Breakfast Quinoa

So since I pretty much made a recipe for breakfast, lunch and dinner yesterday, I thought I'd break up the posts to make them easier to read:)

In keeping with my hot breakfast theme of this weekend, I thought I'd try something besides oatmeal. I've been wanting to try Quinoa again since I made it at a cooking class last year, so I was pretty psyched when I stumbled on a BREAKFAST quinoa recipe:) ~> http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/breakfast-quinoa

I made almost the same recipe as above, but since I had some leftover pumpkin to use up, I tossed about a cup of it in here too. Plus lots of cinnamon & pumpkin pie spice. It smelled JUST like FALL! I almost cried in my quinoa:)

And here's a picture of my finished dish:) I figured since it was suppose to be like a rice pudding, topping it with cool whip and a little vanilla powder was totally adequate:) hahahahhaha...

I googled quinoa to explain it to those "not in the know" (pretty much me until I googled it:)....and it says:

"While quinoa is usually considered to be a whole grain, it is actually a seed, but can be prepared like whole grains such as rice or barley. Finally, of all the whole grains, quinoa has the most protein, so it's perfect for vegetarians. Quinoa provides all 9 essential amino acids, making it a complete protein. Quinoa is a gluten-free and cholesterol-free whole grain."

Plus it's really really good! Give it a shot! It makes a great side dish or a sweeeeeeet breakfast:)