Quinoa Breakfast Bowl

I love summer! The longer hours of sunshine, the warmth, the exercising outdoors. Winter and I are not quite as close. It is beautiful to look at, and I love seeing snow-laden branches and crystallized icicles hanging from the rooftops, but I just totally dislike being cold.
I am not a big breakfast eater during any season, and coffee is my mainstay year-round, but hot quinoa may not be my new morning favorite.
I stumbled upon a "salad" bar at the new Citarella marketplace in Greenwich on my way to the office one morning after working out at the gym.
I had no idea what I wanted, but quinoa caught my eye - four types of it!
Into a large cup a decided to assemble a vegan parfait. I made layers of mixed quinoa (red, black and plain) and added blueberries, strawberries, mango, slivered almonds, flax seeds and sunflowers seeds. The quinoa was warm and I ropes it all off with warm maple syrup...need I say more?
The beauty of this is that it can be recreated on so many different ways, and the warm quinoa with the cool fruit still brightens a colder day. I loved this combination - let me know what you would choose!