Quinoa Breakfast Casserole

Quinoa Breakfast Casserole

4 cups of cooked quinoa (instead of preparing quinoa with water like the package suggests, use chicken broth. so much tastier!)
8 oz of ground sausage
1 medium onion chopped
6 large eggs
1 cup grated carrots
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp dried parsley
1/2 cup parmesan cheese 1 cup mozzarella , plus extra to sprinkle on top
1 tsp salt (more if you use water to make your quinoa. otherwise, the chicken broth adds enough salt.)
1 tsp pepper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 (fahrenheit). Place a small amount of butter in a frying pan. Saute onions for about 3 minutes then throw in your sausage and cooked it till it is crumbly and no longer pink.

Next combine all of your ingredients in a large bowl (except for the extra cheese for the top) and mix well.  Use some butter to coat your 9x13 baking dish.  Scoop out mixture to fill your 9x13 baking dish. (You can also put this mixture into a muffin pan) Press down firmly with your fingers or the back of a spoon.  Sprinkle more parmesan cheese on top.  Bake in oven for 30 minutes.  Ready when slightly browned on top and a fairly browned crust on bottom and sides has formed.

Pineapple Zucchini Muffins

Makes 24 Muffins

3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup of melted butter (2 sticks)
1 Tbs Vanilla
2 cups of grated zucchini or carrot
8oz of crushed pineapple
3 cups of flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp  cinnamon
1 tsp  nutmeg
1 tsp  salt

Mix eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, pineapple and zucchini.  In a separate bowl mix flour and dry ingredients.  Combine and mix.  Then pour into lined muffin pans.  Bake at 350 for 22 minutes or until golden brown and tooth pick comes out clean.

Creamy Hot Cocoa

Ingredients Edit and Save

Original recipe makes 4 servings Ch

• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/3 cup boiling water

• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1. Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan. Blend in the boiling water. Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir. Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn't scorch. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil! Remove from heat and add vanilla. Divide between 4 mugs. Add the cream to the mugs of cocoa to cool it to drinking temperature.