Rest Stop - Quinoa Recipe

Last rest stop for the night.  I am into the last couple of days of my week of being a vegetarian during my Clearvite phase.  It hasn't been as hard as I thought, but I am not sure I will show much of a weight loss this week.  I know that at some point I will hit a plateau and maybe this is it, but that means I have to work extra hard the last week of the phase of my journey.  I also need to be a little more serious about keeping track of my calories and make sure I am walking every day.

As I posted recently, I have started eating Quinoa.  Here is a breakfast idea.  The recipe comes from http://www.turntablekitchen.com/2009/07/quinoa-breakfast-bowl-a-fresh-start/   This is the Turntable Kitchen Recipe collection.

Quinoa Breakfast Bowl

Ingredients:

1 cup milk (I used coconut milk)

1 cup water

1 cup red or yellow quinoa rinsed

1 pint mixed blackberries and blueberries

1/2 tsp ground cinamon (more to taste)

1/3 cup chopped, toasted pecans

honey, to taste (I omitted this)

Directions:

Pour the milk, water and quinoa (stirring to combine) in a medium pot and bring the ingredients to a boil.  Reduce the heat to a low simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until 3/4 of the liquid is absorbed by the grains.  Meanwhile, toast the nuts by spreading them on a cookie sheet and baking at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes.  When the quinoa is done, take the pot off the heat and let it stand, with the cover on for about five minutes.  Take the pecans out of the oven.  Pour in the blackberries, sprinkle with cinnamon and stir in the pecans.  Next, add about 1 tsp honey and stir to mix.  Serve.

As a side note, my sister is following this blog and has told me if she catches me eating oneof the Dunkin Dounut Breakfast Sandwiches I blogged about a couple of days ago, she will ninja kick that sandwich and probably me into the middle of next week.  I guess I may have to eat one into disguise or in secrect.