Hot Pumpkin "Cereal"

1/2 C ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/4 C pumpkin puree'
Pinch salt
Sweetener and flavorings to taste
2 T flax seed meal (optional)

Preparation: This cooks on the stove. It goes fastest in a non-stick skillet.

Mix up the ricotta with water to thin it out - quite thin if you want to add flax seed meal, which thickens it a lot.

Add an egg and beat well (use a whisk) - you don't want a lot of strings of egg white.

Add the pumpkin and salt. Sweeten to taste and add cinnamon and nutmeg or whatever.

Stir while heating on medium heat. When it goes "grainy", that's the egg cooking. Stir in the flax seed meal at this point.

Possible additions: peanut butter, butter, nuts, you name it.