Breakfast Hash

(I eat this every other day. On the days I don't eat this, I either eat a variation on this replacing the ricotta with 2 eggs and the s.f. vanilla syrup with s.f. maple or Oat Bran pancakes. Such a creature of habit I am.)

3 tablespoons rice or oat bran
1/4 cup Bob's Red Mill 4-Grain Gluten-Free Cereal, uncooked
1 cup of mixed fruit
4 ounces ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon Atkins sugar-free vanilla syrup
Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 packet of Splenda or Stevia
2 tablespoons nuts or sunflower seeds or tahini

Pour hot water into bran and make a paste. In stockpot, boil 2/3 cup water and add spice and sweetener. When boiling, add cereal and cook until desired thickness. Add cereal to rice bran. Add ricotta to grains with the teaspoon of vanilla syrup. Add mixed fruit and nuts, and stir. Serve. (In summertime, also delicious when refrigerated.)