Early Bird Hot Cereal

A warm cereal made with ancient grains to give you long lasting energy all day and a warm wake up first thing! Makes 2 hearty servings.

Ingredients

• 1 bag Early Bird Cereal (contains sorghum, millet, amaranth, oats, dried craisins and raisins, flax)

• 1 apple

• 3 cups liquid (water, milk, soy milk, your choice)

• 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey (or agave or molasses, etc.)

• ½ tsp cinnamon

• Pinch of salt

Instructions:

1. In a fine mesh sieve rinse grains with cold water. If you don’t have a fine mesh sieve, please use a tea towel in a strainer. Rinsing millet, amaranth, and other grains first will remove chaff and dust that may still remain. Another option would be to place the mixture in a pot and rinse with cold water, then cover with a dish or something before slowly pouring off the water. You want to preserve the flax, but not the liquid. 

2. In a medium pot, add liquid and early bird cereal mix. Bring to boil.

3. Reduce heat to low to allow mix to simmer 15 minutes. 

4. Add cubed apple, cinnamon, and sweetener. Cook for another 3 minutes.

5. Serve warm.