Cinnamon Quinoa

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Today's entry is short and sweet.  It's something I had at my brother's annual Easter brunch.  Always a great get-together with incredible food.  We all bring dishes to pass, preferably with food on them, and my brother provides the ham and Polish sausage along with a plethora of other tasty treats.  I just love the word, plethora!

The picture above shows cinnamon sticks artfully arranged on a plate with a floral napkin ring.  Cinnamon sticks are not the most interesting thing in the world to photograph and I'm doing the best that I can.  That could be seen as a pretty depressing statement but in my world things are pretty good.  And the recipe with the cinnamon sticks is really good!

At any rate, one of the dishes served was a Cinnamon Quinoa.  My brother, Dan, said he simply prepared the quinoa the usual way, by simmering it in water, and merely added 2 cinnamon sticks into the pot.  Then he set out some maple syrup and pecans for optional toppings.  Yummy!  Next to some of the other dishes that were crunchy and salty the cinnamon quinoa was a wonderful compliment.  I can see this dish as a tasty side dish for almost any meal.

I also got the idea of using up cinnamon sticks by putting them into cooking cereal or even rice.  And that's how new recipes are born.  If you can think of other uses for cinnamon sticks that do not involve great bodily harm or substantial pain, please share.  And we thank you.

Loveya
The Mom