gingerbread Cake – The Kitchn

Gingerbread Muffins – Yankee Kitchen Ninja

Gingerbread Oat Muffins – The Oatmeal Artist

Pumpkin-Walnut Gingerbread with Spiced Buttercream Frosting – Jaymi Heimbuch

Cookies and Bites:

Molasses Ginger Cookies – Nourish The Budding Lotus

Paleo Gingerbread Cookies – The Iron You

Soft and Chewy Grain-Free Gingerbread Men – Texanerin

Small Batch Gingerbread Cookies – Yeah…ImmaEatThat.

Gluten-Free and Vegan Gingersnap Cookies – Healthful Pursuit

Gingerbread Men – Including Cake

Gingerbread Quinoa Breakfast Cookies – Healthful Pursuit

Gingerbread Amazeballs – The Fitnessista

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Men – Our Earth Land

Healthy Chewy Gingersnaps – Dessert With Benefits

All Canadian Gingersnaps – We Are xgfx

Gingerbread Cookies – Don’t (White) Sugar-Coat It

Gingerbread Cookies – Sandi’s Allergy Free Recipes

Gingerbread Folks – Plant-Powered Kitchen

Miscellaneous:

Gingerbread Spice – Modern Taste

Homemade Gingerbread Spice Mix – Wonky Wonderful

Gingerbread Vegan Meatballs – Hovkonditorn

Sweet Potato Gingerbread Cookie Dough Dip – Fresh Fit N Healthy

Healthy Homemade Gingerbread Latte – Foodie Fiasco

Gingerbread Smoothie – Peanut Butter and Peppers (Pictured)

So tell me:

+ Do you like gingerbread?

+ Leave a link to your favorite gingerbread recipes in the comments!

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