Citrus Quinoa Parfait: [Gluten Free, Dairy Free Option]
January is the perfect time to increase your vitamin C with some delicious citrus fruits! This recipe uses clementines but you can certainly substitute any other citrus you prefer.
Serve for breakfast, snack, or a healthy dessert; whatever you want it to be, it will be nothing short of amazing!
Layers of sweet cinnamon quinoa and yogurt topped with some walnuts make this more like a dessert than a breakfast! If you are allergic to dairy, change the yogurt to coconut milk yogurt. You can also open a can of coconut milk, no shaking it, overnight in the fridge with the lid off, by morning it’s all cream on top, YUM!
One glass serving you see there is PACKED with 24 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber!!! Pretty great huh?!
Citrus Quinoa Parfait: [Gluten Free, Dairy Free Option]
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon liquid stevia or 2 packets of powdered
- dash salt
- 12 ounces plain Greek yogurt nonfat or coconut cream
- 1 teaspoon liquid vanilla stevia or 4 packets of powdered
- 1 cup segmented clementines
- optional toppings: chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Place quinoa in a pot and cover with 1 cup of water.
- Bring to a boil and reduce to low.
- Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until all water is absorbed.
- Set aside to cool.
- Add the vanilla, cinnamon, stevia and salt to the quinoa and mix well.
- Mix Greek yogurt with liquid stevia.
- To Assemble:
- Place 1/4 cup of quinoa into each serving glass.
- Cover quinoa with 2 ounces of yogurt.
- Top yogurt with 1/4 cup of the clementines.
- Repeat two more times.
- Top with chopped walnuts if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach, and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & refined-carb free for 20 years and is the author of four cookbooks: Sugar-Free Mom, Naturally Keto, The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, and her newest release, Good, Better, Best (2025). Her work focuses on helping women detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar, and lose weight while enjoying delicious, nutrient-dense whole foods. Brenda is also the creator of the Midlife Macro™ Method and the weekly Midlife Macro Meal Plans™, designed specifically for women in perimenopause and menopause who want simple, high-protein, low-carb meals to support hormones, metabolism, and long-term health.She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and the Sugar Free Mom Tribe membership.
Looks yummy, light and healthy.
Awesome! I have clementines waiting to be used…..great idea!
This looks so yummy and so easy! Great breakfast idea-thanks
welcome, thanks!
Looks super yummy! Can’t wait to try it!
thanks Corrie!