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This post is possessed! It published itself yesterday, then deleted itself, then rescheduled itself to be posted in 2015. What the what?? Let’s try this again…

Normally, when bananas are about to go bad, I’ll peel them, slice ‘em up, and put them in a Ziploc bag in the freezer to use in smoothies. But lately my smoothie fuel bag has turned into bags, and I needed to find another way to prevent my browning bananas from going to waste.

These quinoa breakfast cups are delicious and filling—each one is dense, so it only takes one (or, ok, maybe two) to satisfy morning hunger. You can eat them like a muffin, or break one up in a little bit of warm almond milk and eat it like oatmeal (I did this one morning and loved it!).

Print Apple Banana Quinoa Breakfast Cups Yield: 12 Ingredients ½ cup applesauce

1 cup mashed banana (about 3 bananas)

1 banana for slicing

1 cup cooked quinoa (about ½ cup dry)

2 ½ cups old-fashioned oats

½ cup almond milk

¼ cup honey

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp cinnamon

1 apple, peeled and chopped Instructions Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a muffin tin (I use olive oil). Cook the quinoa. Bring ¾ up water to a boil, pour in ½ cup dry quinoa, reduce to a simmer until fluffy—about 12 minutes. Mix applesauce, mashed banana, almond milk, honey and vanilla in a bowl. Mix dry ingredients (quinoa, oats, cinnamon) in a separate bowl. Slowly stir the wet into the dry until fully combined. Peel core and chop up an apple. Mix the apple chunks into the bowl. Fill each of the muffin cups to the top with the quinoa mixture. Add a banana slice or two to the top of each. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes, then enjoy one warm! Notes Store in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat leftovers in the microwave before eating. You can also add some crushed pecans or walnuts to these--experiment! 3.1 https://pumpsandiron.com/2014/02/11/apple-banana-quinoa-breakfast-cups/

Make a batch and eat them all week for breakfast or as a post-workout snack. They’re definitely best warm, but can also be eaten cold on the go. 🙂

What’s your favorite way to use over-ripe bananas?

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