11 Healthy Quinoa Recipes for Kids

January 26, 2012

English: A 500g bag of quinoa

Get kids into the kitchen with these quick and easy to prepare quinoa recipes. They’ll love the versatile little super-grain as it teaches them some handy cooking skills!

The one that started this conversation was Matt Bernard’s Fruity Quinoa Salad Recipe, a 2010 National Stirring Up Health™ Middle School Recipe Contest Winner. Click on the link to find the recipe and learn more. Here are additional recipes to try with kids:
  1. Confetti Quinoa – Thanks to fellow blogger Roxann McCann (the Nursing School Blog) for sharing this easy snack or side dish from KidsHealth.org with us. 
  2. Quinoa, Corn, and Tomato Salad – A taste of summer in this quick recipe from Cooking Light.
  3. Orange Quinoa Salad – An especially colorful, nutrient-rich recipe also from Cooking Light. This salad can easily go from snack to side dish to main dish with the suggestions provided.
  4. Quinoa, Spinach, and Walnut Stir-Fry – Simple and fresh ingredients and easy too; thanks to our friends at Relish.
  5. Mexiquinoa Salad - Another from Relish, and fun for kids to make too.
  6. Pecan-Quinoa Breakfast Bowl - Yes, quinoa for breakfast!
  7. Summer Salad of Quinoa and Raisin-stuffed Tomatoes - A yummy California Raisin Board recipe.
  8. Quookies – Quinoa cookies, that is. Enjoy these when you want a sweet treat with a little extra nutrition. Thanks to the Super Healthy Kids blog for their creativity in cooking for (and with) kids!
  9. Breakfast Quinoa - Simple, filling and easy for kids to help make!
  10. Mediterranean Quinoa Salad - A tasty side dish, which can easily be made into a main dish if you wish.

Enjoy! Let us know if you like these!

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One Response to “11 Healthy Quinoa Recipes for Kids”


  1. [...] food blogosphere is feeding their kids for lunch! The folks at Healthy Kids Challenge offer up 11 Healthy Quinoa Recipes for Kids. At Super Healthy Kids, Amy puts a refreshing twist on the good ol’ PB & J with these [...]


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