Chilled Quinoa Parfait with Orange Cream
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Serves: 2
 
You can substitute fresh blueberries for strawberries. The preparation is not very long, although chilling the can of coconut milk takes about 3-4 hours and takes no effort. Cook time is really chill time of 1 hour.
Ingredients
For orange cream
  • 1 can chilled coconut milk (full-fat)
  • Fresh squeezed juice from ½ a ripe orange
For rest of parfait
  • 1 cup quinoa cooked and cooled to room temperature (divided)
  • 1 1/12 fresh blueberries (divided)
  • ⅛ cup cacao nibs
Instructions
For orange cream
  1. Scoop top thick part of coconut milk from chilled can
  2. Place into a bowl and whip for 2 minutes
  3. Add orange juice and whip 1 minute
  4. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill for an hour
For assembling parfait
  1. In two separate glasses or jars, add half the quinoa at the bottoms and layer with half the blueberries and then half the orange cream
  2. Sprinkle with cacao nibs
  3. Place parfaits in the refrigerator and chill for an hour before serving
Recipe by Kitchen to Nirvana at https://kitchentonirvana.com/2013/06/04/chilled-quinoa-parfait-with-orange-cream/