Snow and Quinoa Oatmeal

Today we woke up to snow! Snow on November 6th, hmmm, it is very pretty, but I think fall needs to last a little longer in my book.

The kids ran to the window and Evie couldn't stop staring at the snow on the ground.  It was pretty darn cute.

Then we ate a nice hearty breakfast of quinoa and steel cuts oats, a new recipe that I made last night. I always make my oatmeal usually the night before and make a huge batch of it and we eat it all week. Just scoop some in a bowl and warm it up, add whatever (honey, fruit, maple syrup) and then soy milk. Evie LOVES it. She literally wakes up every single morning and screams "oatmeal!!!" until it is ready.  I have started adding different things to power it up, such as ground flax seeds, chia, wheat germ, whatever I have on hand. Last night I tried quinoa. We eat quinoa once in a while but always for dinner, never breakfast. I have a huge bag of it from Costco so I found a recipe to add it to oatmeal, apparently it is what some people have been doing for awhile. Here is the recipe I used, though I didn't add the nuts and I doubled it which made a lot. Maybe too much. Next time I will leave out the raisins and the apples too, my kids didn't like them in there and honestly I wasn't a fan either. We eat plenty of both of those things any way!

Quinoa and Oatmeal Recipe (Serves 4)

Ingredients:        

1/2 cup steel cut oats
1/2 cup quinoa (well rinsed)
1 apple, cored and coarse chopped (unpeeled)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons raisins or 2 tablespoons dried blueberries, and or 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
2 tablespoons walnuts, toasted and rough chopped
2 cups water

Directions:

1.  Mix all ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 20-30 minutes. Depending on size and juiciness of the apple you may need more liquid. Adjust accordingly, by adding water or juice.
2.  Stir and serve with raw honey, and soy milk.