Quinoa Cereal

I admit that I have a sweet tooth.

I love sugar!

I stay fit, but what most of you may not know is that I am also a borderline diabetic.

I haven’t cut sugar out of my diet completely, but unless it’s a special case, I don’t think extremes are good anyway.  As my distance running has taught me, the race goes to the person who has endless patience and is willing to take a million tiny steps.

I have started my sugar battle by reducing it in my breakfast.  What does that look like for me?

Rarely do I buy processed cereal.  If I do, it’s usually Raisin Bran.  I only have waffles and homemade syrup on the weekend (Dave and I ate them every day when we were going to college). I’ve cut the sugar out of my smoothies.  It’s taken some experimenting to get a green smoothie my kids like, but I think I’ve figured it out. I drink blackberry vanilla tea (nothing added) instead of hot chocolate.

I also look for recipes that taste great and are filling.

Today I want to share one of those recipes.  There are variations of quinoa cereal all over the internet, but I use the recipe found on How Sweet It Is.  I had to adjust the liquid content (maybe because we are a high elevation?) and I also increased the cinnamon amount.  Quinoa seems to need more flavor than oatmeal.

I think this cereal is delicious and hearty. It can also be used by anyone who is lactose or gluten intolerant. Enjoy!