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I went to the pantry to find some organic rolled oats to cook porridge for breakfast this morning...there were none left!

I had to think of breakfast in a hurry. A breastfeeding mama is a hungry mama...

Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) had caught my eye. I buy the tri-colour (white, black and red) more so for viewing pleasure, rather than one variety being too different nutritionally from the others.

Those  who know me know I love chai. I'm a bit of a chai freak (: so why not add select chai spices to your quinoa?? Oh and for some indulgence, and a bit of a vegan delight, I also added coconut cream at the very end before serving.

I used all organic ingredients:

2/3 Cup cooked quinoa *

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

2 crushed cloves

A pinch of celtic sea salt

2 tbsp Coconut cream
1 tsp raw honey 

*To cook quinoa, it is a two step process.
First, add about 1.5 times the amount of water : quinoa. E.g if you use 1 cup of quinoa, use 1.5 cups of water.

Bring it to the boil in a saucepan and cook for about 10 minutes with the lid off. You can cook with a piece of star anise for extra taste.
When the tails of the quinoa are showing, take the pan of the heat, and put the lid on. 

Leave stand for about 10 minutes, then remove the star anise, and add the other ingredients.

It's as simple and delicious at that!

A x