Blueberry Flax Hot Cereal with Quinoa

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup water
• 3 tablespoons quinoa
• 2 tablespoons quick-cooking oatmeal
• 1 -2 tablespoon maple syrup or 1 -2 tablespoon honey or 1 -2 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons flax seeds ( ground or whole)
• 2 tablespoons blueberries, fresh or 2 tablespoons blueberries, frozen and thawed
• milk (optional) or half-and-half cream (optional) or vanilla yogurt (optional) or soymilk (optional) or almond milk (optional)

Directions

1. Rinse quinoa well with water to remove bitter coating; drain.
2. Place the water and quinoa in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, and cover. Reduce to a simmer and cook for ten minutes. Stir in the oats, cover and continue to cook for another five minutes, until the oats are tender. Remove from heat. Stir in the maple syrup and flax. Fold in the blueberries and top with milk, cream or yogurt, if using. Serve immedietely.

Recipe found at http://www.food.com/recipe/blueberry-flax-hot-cereal-with-quinoa-426336.

On Friday , November 18th, our class made hot cereal with blueberries and quinoa. Our whole group thought that it wouldn't turn out very good, but it actually tasted really good. We followed the recipe's directions, except we didn't fully cook the quinoa. It was a bit crunchy rather than soft, but it still tasted good. If I were to change something about the recipe I would add more brown sugar and berries so that there would be more flavour and sweetness. I really enjoyed it and I know I will make this at home sometime.