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
- ⅓ Cup Quinoa Flakes
- ½ TB Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1½ Tsp Blackstrap Molasses (plus more to drizzle on top)
- ½ Tsp Ground Ginger
- ½ Tsp Cinnamon (plus more for topping)
- ¼ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- ⅛ Tsp Ground Nutmeg
- ⅛ Tsp Ground Cloves
- ⅔ Cup + 2 TB Water
- Sliced Almonds (topping, optional)
- In a large microwave safe bowl, place all the ingredients together stir and then add the water and stir again until combined.
- Microwave on high for about 2 minutes, remove, and add any toppings you'd like!
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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