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Neapolitan PQP E

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Neapolitan PQP E

This recipe is a spin off of Pearl's PPP, with few additions to get the quinoa in there as well as using cottage cheese for protein. I like trimmies as a snack, but I don't like them with food, so I always had a hard time drinking one with my PPP to get my protein up. Serene's Neapolitan solved my problem, but I wanted the oats for breakfast as well. Here they are together in a huge filling brekkie bowl, with options for using dry or soaked quinoa. Welcome to the Perfect Quinoa Porridge!

Fuel Type & Special Ingredients:

THM:E, NSI

Prep Time:

5

Cook Time:

5

Dish Type:

Breakfast

Serves:

1 large bowl

Ingredients

2T dry quinoa (see note below for soaking), rinsed under running water to remove the bitter outer coating

2T rolled oats

2T steel cut quick oats (or use 1/4C total rolled oats)

1t whole husk psyllium

1t ground flax

3 doonks THM stevia

2 pinches mineral salt

1/2t cinnamon

1 1/2 C water (less for soaked)

1/2C frozen or fresh wild blueberries OR 1/2-1C frozen or fresh raspberries.

1/2 C cottage cheese (1-2%)

Preparation

Even Drive Thru Sue can soak your quinoa overnight! (Although you don't have to. Dry is just fine!) Jut put your 2T quinoa in a jar, fill it with water and a tiny splash of ACV, then add a lid and toss it in the fridge. You can make it anytime the day before you need it, even right before bed. When you're ready to cook, just pour it into a fine meshed sieve and rinse well in running water. That's it! You'll use less water in your final recipe, since the quinoa has already soaked up so much. This is easy if you make up a new soaking jar in the morning when you're cleaning up from your breakfast - then it's already prepped for tomorrow! Stack that habit!


If you've tried PPP, then this recipe will feel very familiar to you! Dump everything except the berries and the cottage cheese into a small pot. If you used DRY quinoa, use the full 1 1/2C water. If your quinoa was soaked, use only 1 1/4C water.


Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Use a regular wooden spoon to stir a few times while cooking. When 5 minutes are up, you'll let it rest with a lid for 15 minutes or so. I usually go do my workins. You have a few options for your resting time:


  • PPP method - Place your frozen or fresh berries in your breakfast bowl and pour the hot porridge over them before resting 15 minutes. Cover the bowl with a dinner plate, and as the porridge sets up it will thaw the berries. Your berries will stay as a cobbler-type layer on the bottom and you can scoop through the layers when you eat. Add your cottage cheese on top to serve.

  • Neapolitan method (my fave) - Let the porridge rest for 15 minutes in the pot with the lid on. Thaw your berries (if frozen) either by microwaving them for 1 minutes in a small bowl, OR by placing them in the small bowl, on top of a plate, on top of your hot pot as it rests. The heat should mostly thaw them. When time is up you can beat the porridge with your stirring spoon (no need for a fork). This is why I like this method, because I can stir and mash everything in the pot before eating it, taking care of any remaining psyllium strings. Pour the porridge into your bowl, then top with berries and a big pile of cottage cheese.


In both cases, you can sprinkle with additional gentle sweet (especially if your berries aren't very sweet) or more cinnamon.


Eat in layers, like a cobbler. You really don't want to stir this all up, because you want the cottage cheese to stay creamy and mostly cold until the end, and you want to be able to scoop up the berry juices. If everything is mixed together it's not a great color or texture.


Enjoy, and comment below if you find new ways to remix these great recipes!


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