— Deborah Beccarelli

Did you know that our ability to handle textures, um, gets better throughout the day? And so that in the morning is when we want just something simple texture-wise, something that's not hard work. We just want simple, right? Um, especially with kids. So the tofu scramble, that's nice and soft and um, and you, I mean the tofu dish could also be super good. So congratulations for asking about tofu. 'cause I mean for quinoa, 'cause I love quinoa. It's one of those alternative grains and ancient grain, it has a lot of protein in it and it's gluten-free. So with quinoa it has on its saponins. So what you wanna make sure is that you rinse your quinoa really well because it gets kind of soapy, right? You wanna rinse the saponin off and then you pat it dry and then you're gonna toast your quinoa, right? And the toasted quinoa, and you gotta be careful, you either can toast it dry with a little bit of oil, it can burn really quickly. So you wanna keep your eye on it and either you toast it and then make a, and then you add water and you create like a porridge out of the quinoa. Or you could just use the toasted quinoa to add to something like yogurt. Um, that would give you a nice crunch on the yogurt with some fruit. When I am building a breakfast, and again, my modular approach is all, it's, it goes with my modular approach. There's the building, right? So for breakfast I have a source of whole grain. That would be your quinoa. I've got some protein there. That would be your yogurt or your tofu. I got fruit there. And protein carb fruit, you've made yourself a really healthy breakfast. Um, there's a lot of things you can put on a quinoa bowl. You can add coconut flakes and dried fruit and maybe a couple of chocolate chips in there. Uh, there's a lot of things you can do with quinoa for breakfast. So enjoy.