Amaranth for Breakfast

I have been working on intentionally changing up food a little bit when I'm on duty for cooking, so I decided on Amaranth for breakfast this morning, just to give oatmeal a rest. It's a great grain that's full of protein, and it contains calcium (two time more than milk), iron, potassium, fiber (three times as much as wheat), vitamins A and C, and iron (five times as much as wheat). It's also easy to prepare. Here's what I did for breakfast:

1 cup Amaranth
3 cups water

Put everything in a pot, cover it, and bring it to a boil. Turn it off, stir to be sure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot, and let it sit overnight. In the morning, warm up the grain, and serve with maple syrup, raisins, and walnuts (or pecans). Serves 4 (nice size portions).

KID APPROVED: I have a 13 year old in my breakfast care these days, and he won't eat oatmeal or brown rice porridge. He ate the Amaranth cereal this morning and said he liked it--yippee!