Baked Pumpkin Pie Porridge

I pulled the base recipe from an Oxygen magazine and tinkered with it, coming up with this:

1 cup 7-grain porridge (Red River type cereal)
2 cups water
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 tsp baking powder
4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
6 Tbsp cottage cheese
Maple syrup to taste

Heat oven to 350. Combine ingredients in a casserole dish. Bake uncovered for about an hour, or until top of porridge is firm to touch.

Makes about 2 servings.

I like to eat mine with milk. It's pretty good. You can add more protein by increasing the cottage cheese, or by adding vanilla protein powder (although I personally can't stand protein powder in my porridge).